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francis wrote: hi francis, I took the liberty to edit your paragraph to focus on an issue that we have previously corresponded about. If the call to reform happened from within the church all would agree that is a good sign, but it does not follow that the call to reform will necessarily be...

Hi seekandlisten, I'm not asking why but how we interpret any given text and having established that, how does it compare with the Protestant 'scripture interprets scripture' method of interpretation. I'm only speaking in general terms and only refer to the reformed faith because that is my...

Hi cybershark, Thanks for your response also. Again more natural response than I expected as I had been focusing on the technique and process implied by 'scripture interprets scripture'. Suppose you read a passage , examine it, look at what others say - when all is said and done how do you...

hello seekandlisten! Thanks for your response. The point I am trying to get across is that Protestants use a lot of things besides scripture to interpret scripture. It is a rather hard task to identify what these factors are and how they influence our interpretation apart from the other...

scripture interprets scripture revisited The following is based on a reformed apolegetic that states four sources of authority for the Protestant believer: reason, tradition, experience and scripture. For some time now I have felt that three sources of authority (listed above) are not...

To theCatholic, You could try this approach --- assuming that the priesthood of all believers is universally accepted - and within the kingdom of God the Lord Jesus Christ is the high priest forever - you have a priestly Kingdom not unlike the type found in the service of the temple in the OT...

wavy wrote: Hello, dates and authorship With dates and authorship I favour the earliest external sources, together with internal evidence, unless new manuscript evidence is found. So a statement from the first few centuies AD carries more weight with me than a proposed theory of a later...

wavy wrote: Hello wavy, Luke's perspective is very different from yours: Luke 1:1-4 Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word...

Orion wrote... Hello Orion, OK. I read the following words with interest recently ..'fundamental compatibility between Christian belief and human life develops only in those who accept the truth of divine revelation' (R Cessario.) While the context of the statement was about the sacraments...

Greetings, Here is thought ... Most denominations would recognise early church fathers and later church fathers. What does the word father mean in this context? I would argue that amongst Lutherans and Calvinist's, Luther and Calvin have the same kind of 'father status' as the early...

bodhitharta wrote: This is exactly what the Jews objected to when they were about to stone Jesus. John 10: 33The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God." The Jews understood the claim and...

Hi bodhitharta, No I don't believe that. Being like what Jesus is like (Christlike) is like reflecting God's image and likeness. But this does not mean we become God (trinty) but like Jesus in his humanity. blessings in Christ

Hi, It's one of these 'asides' that I have come across and find interesting. While some persons show a degree of remorse for wrong doing, others love it and hate what is good. That it's not said in so many words -- but can be observed to be true is quite remarkable. Thanks for your comments...

Ret wrote: When believers react differently to other believers or their reaction is similar to how non-believers react to the same text - overwhelming is as good a word as any. To be in a state of being 'lasped' in the face of persecution, trials or suffering - is a worst case scenario that...

whirlwind wrote: Yes, we are being presently saved. Just before Jesus died on the crooss he said : 'it is finished'. I once had a discussion with two brothers who understood this to mean our salvation is finished to which I replied: our salavtion is finished when we are glorified and in...

'We are the fragrance of Christ in God.' The dual nature of Paul's analogy for believers and unbelievers. Paul is making the case that believers are a fragrance of Christ to God. What is interesting about this statement is how Paul developes the analogy for believers and for unbelievers. For...

Benoni, There is one UR debate on the 1 to 1 forum already; I appreciate the importance of the topic for you though. What is of more interest to me is the hermenuetic method by which you arrive at such a position, how you got to where you are and what assumptions were taken on board along...

Benoni wrote: The passage is 2 Corinthians 2:15-17. ok, there may be some restrictions on UR topics/ discussions on this forum - the 1 to 1 debate forum allows UR debates for those interested. take care

OK - I used the biblegateway search engine and it didn't find anything under Katurah.

stranger wrote:... Q Could one say that the Cross produced two intended results - from death to death and from life to life? Benoni wrote: Adullam wrote: I would say that those who are righteous are holy, and the holy are righteous. Those who claim to have Christ's righteousness, and live...