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Politics is part of the entertainment industry. Every 4 years or so people cast their vote for the best performance. It just so happens that the modern political troupe is a comedy routine. o_O:rolleyes:

Hey, welcome here! :) There is JPUSA in Chicago (Jesus people USA). They take in guests to check them out. Not sure if there is anything of that sort where you live. Maybe in Scotland on those isles...can't remember the name...Iona???. :oops:

I would amend the definition of narcigesis to reading oneself in a favourable way into the biblical text, while ignoring the warnings.

Why does exegesis sound so much like "exit Jesus"! :rolleyes:o_O

I took this from another site... Narcigesis "Narcissistic Eisegesis (“Narcigesis”) = Forcing the Bible to mean something you already want it to mean by superimposing yourself into the meaning of the passage, rather than interpreting Scripture for what it means about God, and letting the...

I think we have chosen to be the "saved of the world" rather being a "light to the world." Immature believers think of themselves first...selfish. What is unfortunate is that this very selfishness is encouraged by most Christian "leaders" because it makes people feel special. And this has...

We have gone from the prophetic to the scholarly: from experiential knowledge of God to the theoretical notions established by carnal men. There will never be a consensus by these types of people. They will avoid a proper balance by championing one extreme view or the other. Why? because an...

The standard Jewish Bible is the MT...Masoretic text. The most complete being the Aleppo scroll. All Jewish Bibles have the same text. The only real differences come from the DSS (Dead Sea Scrolls) which indeed show some deviations. The standard is not a Christian one but a Jewish one. Also...

First of all...good post. Jesus doesn't go into great detail when He speaks to us...since we have His words written down already. When He speaks to us it is usually very briefly and only in the situation at hand. So then we need to both listen to the "still small voice" in our hearts AND study...

You are getting carried away here. It is ....the Lord (YHVH) said to my Lord (la-ADONI).

Ah...but that takes discernment. Many will say Lord Lord.....those who we think are teachers today..with famous names. But there is no understanding in them, or wisdom, or fear of the Lord. Many false prophets are the most famous Bible teachers. The depth lies in understand how they are wrong...

See, you don't understand the deeper level that indeed condemnation is from God....not men. Being condemned by men is a good thing. Blessed are you when men hate you for My name's sake. But you are missing an entire dimension of the truth. You are shutting down your ears so that the truth cannot...

You may actually be understanding the purpose of my thread. ;)

Your perceptions is what I was talking about...and your perceptions on a human scale seem to be lacking. Re-read what I actually said.

You think you understand what I'm talking about...ok...Explain how Christian teachers get the greater condemnation if there is no condemnation in Christ. Explain how that Christian teachers are not in Christ. And greater condemnation means that lesser Christians can also receive condemnation...

That is a human premise. You are judging from your own understanding. Jesus came in His Father's name. And we are sent out in the name of Christ. I am called after Christ yet Christ is greater than I am. Many people have God in their name yet they are not God. You have yet to understand eternal...

Amen. The Father sends the Son....Yahweh sends Yahweh. :) The Lord of Hosts (plural) sends the Son who comes in HIS NAME (YHVH). So Yahweh sends Yahweh. One (Jesus) YHVH is the friend of Moses who speaks face to face with him. The other cannot be seen unless death occurs. So then YHVH is a...

Examples... We are not to judge, as in, judge not lest you be judged.....yet we are to judge righteously. (righteous judgment) We are to love our wives.......and.....unless we hate our wives we cannot be disciples. The net as something that catches us into the kingdom....and the net of God...

How to understand the Bible. Well, to be honest one must take in the whole counsel of God. Here is an experiment. Take an extreme view based on one verse or two...now..refute that extreme by finding a verse that seems to contradict it. Do it again and again...until you you have a whole list of...

The term "Almighty" is reserved for the Father. Although "mighty God" can be attributed to Jesus Christ. The Father is the Most High God. Origen (the first Christian theologian) was criticized in later centuries because he saw the GodHead as a hierarchy. So was Eusebius (the first Church...