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I'll bet you have. You just subscribe to an alternative interpretation. You've never read this?: who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” (Acts 1:11)

Yeah, I really, really love that about Him. But with Paul in the Canon of Scripture, the big words come out with both barrels. Whaddya gonna do? :)

Amen, Sister!!! :)

I find that having single words to express lengthy terms can be quite handy. You're free to look them up or ignore, etc. Don't hate me because I use a big word now and then. ;)

I knew this objection would come up. I believe the incorruptible refers to the physical.

While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Almost cheating, isn't it? :D

The pluralism that exists in post-modern Christendom seems to entertain any number of hypotheses as "truth."

Absolutely!!! It would be abhorrent to me to think that we should have any inherent advantage over them. In that case, the game would have been fixed and that seems impossible, doesn't it? What will keep us from falling is the same thing that keeps the unfallen angels from falling. The plan of...

Adam and Eve certainly could have used something.

No sarcasm was ever intended. I was merely giving the option as I saw it. A sentient being who has no choice but to obey God has no free will and is therefore an automaton (like a robot).

I love the beach. I guess I'm a hybrid.

It is well established by scholars everywhere that the reference is to Lucifer. You may as well say the serpent on the pole doesn't represent Christ. I thought you were leaving us, btw. Welcome back.

Didn't Christ also have to be resurrected and ascend to His father to accomplish our redemption? So something was indeed finished when He died but apparently it wasn't the atonement process. Eschatology and Soteriology have different names for a reason.

Actually, I think I understand what you believe we'll enough and, in principal, I agree with you but I goofed when I worded the new option and after you get more than 5 or 6 on there, it just starts to look silly. I'm not sure I'm cut out for polling. It might be a while before I try it again.

How would that save his spirit for the day of the Lord? There's a chunk in the armor of this exegesis.

How would Satan go about destroying the man's flesh, exactly?

It's almost impossible unless a good portion of time is set aside each day for devotional-type exercise, such as praying, reading and studying the Bible, and meditation/contemplation. When this is observed and done properly, continuous rejoicing is nearly automatic. My great-grandmother used to...

One school of thought regarding ceremonial laws is to hold on to that which is good. Tattooing is voluntary self-injury. Not good. Don't do it. Beard-trimming harms no one. Neither does beard-growing. Do as you please. Just one point of view.

What I'm looking for (if it matters) is "how?"

All of the spiritualization of concrete, absolute truth is actually what causes the difficulties. It is a result of applying a Hellenistic Dualist interpretation on figurative/symbolic passages, which are very plentiful in the letterss of Paul, since he was often dealing with minds which had...