heiscomingintheclouds I'm in full agreement with your post and it is echoed many times throughout this forum. I just want to voice a concern of mine mostly directed to T8 and Nick but also to others, myself included. Please don't take this wrong I love both you guys and feel as though your my brothers and hope you feel the same.My concern is that…[Read more]

If we do not love our brothers are we not more guilty of murder then a soldier who shoots someone in war?1 John 3:15Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, There is a religon which does practice love, the true religon as referred to in James, helping those who are defensless and keeping your self untainted by the world. I believe we must…[Read more]

I believe we will only achieve unity between us, as we achieve unity with the Father and Son. If this is true then what does that say about our relation to God when you look at our relations to each other?

I believe it was one of the worst things that has ever happened to Christianity. Not just the false doctrines, but by making becoming a Christian the “politically correct” thing to do, everyone was doing it with no real commitment or even an understanding of what true Chritianity is and this continues to today.I personally believe that God has…[Read more]

“I thought this topic was on whether or not Christians should go to war and kill.” It is titled “Christians who Kill” Police are also put in positions of defense which result in shooting someone. I had a Christian friend who was a police detective he had to shoot and had been shot a couple of times. “I love disneyworld. It's one of my favorite…[Read more]

David,I was not necessarily talking about war David but the principal is the same. You seem to have a dislike for the US. after all, we must not be very smart since we only want oil and yet we invaded Afghanistan (lots of it there). However I noticed you quoting the UN (now that's scary).Of course now I've used your tactic, change the subject to…[Read more]

David,Just as Cubes posted (good posts by the way), there is a practical and spiritual. With the spiritual we are fed by every word which proceeds from God, but the practical (as stated in James) says we should meet others physical needs as it is within our ability.The pharisees also took good scriptures and overemphasized adherence beyond their…[Read more]

Quote (david @ May 28 2006,06:23)If the true congregation of God were composed of persons scattered throughout all the church systems of Christendom, where would be the unity in thought and action?From the leading of the Spirit. I meet fellow believers from many denominations, they readily accept me, as I do them, (we attend different churches for…[Read more]

Quote (david @ May 28 2006,06:23)If the true congregation of God were composed of persons scattered throughout all the church systems of Christendom, where would be the unity in thought and action?From the leading of the Spirit. I meet fellow believers from many denominations, they readily accept me, as I do them, (we attend different churches for…[Read more]

Quote (david @ May 28 2006,06:23)If the true congregation of God were composed of persons scattered throughout all the church systems of Christendom, where would be the unity in thought and action?From the leading of the Spirit. I meet fellow believers from many denominations, they readily accept me, as I do them, (we attend different churches for…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ May 21 2006,07:38)We decided to meet about every 2 weeks and at a different house each time. I encourage others who come here to try and do the same.T8,I've been talking to my brother-in-law about doing the same type of thing. I don't know about NZ but it's almost a phenomenon in US that people are leaving the “churches” in search of…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ May 21 2006,07:38)We decided to meet about every 2 weeks and at a different house each time. I encourage others who come here to try and do the same.T8,I've been talking to my brother-in-law about doing the same type of thing. I don't know about NZ but it's almost a phenomenon in US that people are leaving the “churches” in search of…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ May 21 2006,07:38)We decided to meet about every 2 weeks and at a different house each time. I encourage others who come here to try and do the same.T8,I've been talking to my brother-in-law about doing the same type of thing. I don't know about NZ but it's almost a phenomenon in US that people are leaving the “churches” in search of…[Read more]

Here is what I found:”Gnosticism was a heresy that arose in the first few centuries A.D. when Christianity was spreading throughout the world, and it claimed to be Christian, but was not. It was rather a very basic departure from Christian truth, and promoted a salvation that was more of an elevation of the soul, through a secret knowledge rather…[Read more]

Quote (kenrch @ May 19 2006,01:19)Quote (heaven @ May 17 2006,09:15)Thanks for that info.I didn't realise the website was down.It sounds like the database server went down according to that message kenrch quoted. It is working now of course.I have been wanting to move the BBS to a more reliable server provider. I am getting broadband soon, so it…[Read more]

I love my two sons, but for their good I would punish them as needed. Surely Peter heard from God with Ananias and Sapphira. I agree with Cubes non-violence can become a stumbling block.I heard someone say once that we are trying to be nicer than God. I agree that killing and even violence is wrong, for me as an individual serving my needs and…[Read more]

I believe all of us have beeen guilty of some false teaching at times, I have. But the ones who have no love for the truth and who make of “religon” what they want, are the ones we should hate what they do. Besides a warning of the consequences, God did little to prevent the wolves amoung the sheep (I'm not advocating that it should be tolerated,…[Read more]

When I wrote the above I believed it was from the Lord. The next day I started to wonder about it since I've never heard it being interpreted that way, was it God or not. Then I was reading this morning about when Jesus asked who do you say I am? And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not…[Read more]

I do not limit my search to scriptures alone but If your quoting a source “as proof” to support your side of a discussion, and it's not directly supported by scripture, it cannot carry the same weight (and may even be questionable).