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That is ironic because Colleges originated as a method to teach the Bible and morals and theology. They were the first colleges. It is true that we don't approach the ministry as a professional career with an eye on financial gain but it is also true that we need good expositors of the Bible...

I don't think CC is an example of normal Christian fellowship. There is an abundance of arguing in a way that Christians should know better than to do. Be polite, make your case for an interpretation and let it go if someone gets personal or offended. The immature arguing is not what...

As much as I want to agree with you about how Jesus cleanses us from the leprosy of sin, we really can't go all maverick with the scriptures to make that point. :) There is no question that Luke 17:15 says healed. ἰάθη (iathē) Luke 17 14When he saw them, he told them, “Go and show...

My opinion... Online, accredited, inexpensive, pay as you go college courses to earn the degree required according to your career choice. Stay out of debt, pay as you go. I think there are surveys about this. They have been proving for decades that most people who went to the ivy league...

I don't know. This message pretty much starts out as a "God Loves You" message don't you think? 34Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: 35But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. 36The...

I was reminded today about one of the very first seeds of the Bible's message ever planted in my heart when growing up. I will try and keep it short. I did not go to church or know anything about Jesus. I was about 13 on a school bus on the way to a Boy Scout trip and a lady taught us the...

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So in this journey to search out the intended meaning of Sheol in the OT what I discovered is that there was a point in time when the Rabbis introduced ideas about the compartments in Sheol. This was not something that was originally thought, taught or discussed until a point in history long...

Yes they mention it but when you read each of the instances it almost always has a negative connotation. Looking up each reference and thinking about what they were saying is what lead me to the conclusion that Sheol is usually talking about the place for the wicked dead and something that the...

I believe that one of the reasons that the idea was developed that Sheol might include a place for the righteous is because it shows up in the OT was when Jacob said that if Benjamin were killed it would bring down his grey hairs to Sheol. This was interpreted by some as the same as the grave...

I believe that is a good description of what was a popular idea about it. Many things people believed were coming from what the Rabbis taught and they taught different things. Even the Pharisees and Saducees differed on these things. Generally speaking Sheol in the OT seems to be...

Here is a brief introduction to the subject. 3439 monogenḗs (from 3411 /misthōtós, "one-and-only" and 1085 /génos, "offspring, stock") – properly, one-and-only; "one of a kind" – literally, "one (monos) of a class, genos" (the only of its kind). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3439...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameri...erican Standard Version, which,(RV) in the UK. Its just an English translation for YHWH (or rather the Hebrew letters of that tetragrammaton) It is an attempt to pronounce it but it has been mostly replaced with Yahweh instead. Even that is not for...

I wouldn't sweat it. The word is monogenē and it is not true that the English word begotten is the exact equivalent of that Greek word meaning. One and only might be closer. There is a reason NIV, ESV and many other translations don't use the word begotten. It's been a discussion among Greek...

What do you mean by this statement? Are you saying that doing these things are sins but God looks over it?

I agree with you. I think Peter, John, Paul, who wrote about the Love of God and the Love of Jesus TOWARD Sinners. Also preached the same to people as they evangelized the unsaved. And I think John 3:16 was understood and preached by them all.

I hear you. The gospel never was just "Jesus Loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life" That is not how Peter and Paul preached to people. They explained the reason for Jesus, and the cross and resurrection, judgment to come and how to escape it through repentance toward God and faith...

Are you toying with the idea that you should not tell anyone that Jesus loves them until you know for sure if they are saved already? Because you know, if they are not one of the elect, then you don't want to tell them Jesus loves them?

I read Acts 2 and when they ask "what shall we do" and he says "repent and be baptized and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit and the promise is to you and your children" don't you think they felt Loved? Like guilty sinners who crucified the Lord being offered Grace and forgiveness...

My point was that John, Peter, Paul all wrote about God loving us, and Jesus loving us in their letters. I could quote the verses but I don't think I am being listened to so I will just make my point. If they wrote about it then they preached it. Writing those letters was an example of their...