Forum: Current Events
08-02-2009, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 20,793
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Forum: Bible Studies
07-31-2009, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 13
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Church Governance and individual discernment
I very much appreciate the remarks on church apostasy by George in post #4, and how it begins with people blindly following devious church leadership. I have heard Hebrews 13:17 "Obey them that have...
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Forum: Doctrine
07-25-2009, 03:58 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 75,561
More about slavery
I should apologize about continuing conversation about slavery in a post referring to a marraige question, but I'll link the two subjects together by remembering that when Cher Bono filed for her...
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Forum: Doctrine
07-24-2009, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 75,561
Re: murder and slavery mentioned in first post
To Amanda S: First, welcome to the forum.
Second; I disagree that Moses committed murder. The Egyptian he killed was assaulting a Hebrew and Moses defended the person being assaulted.
Moses was...
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Forum: General Chit-Chat
07-19-2009, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 16,713
Dynamic Equivalence Translation in the Bible
To get an idea of what our sacred scriptures would be like without the guidance of the Holy Spirit, read John 21: 20-23.
Then Peter, turning about, seeing the disciple whom Jesus loved following:...
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Forum: Bible Versions
07-07-2009, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 20,377
KJV Bible Correcting
It seems to me that a person who doesn't agree that the KJV is God's Word should read the articles before commenting in the forums. You used to have an introduction to the KJV issue that I don't see...
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Forum: Bible Versions
07-06-2009, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 31,744
This change in Titus 3:10 from heretick to...
This change in Titus 3:10 from heretick to divisive would be consistent with the Liberation Theology heresy which says that salvation comes through community to the individual. Any disruption to the...
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Forum: Doctrine
07-05-2009, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 27,407
John 1:12
Thanks for the responses. The places in the Bible where I find receiving separated from believing are in reference to unbelievers: In the parable of the seeds (Matt. 13:20,21 & Mark 4: 16,17), the...
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Forum: Doctrine
06-30-2009, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 27,407
Interpretation of John 1:12
I want to get your ideas on the reading of John 1:12; if you think it is saying that receiving Jesus precedes the belief required for salvation and that God gives the power to believe after people...
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Forum: Current Events
06-14-2009, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 13,229
Miss California Fired
One thing I noticed in the TV report of Donald Trump firing Miss California was that he said she was neglecting her contractual duties as the holder of that title, but he didn't mention any specific...
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Forum: Doctrine
06-04-2009, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 11,606
Jesus's Death for our sins
It seems to me that the idea of Jesus paying the price for our sins that would require billions of eternities in hell in just the short time of his death on the cross is hard to understand because we...
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Forum: Current Events
05-24-2009, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 12,727
"Jesuit penetration of Protestant Christianity"
To tonybones2112 regarding your statement of Jesuit penetration of Protestant Christianity: From the history I have read, there is good evidence that the Jesuit order was formed by Jews forced into...
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Forum: Doctrine
05-24-2009, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 15,750
Identified as sinner
In response to cb6445 regarding giving people time before invoking church discipline in 1 Corinthians 5:11. Paul speaks of people who are identified by their sin, not righteous people who have...
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Forum: Current Events
05-21-2009, 11:01 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 11,101
This sounds like blatant theft of this man's...
This sounds like blatant theft of this man's franchise, assuming the factual content of his letter turns out to be both true and complete. It would seem like there would be a legal agreement signed...
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Forum: Current Events
04-23-2009, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 11,263
Homeland Security Assessment - Rightwing Extremism
According to the recent Dept. of Homeland Security Assessment on the dangers of Rightwing Extremism, two of the issues identifying the evil extremists are opposition to gun control that violates the...
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Forum: Current Events
04-22-2009, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 8,385
Second Amendment Rights
Recent news is that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the second amendment to the constitution restricts the ability of governments; state, local, and federal, to interfere with an...
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Forum: Doctrine
04-06-2009, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 20,054
Difference between Spells and Hypnosis
I think there is a difference between a spell that is cast and hypnosis because hypnosis depends on the willingness of the hypnotized and a spell is to be effective regardless of what any other human...
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Forum: Doctrine
04-04-2009, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 20,054
Regarding Bro. Parrish's remark on how God can...
Regarding Bro. Parrish's remark on how God can use all different personalities; I agree fully. It is when the willpower of a person replaces truth as the driving force, or effectiveness of their...
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Forum: Doctrine
04-02-2009, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 20,054
Witchcraft Communication Methods
I copied the following from page 110 of a book A CENTURY OF SPELLS: MORE THAN 100 TIME-TESTED, EASY-TO-USE-SPELLS by Draja Mickaharic 1988.
"To be operative, the spoken spell must contain the...
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Forum: Bible Versions
03-17-2009, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 13,348
Nicolaitanes
In Revelation Chapter 2 verses 6 & 15 the deeds and doctrines of a group called the Nicolaitanes is identified as not only hated by God but also to be hatred by the church. Neither the deeds or...
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Forum: Bible Versions
03-17-2009, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 13,348
I like the name "not KJV" for the NKJV. I've...
I like the name "not KJV" for the NKJV. I've heard the NIV called the "Nearly Inspired Version." The more I study the changes from the KJV I'm tempted to think of it as the "Never Inspired Version"...
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Forum: Bible Versions
03-14-2009, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 13,348
Selectively Changing "Servant" to "Slave"
Reading the books of the New Testament from Romans through Revelation in the KJV and the NIV and noting where the word "servant" in the KJV has been replaced by the word "slave" in the NIV and where...
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Forum: Doctrine
03-10-2009, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 16,790
Rock 'n' Roll Origins
Because a lot of our Christian music is Rock with Christian lyrics I think it is necessary to consider how Rock got it's start. Back in the days when slaves were brought from Africa and forced to...
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Forum: Doctrine
03-07-2009, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 16,790
Music
A reformed theologian, I think it was Michael Horton, noted that from the time of the reformation until some time in the 1800's music focused on historical facts of Christianity. Then the focus...
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Forum: Doctrine
03-04-2009, 07:46 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,749
Hypnosis and False Memory
I was listening to Dave Hunt on a radio program talking about how people can have false memories put in their brain during hypnosis, and that these are indistinguishable from real memories. Several...
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