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Should Churches Restrict Mobile-Cell Phone Use During Services?
Physician's on call notwithstanding, should Pastor's and/or church boards
restrict or prohibit altogether the monitoring, texting and game apps, so forth,
during services?
I attended church twice this month, and during each service, there were not
only young people texting back and forth with their friends across the auditorium,
(I know this because I overheard about it afterwards) but at least one young adult,
I estimated as approximately 25 years old, seated by himself playing a game... -
Being religious vs. being spiritual
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How to Repent
The churches talk about repentance but never define it except in vague ways. Scripture is explicitly clear on how this is done, over and over. This is a major step in salvation that is often overlooked. Lets find out how.
The Gospel Message:
Mat_4:17 From that time יהושע began to proclaim and to say, “Repent, for the reign of the heavens has drawn near.”
What is sin:
1Jn 3:4 Everyone doing sin also does lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
How to repent:
Deu_30:8 “And you shall... -
Hell: Which View is The Bible One?
First, the orthodox view is commonly interpreted to be the belief that punishment for the wicked is everlasting and that it is punitive, not redemptive. Because the Bible reveals that God is a God of love and grace, a tension has developed between the concepts of a loving God and of a righteous God who demands absolute justice of the wicked. It is generally conceded, however, that a strict orthodoxy provides a literal everlasting punishment for the wicked.
Second, a view of hell as... -
Spiritual Interpretation....pt6
In part 5 there was little improvement made on the verses in question.
No premillenial person has offered a consistent biblical response to the verses offered dealing with the OT. Usage of the sun, moon, and stars....in Isaiah, and in Joel, and in Acts,and Revelation 6.....the heaven being rolled up like a scroll,stars falling to the earth,the sun not giving light,the moon turning to blood......
No one has answered this from any premill source, as predicted.
The author, his abilities,his... -
The Feminization of Christianity
All the churches Ive been visiting with lately are female dominated......why is that? Does this article come close to explaining it?
The Feminization of Christianity | The Art of Manliness -
David Chilton and the Greek
David Chilton was a Reconstructionist, touted by Gary North as a wonderful scholar, someone unanswerable by his opponents. North wrote, "But there will be no successful attempt by scholarly leaders of the various pessimillennial camps to respond to Chilton. There is a reason for this: They cannot effectively respond. As we say in Tyler, they just don't have the horses. If I am incorrect about their theological inability, then we will see lengthy, detailed articles showing why Chilton's book... -
Marcion the Heretic
A. Who was Marcion and when did he live?
Marcion was born about 110 AD, being the son of the wealthy Bishop of Sinope in Pontus.
By 144 AD, at age 34, Marcion had caused such a stir, that his teachings were the subject of an investigation and condemnation.
B. What did Marcion believe that made him a dangerous heretic:
Marcion believed that the God of the Old Testament was an evil creator god that Jesus came to destroy.
Marcion believed that this evil god did in fact reveal his will through... -
Colossian 3:13b; NIV vs. ESV, NKJV, KJV, NASB, etc.
There seems to be a phrase missing from Colossians 3:13 in the NIV. Here's the verse:
13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. [NIV]
13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. [ESV]
13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ... -
Met an "effective" evangelist
Dialogued with a pastor of a church that feeds the homeless, attracts new people to his church, has programs for the poor, and runs an effective ministry. In the eyes of many on this board this pastor is an effective evangelist. But hear the catch. He denies that Hell is real, believes everyone is saved, would rather follow what Jesus did, than to worship Jesus, and when I questioned his views he pointed me to his ordination, his 40K he had to spend in biblical studies to get his Mdiv, and...
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