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  1. Wormwood

    Discipleship and John 15~

    The call of discipleship is prevalent in the teaching of Jesus. Perhaps one of the most intriguing passages related to discipleship is John 15. Lets take a moment to examine the metaphors in this teaching to explore what Jesus wants to share with us about what it means to be his disciple...
  2. Wormwood

    Gender Roles, the home and the Local Church

    In order not to derail the thread on homosexuality, this thread has started to explore the issue of gender roles in the local church. Should any roles exist? Did the work of Christ eliminate all gender distinctions as they relate to roles of leadership or submission? What does it mean that...
  3. Wormwood

    Christian Discipleship

    What does it mean to be a disciple? What areas in you walk have helped you to grow as a follower of Jesus? Are there things going on in our lives that make it difficult to be a genuine disciple? How can we be more effective in making maturing disciples? Are you currently mentoring anyone and...
  4. Wormwood

    Understanding John's Revelation

    “Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.” (Revelation 1:3, ESV) The book of Revelation is supposed to be a blessing. For many, however, it has been a book of mass confusion and...
  5. Wormwood

    Does the Church still possess miraculous gifts today?

    In order to keep threads on topic, I have created this thread to help channel a discussion on this subject matter. This thread will explore the role of miraculous gifts in the life of the New Testament church and discuss/debate issues such as: 1. Is the Holy Spirit still giving people these...
  6. Wormwood

    A Guide to Studying the Scriptures

    Often in discussions on these forums, questions of hermeneutics will come into play. Hermeneutics is simply a fancy word referring to the science of interpreting texts. Entire books have been written on this subject and I will not pretend to address the broad scope of biblical interpretation...
  7. Wormwood

    Headship, Submission and Women in Ministry

    This is a new thread for those who have been debating this topic in the discussion of slaying in the Spirit.
  8. Wormwood

    Apostles & Prophets

    Based on a discussion in another thread, I wanted to open a new thread to discuss the concept of the existence of modern day apostles and prophets. In my view, such roles do not exist today. I am not a cessationist, but I do believe gifts have particular functions in the life of the people of...
  9. Wormwood

    Mutual Submission?

    Ephesians 5-6 addresses issues related to roles in the home and society. The question I would like the address in this post is this: "Do these verses teach mutual submission?" This is a common misunderstanding of the verse, in my opinion. Generally, the argument is that verse 21 sets the...
  10. Wormwood

    Do Not Judge?

    I'd like to take a minute to reflect on perhaps the most quoted and misunderstood verses in Scripture. What did Jesus mean when he said that we should not judge or we will be judged? Does this mean, as often interpreted, that we should make no judgments about the behaviors of others? Are...
  11. Wormwood

    A Reasonable Faith

    “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” -C.S. Lewis Is Faith Blind? It is common in our culture to see faith and reason as antithetical. Many think of faith, particularly the Christian faith, as that...
  12. Wormwood

    A Strong Faith and Weak Theology

    The story of Jepthah is perhaps one of the most disturbing stories in the Bible. Jepthah is a man of his times, and the times are not good. At this point in the book of Judges, the Israelites had turned away from the Lord at least a half a dozen times. Each time they turned away, their issues...
  13. Wormwood

    Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord

    In this post, I would like to discuss the topic of gender roles in the home as it relates to submission and headship. Egalitarianism has been shaping hermeneutics recently and the result has been questioning or entirely ignoring various texts that refer to concepts such as submission, headship...
  14. Wormwood

    Ten Reasons I Do not Believe There Will Be "an Antichrist"

    I know I am one of the few who think the whole Antichrist concept is unbiblical. However, for the sake of discussion, let me post ten reasons why I think this concept needs to be rejected. 10. The books most often cited to validate the Antichrist concept are Daniel, 2 Thessalonians, and...
  15. Wormwood

    The Rapture: A Biblical Study

    This is how Tim LaHaye describes the “rapture” in his book, Left Behind. Maybe you have read about the rapture that describes the second coming of Jesus in a similar fashion. Namely, that people will suddenly disappear from all over the world. Cars will be left abandoned, planes will fall...
  16. Wormwood

    Behold the Man

    Jesus is Immanuel, “God with us.” As the Apostle Paul said, “He is the image of the invisible God” (Col. 1:15a). There are a host of texts that point to Christ’s divine nature and his role as the Creator of all things. John tells us not only that Jesus was with God and was God in the...
  17. Wormwood

    Defending Amillennialism

    Revelation 20 has become one of the most divisive chapters in the Bible. Fierce debates have arisen about Israel, timelines, notions of Antichrist and great tribulation periods that have frustrated and confused many. I certainly do not believe that issues of eschatology are matters worth...
  18. Wormwood

    Defending Penal Substitution

    Paul declared to the church in Corinth that he was determined to know nothing among them except Jesus Christ and him crucified. For Paul, the cross was the apex of God's work through Jesus Christ. But what exactly was this work? Theologians have been examining and debating atonement theories...
  19. Wormwood

    The Christian Exodus

    “For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual...
  20. Wormwood

    Defending the Trinity

    There has been a lot of debate about the nature and biblical validity of the Trinity on various posts recently. I have decided to start a new post on this issue so that the other forums can stay on topic. The Church has defended the biblical validity to the Trinity throughout history...