Should Christians celebrate Christmas? Creation Ministries International in Canada presents a weekly television magazine program that recently was broadcast under the title Is Christmas based on pagan traditions?

They discuss such topics as the date of December 25, the real St. Nicholas, the giving of gifts, and the Christmas tree.

Those who say that Preterism is not a historical position (as my ex-pastor admonished me) need to understand that justification by faith is not "historical" either - that is, neither beliefs are found in creeds. In the Bible, yes, but not in the creeds.

Yesterday, I was told by someone that I'd taken the marka the beast by using a debit/credit card & paying mosta my bills online. I replied, "You need to STUDY Scripture,not just read it or listen to someone else's private interps."

Here's the Scripture involved - Rev. 13:16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast,...

Where in the Scriptures does It state that God can not look upon sin?
It is a fallen argument, for throughout Scriptures God most certainly not only looks upon sin, but works through and in partnership with the sin-filled.

The context of “God cannot look upon sin” is NOT from God, but from heathen hearted folks trying to refute the prophetic message.

It was and is a false argument to suggest God had to turn away from Christ on the cross because of sin.

I have heard several ideas (from this being merely a "book mark" to OT fulfillment all the way to God withdrawing Himself or turning His back on Jesus).

I believe that God forsook Jesus to suffer the Cross (God's deliverance was not from but through His agony). This is opposite from God abandoning Christ on the cross, but instead is God very much present but delaying deliverance until the appropriate time.

I believe this for several reasons. First is Scripture's insistence on God's...

This truth about the Trinity has sometimes been summarized in the phrase “ontological equality but economic subordination,” where the word ontological means “being.”See section D.1, above, where economy was explained to refer to different activities or roles. Another way of expressing this more simply would be to say “equal in being but subordinate in role.” Both parts of this phrase are necessary to a true doctrine of the Trinity: If we do not have ontological equality, not all the persons...

Name some ST books that you would recommend or think are beneficial in some way.

The thread title is self-explanatory: which Christian denomination do you consider to hold the most truth, second only to the one you belong to? If you weren't a (insert the label that defines you denominationally here), what do you think you'd be? You're welcomed to bring arguments to support your answer.

The classic example (if there is one) is probably I Kings 7:23 in which Solomon had a 'sea of cast metal' made that was 10 cubits from brim to brim, says it was round, and a line compassing it measured 30 cubits in circumference. That obviously gives the ratio of circumference/diameter as 3, when for a circle it is 3.1415926... And this has been used to "prove" that biblical literalism is invalid.

Most readers (or at least posters) on this site will probably say it does not make literalism...

So guys if you don't have faith in Jesus, and nor repent, IS THIS A SIN?
Which commandment does it break? LOVE GOD OR LOVE NEIGHBOR?