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Hi all, The Lord be with you all. Apologies to all for having to clarify the OP. If I'm making reference to predestination - I should at least have scripture texts that uses the word. Hopefully this clarifies the context a little. It occurred to me that some arguments about Predestination...

This tread may be of interest to every Protestant because at some point in time you became a Protestant or after being a Protestant you have become something else, e.g. Catholic, Orthodox etc After I was converted it was a couple of years before I set foot in a Protestant denomination. Now I...

OP Christians walking in the flesh One of the issues that has interested me and seen often enough in recent treads is: What is the status and condition of a Christian who walks in the flesh? Here are some of questions/comments on this: 1. I would argue that we cannot be in Adam and in...

Here is a new OP to focus on the Lord's supper as it is found in the gospels, starting with Matthew. Please follow the forum rules in respecting others. Matt 26: 26 While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take...

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...

'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...

Hi all, The following is a summary about limited atonement. The doctrine is based on the understanding that Christ died only for the elect. It is then argued that since the death of Christ is *efficacious - Christ could not have died for those who are not elect since it is felt that for...

Hello Fembot, You suggested another tread be started on the image and likeness of God. The OP would be something like this: Can the image and likeness of God in man be considered to be physical, spiritual or both? At the creation of man we have at once a being with both physical and...

OP The intermediate state - what can be reasonably inferred from scripture? Between our physical death and the resurrection lies what is called the 'intermediate state.' I believe that there is sufficient evidence in scripture to support this. The raising of Lazarus John 11: 11After he had...

OP ' ...never mind whence and for what purpose the charge of Bibliolatry is made, --consider the thing itself; is there such a tendency, such an evil, such a danger? ' Bibliolatry By Adolph Saphir, D.D. For those who want to read the entire article: http://www.christbiblechurch.org/litera...

Hi all, About twenty five years ago my wife and I joined a small church plant supported by a nearby mother Church. When I joined there was a retired Pastor and his band of faithful core supporters. He stayed for a year and a new Pastor took over the work. The new Pastor inherited an...

Hi folks, Occassionally I cannot but help notice that North Americans like to add 's' when using the expression 'anyway'. eg. Jim went to supermarket and kept running into old school friends, anyways he forgot to buy milk. cf. Jim went to supermarket and kept running into old school friends...

Hi, Calvin said: "One or two exceptions does not abrogate a general rule". I recently read an example of such a rule: Hebrews 9:27 And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment. . . Lazarus was raised from the dead, and we presume that his body was not...

OP topic: Was Job sinless? The purpose of this tread is to address the question 'Was Job sinless?' The following are common misconceptions, 'sinless' does not mean: 1. that a person is perfect. 2. that a person is equal to God, as all persons are creatures. 3. that a person has no...

This OP examines what is the official standing of EG White within the SDA movement, and what affect this has had on SDA doctrine. We begin with prophesy. The following article is taken from: http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/statem ... tat24.html A Statement of Confidence in the Spirit of...

1 Peter 4:17 (NASB) ©1995 by The Lockman Foundation 17For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? From: Online Literature Biblioatry Christ Bible Church...

Protestant tradition Any Protestants out there who will admit that their tradition is important, albeit authoritative, despite subscribing to scripture alone? Anytakers?

Parts 2 and 3 to follow. . . The purpose of this OP is to test what Protestants actually believe about their own 'tradition'. Catholics hold to both 'scripture and tradition' as authoritative in matters of doctrine. Can the same be said about Protestants? That is, are Protestant...

Would any cessationists like to comment on the two witnesses in Revelation 11:3ff? Who WERE these two witnesses? For the continuationist what do you think about them? (In general cessationist believe all prophesy has ceased - at the close of the 1st century or around the time that the...

Allow me to introduce myself - I have lived abroad recently for 13 years and returned to the land down under in 2002. I am a poet and sometimes use the designation of an alias in poetry. I started writing in 1991. My history as a Christian goes back to 1975 at a grass roots level followed by...