MS, No preisthood order here; don't even own a hooded robe. I cherish Christ on the Lord's Day and on annual holidays. If my offerings are vain, does it matter if it's the Lord's Day or not? The matter rests with the worshipping Christ in truth and spirit, the day is peripheral. I don't celebrate advent because it's December 25th, I celebrate for Christ's sake.
Hey Christopher, good to see on the boards as well. Atheists, in reality, are deniers rather than acknowledgers of the non-existence of God. What they do not realize is they actually validate scripture and the truth by their denial.
SC, I see you're on the annual Saturnalia fox hunt. I know you desire believers to stay the course, but also know there is nothing "pagan" in setting aside a day to celebrate that advent of Emmanuel, God with us in Christ. Cheers!
Wonder what was in the manger? A unicorn surrounded by three upright talking monkey wise men with aliens as Angels. Atheists claim "reason" but have the most fantastic, unreasonable beliefs on cosmology, morality, and life in general.
This shows how little these people know Darwin's theory. Darwin admitted that evidence of irreducible complexity would dismantle his theory. Modern science has provided such evidence. So.....
McCausland, Which words are vital, the king's English or original Greek? What is lost in vernacular IS irrelevant if the person reading does not have the SPIRIT. It is folly to them in this age or any age.
Pencil man, What's the point? Love doesn't CONDEMN; the righteous justice of God does. Love does hate sin but those who are God's enemy are not LOVED by Him, but perish under his holy condemnation in hell. Hence why it is hell and not heaven where the beloved reside.
Pencil man, Love doesn't condemn...justice condemns based on guilt. A man cannot condemn lest he be a judge. Semantics and word choice is peripheral when it comes to God and His word. All peoples everywhere could have a crisp copy of the 1611, but unless they are made alive by the Spirit, the sharper wording will not cut any deeper than the Message or TNIV.
Catholicism and Hitler Jim? Goodness man, the theology is way off but to corral the whole lot in with Hitler is no different than their (Catholic church) being wrong theologically.
McCausland, Who is it that strikes deep into men's heart the truth of holiness and sin? It is not the vernacular or King's English; it's he the Holy Spirit. Wrangling over which words have a more cutting edge is peripheral.
The Christian community "could vanish completely" unless they are helped by man? These types of articles are ridiculous and devoid of biblical understanding. GOD will determine if He will take HIS people out of the region. If He does then EVERYONE will VANISH from the area, not just Christianity.
sc, Tomorrow is Reformation day. Celebrate the church coming out of Romish bondage and thank God that through the Reformation we got the word in our language.
@defytyrants How do you read Romans 13? How do you understand Christ's revelation that Christians WILL be persecuted and that we are to count it ALL JOY to suffer for his name's sake? Where in the Bible does it instruct the Christian to take the government to court?
Christopher, The Daily Beast is a left of center news site, similar to the Politico. My other question is, What is written on the plates or tablets? Are the Greens mere collectors of antiquity or is there a biblical connection to theses artifacts. If there is a connection then I'd rather them possess it than ISIS using them for their next propaganda video.
Striking how the Daily Beast runs this article but consistingly ignore the DAILY persecution of Christians in Iraq, Syria, and Africa. Artifacts over people.
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