Forum: Doctrine
07-28-2009, 08:13 PM
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I wasn't criticizing your word choice at all,...
I wasn't criticizing your word choice at all, Samuel. I agree that bitterness is bad, but it dawned on me that what the Charismatics called a "critical spirit" is for the most part discernment and...
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Forum: Doctrine
07-28-2009, 11:45 AM
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I woke up this morning knowing that the Bible ...
I woke up this morning knowing that the Bible doesn't have anything to say about a "critical spirit". I searched the Bible in vain for the word "critical". All I could find is "hypocritical". I...
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Forum: Doctrine
07-27-2009, 06:46 PM
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Forum: Doctrine
07-27-2009, 05:43 PM
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Samuel,
I understand your experience with...
Samuel,
I understand your experience with charismatics. I believe my main hurt comes from the legalism of the SDA church, the years of torment believing I could not be saved. Then in the "real"...
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Forum: Doctrine
07-27-2009, 04:34 PM
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Samuel
Yeah, grew up in agnosic family,...
Samuel
Yeah, grew up in agnosic family, never considered Jesus as a real historical figure not once in my life, met a SDA at work, believed Jesus was an historical figure, read lots of EG WHITE,...
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Forum: Doctrine
07-27-2009, 12:52 AM
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I was also thinking about the idea on another...
I was also thinking about the idea on another thread about how the circumstances in people's lives when they come to Christ aren't always neat and tidy, they can be very troublesome and difficult. I...
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Forum: Doctrine
07-26-2009, 11:38 PM
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Samuel, I hope you don't mind me borrowing your...
Samuel, I hope you don't mind me borrowing your term "denominational monoliths" but it was really too good to pass up. I've never heard of Primitive Baptist churches. The Primitive part sounds very...
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Forum: Doctrine
07-26-2009, 11:31 PM
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Hi, Biblestudent.
Of course you are...
Hi, Biblestudent.
Of course you are absolutely correct. I'll add:
1 Timothy 5:18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy...
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Forum: Doctrine
07-26-2009, 09:34 PM
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I believe the practice of tithing to a church...
I believe the practice of tithing to a church organization is unscriptural. Tithing was a Jewish law for the Jewish temple. Christianity has no temples. I understand that groups of christians need...
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Forum: Doctrine
07-26-2009, 08:45 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 101,720
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Forum: Doctrine
07-25-2009, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 43
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Forum: Doctrine
07-25-2009, 09:27 PM
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