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One must understand the context of 1 Timothy 4:10. "All people" is all "in Christ"--not all "images" who were not born out of the image world and into God. Regardless, to be convinced only by the part the scriptures that seem to support your belief, does not make void those that don't, but...

Spoken as one who might also be convinced that men evolve. That is not the case. The fact that former generations were wrong, does not change the fact of what is right according to God.

He doesn't. But what you are apparently not understanding, is that He only has one child, One begotten. In other words, just as it has been written from the beginning, you are only looking at an "image" the One unfolding into the many. No actual children are harmed. But if you do not see things...

So...you believe that "destroy" (with holy fire) does not actually mean destroy??

Let me ask you a similar question: At what point should one stop revering the temple of stone and start revering the temple of Jesus's body; and when should one stop keeping the Sabbath practice, and start keeping the Lord of the Sabbath; and when should one stop sacrificing lambs, and receive...

1 Corinthians 5:5 Hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord. But what does "the day of the Lord" bring? It brings the Judgement. Which would not come if "ALL are saved." Which need not be said if one also believes that...

Not sure "art" quite captures the form of it, although art certainly does align with spiritual gifts, as certainly God-given. Regardless, it is good to point out that many overlook the trajectory, and therefore, the full meaning of what we now have set before us. The read limited to the...

Dan, perhaps you could edit this post to include who it is you are quoting.

No, not at all. The point is, God makes such decisions, not men. Men then have a choice of going with it or defying God. Thus, in the case of homosexuality, it is no different than having inner feelings of murder and acting upon them. Both are against God. As for being born left handed-- what...

Wow, that is a lot of material! I'll look into it. As for "long gone preachers", there are indeed some who are better than many today. Yet, if they were before the time of the sounding of the seventh angel, they did not have all the information. Thus, "If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”...

Why do you question yet another choice made by God and not by men? Would you make the same argument regarding murder or other sins?

This (your error) is like that of "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath." In other words, you have it backwards. It is not the scriptures that reveal the Holy Spirit, but the Holy Spirit that reveals the scriptures. As for me getting "direct revelation apart from the...

I can't finish all you wrote... You are as much as claiming the Holy Spirit no longer speaks, and only the Bible does. That's not biblical.

I just used the common language. The term "preference" could be looked at two ways: 1) As if we have a choice when we actually don't, which some just assume and do anyway; and 2) As if, no, it's not a preference but one is simply born that way. But, no, it's not a choice open to...

Is the Bible just a guide book on "How to Maximize Your Time in the World?" --It can be, and it certainly is only that to some. I mean, the whole "applying" what is written to your everyday life--is all about you and the kingdom of this world! And yet you even hear it from the pulpit...

I love this topic and I love the scriptures...but they should not perhaps be singled out as the focus of how God draws people to himself. The scriptures are rather only one product or evidence of His drawing people to Himself. In other words, the draw was not first written, but the still small...

There is a doctrinal issue in that regarding whether God will "fix" everyone or not in the judgement...but that is not the topic of discussion, and I hear ya.

Good points. You mentioned homosexual behavior in the same sentence as murder, theft, addiction, etc.. It is a good thought to consider each perhaps in the form of ones "nature" or in the case of homosexuality as "preference." In other words, taking the least of those, perhaps theft--if it were...

The gender issue is a sad one. God created man and then took the women out of the man to then again become one again. Meanwhile they each were given a role to perform, which biblically was not fully clear until Paul explained the mystery of marriage as more importantly pointing to our marriage...

Aye, just as the highlands are not the low. Commerce is good among such, but one should not tell the other how to live--lest the work of each suffer.