Quote (Stu @ Feb. 17 2008,13:58)Jesus allegedly demanded 77-fold forgiveness. In my experience that amount of compassion is more likely in anyone but a bible-believing christian.OUCH!

OK, some thoughts on your post:Quote But why does it matter so much that it has to be written in the O.T. too.It matters because there should be a connection between the original plan and it's outcome. The OT tells us of the original plan and what to expect is coming…. How else are we to recognize what is coming?Quote As far as Jesus…[Read more]

Quote (seek and you will find @ Feb. 17 2008,15:20)Mandy Did you even look at all the scriptures that I gave You?Peace and Love IreneHi Irene,I was waiting until tonight to answer your post. It's been a busy night here and I wanted to give you a thoughtful answer, which I will attempt to do now.Side note – tonight my husband and eight year old…[Read more]

The 'delphs believe in an adversary that is within each one of us. The old saying, “The devil made me do it.” could be translated, “The evil within me made me do it.” I have two very good friends who are Christadelphians, and I've studied with the Church of God – they were the closest group I could find that lined up with what I had been…[Read more]

When my kids disobey me, I don't send them out of the house! I don't impose pain and back-breaking work upon them.For those who believe in the Trinity, I see a huge difference between the personality of the God of the OT and the so-called Trinity God of the NT.

Hi Nick,Quote He has satisfied the anger of God and ransomed mankind.Are we told in the OT that “satisfying God's anger” was the reason the Messiah was promised?Quote He has defeated the god of this world and raised an army to continue his work.If the god of this world is defeated as you say, why can Christians lose their salvation by giving into…[Read more]

House is a great show and I'm always thrilled when by chance I flip the TV on and it's playing.

Wow!  What a pretty bracelet – thanks!  I went to bible college right out of high school but never graduated (go figure – ha). My parents wanted me to go to a “real” college, so I didn't last very long there. The true studying I have done has been personal.  I've also studied with the Christadelph's and Church of God folks.

Country of Birth: Good ol' USATown: WA StateOverseas Travel: Jamaica, Mexico, South KoreaHomeland Travel: All of the West Coast and part of the mid-West. Also, Florida, Arkansas, Lousianna (for 10 minutes – we were lost), Arizona….goodnes I can't remember, I know I'm leaving some states out.Favourite Song(s): I adore Keith Green, too!…[Read more]

Heavens…..don't ever change your Avatar……it makes me laugh! And great advice to Stu and anyone who is open to living at peace with other's.

I don't mean to sound so curt.  And I do appreciate your suggestion very much!    It's just……I've already tried to talk to pastor's and those who should be “in the know”………and they don't know. It's disheartening, to say the very least.

Hi Heavens,You've no idea how many people I've chatted with in the church! Truly, at the beginning of my study in 2003, I talked to everyone and anyone; I stopped counting when the numbers went over a hundred. I even talked to a man in a mega-church who had the title, “Trinity Answer Man”; he was of little help.At any rate, I was raised in the…[Read more]

Some non-trinitarian body of believers are:Church of God of Abrahamic Faith (COGAF)Biblical Unitarians (truthortradition.com)ChristadelphiansJW's

We are told that knowing God and his Son are pre-req's to eternal life in John 17:3.How are we to know a “mystery”?

The OT give us a lot of details about “in the beginning”, but oddly enough there is no mention of Jesus with God in the beginning. We are not told that the promised Messiah was “with God” in the beginning. We are not told of Jesus anywhere in the OT. We are told of a promised Messiah, but we are not told of Jesus specifically.The NT buttons…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Feb. 16 2008,09:06)Quote (Not3in1 @ Feb. 15 2008,20:08)Does the OT say the promised Messiah will be “without sin”?The NT says that Jesus was made just like his brothers in every way.  Did they really mean he was made like his brothers in every way AND he was made not like us at all?Adam wasn't made with sin. He was sinless.He was made…[Read more]

Does the OT say the promised Messiah will be “without sin”?The NT says that Jesus was made just like his brothers in every way. Did they really mean he was made like his brothers in every way AND he was made not like us at all?

God does not promote confusion, so the story goes…..Allowing flaws has not served God well. He is perfect; his Son is perfect; we are demanded to be holy and perfect as they are…..and then we are given a flawed set of rules by which to acheive this perfection? Sounds like we were set-up to fail?Nick, I want to believe what you are writing, I…[Read more]

I see your point, however you cannot just embrace the beauty without noticing the blotches. That would be called turning a blind eye towards the so-called truth.I certainly didn't go in search of the flaws. They popped up and out of the pages as I studied along. Do you think I should just sing, “La,la,la,la,laaaa” as I read things that don't…[Read more]

Quote (Is 1:18 @ Oct. 14 2004,18:00)To me God has clearly orchestrated the collection of books that make up the Bible as we know it. Its authenticity is validated by the consistency that runs through it, even though 40 odd authors were involved and it was written over thousands of years. It's clearly 'supernaturally engineered'.Isaiah,If the bible…[Read more]