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If you wish to deny the Apostleship of Paul you are going to run into some major problems with the entire NT (New Covenant).

1) Assuming the authorship of Luke we can conclude that Luke was a...

Ew.

Besides the possible one in Philippians, I guess you're right. However, I think "sheol" was thought to be under/at the bottom of the sea. That idea is basically derived from the ancient conception of...

Thanks. So there is no warrant for rendering katachthonios as underworld?

Well we are not supposed to work for our salvation - it is by faith alone - but to those who are born again, well, works most certainly follow.

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1) You stated: "It shows that the books are fully human, and were composed by human beings - this is no argument at all against the inspiration of the books." Right, but this is no argument for the...

Was there some form of atonement being practiced in China at that time, for example?

OK, so my question here would be, was there a sacrificial system devoted to averting the wrath of god(s) in non-ANE regions in other words - was it a universal concept? Or was that concept relegated...

Right but my concern was the literal rendering in Greek. It is in fact literally "the underworld", right?

I basically agree that that references to earth are referring to the land masses. I don't think the biblical authors were cognizant of the universe as it is/was.



I think the ANE concept of the...

I agree that the events recorded in the Bible did in fact happen, yet do you agree that the Bible and other ANE literature share striking similarities, and that literature predated the biblical...

I agree that it is a metaphor, but I don't think I can agree that this is an original metaphor. I think we need to acknowledge that these metaphors are essentially recycled by the biblical authors...

In Job 17:16 there is an allusion to the "gates of death". In Job 38:17 God likewise alludes to the "gates of death". The Mesopotamian myths underpinning these concepts are seemingly indisputable...

Part of the Kenotic hymn in Philippians 2:10 states:

"that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth"

My concern has to do with the...

Sili, just wondering - do you use commentaries? It appears that you really want to dig deep into the text, which is great, so I think a couple of good commentaries would really benefit you. Do you...

Screwball to the parents who refuse medical treatment for their children and opt instead for prayer. The results: Second child now dead after nothing but prayer:
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Yeah it depends on the medical condition though. I had a nasty rash that was 100% cured with tiamol cream recently. See my concern was over a hyper-spiritual view of reality that makes no provision...

Well, illness and activity of the gods was closely linked in the ancient world. For example an amulet of "Lamashtu", who was believed to cause many illnesses, would be placed above the bed of a sick...

I am not saying that the psychiatric industry is infallible but clearly they are making strides and providing much needed insight into a relatively unknown area - this is referred to as progress. To...

I think when we get to the point of saying "We have all these great insights and know that this causes that effect, but it STILL could be a spirit" well most likely at that point it probably isn't...

Can you elaborate?

The "natural cause hypothesis" undergirds the scientific enterprise and the plethora of medical cures. The notion that spirits are behind the vast majority of disorders strikes me as more of a...

How do you know what demons look like?

Right but my point is that we shouldn't be quick to label something as demonic when there is a high degree of probability that a phenomena is organic in nature. I don't see this attitude as being...

Yeah I'm not 100% sure here but I think this can be traced back to the teachings of Ray Vander Laan. Again, I would need to double check this but I believe Rob Bell uses Vander Laan as a source for...

Perhaps it might be a Christian researcher behind the evidence that the article is based upon? In any event, searching for natural causes to events such as this is the method reasonable people...

Yeah I agree.



Give me an example.



What does his oppression consist of? Was he formerly on drugs and now not?

Has anyone ever heard of Tanya Simmonds? Right of course you haven't. Anyhow, I came across her on YT video and apparently she is quite evangelistic in her efforts to deconvert the ignorant. I...

Remo, I'm curious - if a Christian friend came up to you and said something along the lines of "oh brother you wouldn't believe how I was attacked last night. I had this demonic dream of _______ and...

Yeah I definitely think we need to rightly divide the text and see that the Church in its infancy along with the Apostles was a special era in history, so I would imagine Satan and demons were...

I am wondering when it is right to appeal to the supernatural as a cause for events in our lives.

Often times, usually among our more charismatic friends, there is almost an exclusive appeal to...

I have not been officially diagnosed with DSPS, however it was said to be a possibility by a sleep doctor I visited. All signs point to me having DSPS. This disorder is not widely recognized as a...

Soy, I would like to highlight Romans 14 in context. Hopefully this will help and provide support and reasoning for my previous post.

In Romans 14 Paul is addressing "the weak" and "the strong"....

Soy, I am afraid if I respond to every one of your points it will only confuse and muddle the root of the issue.

So, my question to you is, since I am in Christ and Christ is in me via his Holy...

I disagree and I think you haven't quite comprehended what it means to be "in Christ". If you are "in Christ" then you possess all spiritual blessings. True freedom, true righteousness, true...

:thumb: Walk in the Spirit bro and you won't gratify the desires of the flesh.

But what about the Orthodox, Torah-observant Jews that don't have faith in Jesus? What will happen to them?

There is no condemnation for those in Christ. I am in Christ. I have no fear.

I think this issue needs to be clarified and Lee Irons does a better job than I could I ever could. Please read this...

And how am I declared righteous on the day of judgment? How am I justified before a Holy God?

Soy, I appreciate you answering my posts in the manner you have. However, I would just like to jump to the substance of the issue as this will reveal the root of the matter: Please tell me, what is...

Hey Soy, I was just thinking about the verse, Romans 14:23:

"..But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is...

Oooh, you're good...

I have no problem with highlighting the Jewish roots of Christianity. I personally greatly admire a Messianic Jewish scholar Dr. Michael Brown and his evangelism and love for the Jewish people....

1) I already provided evidence that the Colossian philosophy was Jewish in character, however, I can accept that the philosophy was syncretistic as well.

2) Paul only kept Torah when evangelizing...

I would just like to make the situation clear. I believe the Hebraic Roots Movement, which Soy has been ensnared by, is a movement brimming with false doctrines and false teachers. The bottom line...

An Exegesis of Matthew 5:17-19 Presented by James M. Arlandson, Ph.D.

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Verse 17
17 Do not think that I have...

To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. (Tit. 1:15).

Of course this verse doesn't...

Jesus sometimes speaks to the people in terms of the entire law still being valid, but in the Gospel of Matthew he gradually reveals that he is in the process of reinterpreting the Old Testament and...

Clearly the general thrust of Colossians is about putting Christ in His place - His surpassing greatness and supremacy in all things. Furthermore, it seems to me that the Colossian heresy is Jewish...