Quote (kenrch @ Mar. 31 2006,01:13)Question:  Is their anything that all agree on?  May be we should all go out and start his/her own denomination.  How can a body function if the hand doesn't want to do what the forearm believes.If we are not to have any kind of order then we are not of the body of Christ.  Yes David is correct in that the fir…[Read more]

Quote (sandra @ Mar. 30 2006,23:47)Since this particular forum was actually initiated to ask about forum suggestions, etc.  Being a newbie but having visited many other Christian sights, I have to say your's is the best, and I thank you for running this sight, and thanks to all those who share, of their research, their time, their understanding,…[Read more]

Quote (sandra @ Mar. 30 2006,23:47)Since this particular forum was actually initiated to ask about forum suggestions, etc.  Being a newbie but having visited many other Christian sights, I have to say your's is the best, and I thank you for running this sight, and thanks to all those who share, of their research, their time, their understanding,…[Read more]

Quote (sandra @ Mar. 30 2006,23:47)Since this particular forum was actually initiated to ask about forum suggestions, etc.  Being a newbie but having visited many other Christian sights, I have to say your's is the best, and I thank you for running this sight, and thanks to all those who share, of their research, their time, their understanding,…[Read more]

God does have a plan of salvation.  The burden is on us to proclaim the gospel to others given the opportunities that we have been given.  I feel that God is merciful and knows each person's limitations and heart attitude towards him.  Those who willfully reject and disobey vs those who did the best they could with what they had, however little (R…[Read more]

Hi Artizan:Off the top of my head, reading your reference of Gen 17, it seems to me that the fleshly circumcision is expressly for the Seed of Abraham (Isaac and all generations following him).  I realize that Ishmael got circumcised too and his descendants continue to do it because they identify w/ Abraham.  However the covenant of circumcision w…[Read more]

Quote (sandra @ Mar. 30 2006,23:36)Sorry everyone, I got carried away in a fantasy, of a giant space ship coming for Asia, that would air lift them, and one coming for Pakistan, and Cambodian mustard gas people.  That only one sixth of the planet, believe in Jesus Christ, as the Messiah.  I don't want to be anti-christian but it really seems, t…[Read more]

Hi Artizan:Somehow, I think that the following verse lends itself to the topic.  Here, Paul deals w/ promises made prior to the law.  So as pertains to circumcision, God prefers circumcision of the heart to that of the flesh.  The latter is good but not as good as the first.  The law is good but not as good as the promises we hold through the SEE…[Read more]

Quote (Artizan007 @ Mar. 30 2006,14:47)I still cannot understand why Paul does away with circumcision when it was a “sign” of the “everlasting covernent” that God made to Abraham and his Seed. Hi Artizan, Do the following verses help?Deu 10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. Deu 30:6 And the LORD thy…[Read more]

Sandra, What in the World?…Excuse my ignorance but I never heard these things before. Is it some kind of a prophecy?

Hey Nick,Good to see you on…how I've missed you!

Quote (malcolm ferris @ Mar. 28 2006,00:28)Is the Holy Spirit a person?Well evidently according to the Gospel of John – yes.Who is the Holy Spirit? according to Jesus – speaking to the woman at the well – God!also according to Matt 1:18 – for the Holy Spirit is said to be the Father of Jesus Christ.Is God more than one spirit? No – the first…[Read more]

Quote (kenrch @ Mar. 21 2006,04:14)Quote (david @ Mar. 21 2006,02:47)Right, as you say, 'there is no one on earth that knows it all.'  But I would like to discuss WHAT THE BIBLE actually says and how the words often translated “worship” are actually used in the Bible.I understand the uselessness of some of these discussions.  If nothing else, it h…[Read more]

I agree, Ken.We employ various ways to expound the same truth given our individuality, however, our truth must align perfectly with God's truth all along and in the end, not that God's should conform to what we consider to be truth. After all, various world religions consider their religion to be one of the many ways that lead to God but when a…[Read more]

Quote (Woutlaw @ Mar. 21 2006,19:02)I agree CubesThanks, Woutlaw.

Confusion:According to the Trinity Doctrine:Person #1 is YHWHPerson #2 is YHWHPerson #3 is YHWHOk.  Why do we have to have person #2 ask person #1 to send person #3 when they are the same person anyway!Why can't we just ask anyone of them to come and have HIM show up?  Why the relay of the same person?  Relay of one between ONE?  Hmmm…. I thi…[Read more]

Hi A007,Hope all is going well at school.  Good to see you on again.My take on it is that Paul is preaching the Gospel of God, which is also the gospel of Jesus Christ.  And if we preach the same, it becomes our gospel as well to judge us or persecute us by.  I don't know if it makes sense.  I feel that would have been clearer to say the gos…[Read more]

Hi t8 and all, Adding to what MrBob and David said, I feel that some would feel pressured (even if subconsciously) to remain conformed to their particular denomination, out of loyalty to that group, not necessarily to the word of God.  I think this has been the case:  why else would some denominations adopt a tradition of say sprinkling with w…[Read more]

Hi t8 and all, Adding to what MrBob and David said, I feel that some would feel pressured (even if subconsciously) to remain conformed to their particular denomination, out of loyalty to that group, not necessarily to the word of God.  I think this has been the case:  why else would some denominations adopt a tradition of say sprinkling with w…[Read more]

Hi t8 and all, Adding to what MrBob and David said, I feel that some would feel pressured (even if subconsciously) to remain conformed to their particular denomination, out of loyalty to that group, not necessarily to the word of God.  I think this has been the case:  why else would some denominations adopt a tradition of say sprinkling with w…[Read more]