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  1. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    “He who takes up the sword perishes by the sword. He who refuses to take up the sword perishes on the cross.” (Gene Edwards, The Prisoner in the Third Cell) Lecture time.
  2. Matthias

    What books are you currently reading?

    I’m currently reading The Prisoner in the Third Cell, written by Gene Edwards.
  3. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    I’m about to attend a lecture and only had time to skim through your message. What I saw was little new from you (the Dead Sea Scrolls caught my eye, so maybe something there), and nothing uplifting. It appears to me that you wrote primarily to entertain @Wrangler. I’ll try to get back to it...
  4. Matthias

    What books are you currently reading?

    * In the public library, too. Which is where I’m headed out the door for right now. *
  5. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    Just for fun I asked AI this simple question: Does Matthias advocate for the Father on Christianity Board? I received a surprisingly large response, including specific examples, confirming what @Wrangler already knows but won’t tell you. (Of course I do.) Don’t rely on my enemy. Go and look for...
  6. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    Go to Spurgeon - or any other commentaries of your favorite Christian authors - to provide support for your teaching. I’ll take the time to read it and give it serious consideration. That’s a simple and reasonable request. Will you do that for my benefit? Will you do that for the benefit of...
  7. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    You didn’t take my advice. Do you know how foolish acting like that makes you look? No mature adult is going to be impressed by someone who talks to adults as if they were children. Before retiring, I worked from time to time with professional theologians. Never did they treat me (or any other...
  8. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    That wasn’t his point. That’s either you misreading what he wrote or you reading what you believe and want to see into what he wrote. Here is what @NayborBear actually wrote - “You are STILL Throwing Jesus and the apostles heavenly Father ‘Under the bus’ at EVERY turn!” He didn’t say I was...
  9. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    How long will it take @NayborBear to realize that, while you loved his post, you glossed over his make or break Essene argument? Why did you do that? (He won’t ask you, so I am.)
  10. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    I’m sure the devil would be delighted for the followers of Jesus to kill one another, as well as killing those who are not followers of Jesus. You counsel the followers of Jesus to do both. I don’t know if you realize it or not but that aligns you with the devil, not Jesus. My advocacy is for...
  11. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    ”The true value of a sermon must lie, not in its fashion and manner, but in the truth which it contains.” - C.H. Spurgeon ”You are not following Jesus if you aren’t armed, ready to kill.” - you If Spurgeon had ever seen or heard your teaching presented in a sermon, he would have adamantly...
  12. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    You’re equating “Essenes” with “Advocates for God the Father.” Do you call yourself an Essene? Do you think @Wrangler and / or @Armour of God identify themselves as Essenes? I’m an advocate for God the Father but I’m absolutely not an Essene. Though they have some things in common, their...
  13. Matthias

    QUOTE for the day

    “A father’s holy life is a rich legacy for his sons.” - C.H. Spurgeon
  14. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    In fact, I’ve never thrown the heavenly Father of Jesus and the apostles “under the bus” at any turn. Just as they are Jewish monotheists, so am I. The books I’ve quoted and alluded to were written by the New Testament authors, church leaders in the 2nd and 3rd centuries, church historians...
  15. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    “If possible, as far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all men.” (Romans 12:18) Jesus and the apostles: Did they tell with their words and show with their actions how to live peaceably with all men when not all men were willing to live peaceably with them? @Wrangler @Armour of God