"There is no concrete and inescapable reference, in any of the New Testament books, to the destruction of Jerusalem, and is this in itself not a pretty surprising fact? Would we not expect one of these writers, particularly those of a triumphalist turn of mind, to make it clear that the very core and centre of Jewish worship had been obliterated?" - A.N. Wilson, on the reason for a pre-AD 70 dating of Revelation

Along these lines, It would be criminal to pretend the holocaust didn't happen...

I'm sure some of you remember Steven Anderson (pastor) - Wikipedia

Well, his thoughts on Steven L Anderson: Beware of "Going Back to the Greek" in Sermons

"For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled". - Matthew 5:18

We bring so much of our own worldview into Scripture that we have a hard time understanding Bible terminology. And many churches today do not help the situation. They are New Testament churches - in the worst sense. They teach the New Testament as a stand-alone revelation, disconnected from the foundational background that gives...

This is a continuation of the thread just closed, if anyone wants to continue the discussion.

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But there is also faith that falls away after a while -

But thats not Gods Gift of Faith given in regeneration which is the fruit of the Spirit.

Rev 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Rev 12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Rev 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
Rev 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the...

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Proverbs 30:5 Every word of God is pure

Isaiah 40:8 The word of our God shall stand forever.

Matthew 4:4 Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away.

2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God...

Hebrews 4:12 the word of God is quick and powerful

1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of...

The Bible is void and silent on Sunday sacredness, so those who claim they follow 'Solo Scriptura' or the "Bible Only" Christians contradict themselves by observing it as a replacement for the Sabbath. Many say that the reason it is held as the day of worship is since Jesus rose on the first day, or because the Holy Spirit was given to the early church on the Day of Pentecost, or that Paul broke bread and ate on the first day at Troas, or had offering brought to him on the first day to take...

Submitted to the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention Resolutions Committee
WHEREAS, The Baptist Faith and Message states, “Christians should work to provide for the orphaned, the needy, the abused, the aged, the helpless, and the sick,” (Article 15); and

WHEREAS, The Baptist Faith and Message states that Scripture, “is God’s revelation of Himself to man. . . . All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.” (Article 1); and

WHEREAS, The Baptist Faith...

I was being told that I was preaching a half-gospel if I was preaching a gospel of salvation of someone’s soul. That that’s not the whole story. Now I thought at the time, “OK, obviously he’s talking about I’m only giving part of the picture of the gospel. Him saying half-gospel means we need to talk about things like sin, why we need a Savior, what Jesus did, how we come to Him, and we need to talk about future things. We need to talk about, you know, the glorified state of believers, the...

More for the weary (some discussion was still going on)