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Where is this taught in scripture?

This is so true! When leading public prayer in services, I feel subconsciously compelled to use words like "art" and "shalt." It's funny how the language has become 'holy' to a lot of us. As for this thread, it is pretty thought provoking.

Totally pointless in most cases unless we can establish why the Bible should be given credibility first. The focus should be using the reality we share to point to the God we believe in. As believers, we should make it a point to become experts on Bible prophecy and to become knowledgeable of...

That's not an accurate statement and t veils a loaded assumption that asserts a preexisting position of faith. I have witnessed people change their minds, so to think that a reasoned position won't affect some is simply false. A problem I believe Oz is trying to hit on is that far too often our...

In the vein of testing the spirits to see if they are from God, an exercise that may prove beneficial to us as well as for the purposes of winning nonbelievers would start with each of us examining our own faith and bringing it under the microscope. I'd go as far as to look for ways to poke...

Lucifer means bringer of light and according to errant human tradition is one and the same with the satan, however; according to the Bible, that is not the case. Isaiah 14 is misconstrued and along with Ezekiel 28 applied incorrectly by most to the devil. That said the very idea that...

Ancient Jerusalem.

What about us? I believe it is the "church" mentioned in my previous post who will be given and has been given reign in the Kingdom with Jesus while the rest of humanity, including us, will be party to the final resurrection referenced in John 5 (which includes the just and the unjust). Our...

As far as the church is concerned, I think we have it wrong in many ways today. I do believe that Jesus intended to form the church IF what is meant by church is assembly or congregation of called ones that were sealed by God's holy breath in the first century. I do NOT believe that the church...

I in my studies of scripture have been coming closer and closer to reaching MANY of the same conclusions preterists have. I unlike them however, do not believe that ALL THINGS have been fulfilled nor do I believe that the judgment and return of anointed Jesus in the 1st century generation was...

You are spot on. Apologetics is a subject many churches shy away from and in this day in age of online info, it is imperative that saints are equipped to "defend the faith." The starting point is being able to show why the Bible should be regarded as a divinely inspired document.

What forums do you engage in?

We make the mistake of making faith its own agent of goodness. Faith in and of itself is like a weapon that's just sitting there. It's neither good or bad. The good or bad comes from who uses it and how they use it. Having faith is only virtuous when it's placed in something virtuous and true...

Faith is virtually synonymous with trust. Faith in God is in fact trust in what we have determined the will of God is for our lives. In Hebrews the 11th chapter where the "Hall of Fame" of faith is spoken of we are given numerous examples of people trusting God, following His will, and obeying...

We cannot be dogmatic as the details we have are limited. That said, I'd lean to the thinking that these "spirits" may have been fallen angels. In 2 Peter 2:4, these are mentioned as being "held in chains" in Tartarus. Additionally it should be pointed out that the Bible in Peter says that Jesus...

I know this to not be the case as I has been a witness to hearts and minds being converted. We have examples of Jesus, Paul, and many others in the New Testament engaging and reasoning with those that did not share in the faith. As faithful believers are we not instructed contend for the faith...

I've seen this approach tried and the responses I've usually seen are the 'sciency' type that attempts to explain how gravity and such works to form a solar system or they respond with question of "How do we know it was a who that was responsible?". Overwhelming, I see atheists asking the "you...

The question that the non theist actually has is why do you BELIEVE that anything in existence (what you term creation) is evidence for your god? I have been asked this very question many times. Many of these people honestly do not see why you or I would conclude that existence is in any way...

This resonated with me.

I find this thread very interesting and somewhat enlightening too Riverwolf. Where do we fit in is a great question. I'd love to get some feedback on that specifically.