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I don't necessarily disagree with much of that.

I've heard something like that, and it is based on the belief that Christ can come back imminently, ie "at any time." I don't believe that. Only God knows the day that Christ will come back, and that day is, I believe, already set. Christ cannot come back on just any day. I don't at all...

Don't mean to be insulting. I talk like I know things because I've been discussing them for 50 years. If you've been talking about something for 50 years, you might sound like you know what you're talking about too! But I'm as weak as the next guy, and am aware of my deficiencies. I try to...

Yea, I'm interested in anything the Lord brings my way for whatever reason. I could suggest a reason why 33.5 years for Jesus? It's because 30 years is the age one under the Law enters into priesthood. Jesus was, however, a different kind of priest, and not in the line of Aaronic, nor Levitical...

Clearly, we're told that we *do not know what hour our Lord is coming.* How then does staying alert meet our Lord's concern about our need to be "watchful?" It is not by expecting that he can come at any time--that is an exercise in futility, since people throughout the ages could've conceivably...

This is *not* true. The book of Revelation does *not* say that *all* take the mark. Rather, it says that the policy of the False Prophet is to make all take the mark, whether they take it or not. Rev 14.9 A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and...

Okay, I just saw it, and found it very interesting, with some glaring deficiencies and errors. 1) There is no Pretrib Rapture of the Church. 2) Nowhere in the Scriptures are we told that Adam lived for 33.5 years before he sinned. So, all of this prediction work is based on extra-Scriptural...

Yes, I've lived through the whole Hal Lindsay story. I even attended a church where he taught on Sunday mornings! But yes, Pretribbers get a joy out of predicting things, and revising them. They have no apologies for their failures--they just think that contemporary history is correcting them...

I can't make you do what's right. But you should obey the Scriptures. I couldn't help but notice you ignored the point. You indicated we are to look to Christ *instead of* to false teachers, Antichrists, and the like. At least that's how I read you! But if you're going to do both--to both...

Yes, we are specifically said to avoid setting dates, to focus on ministry instead of on predicting the times and the seasons. Yet, here we are! ;)

You seem to be fitting that with the idea Christ died in 30 AD, subtracting 7 years for what you think will be the "Great Tribulation?" You may not be far off, although I disagree with the notion of a 7 year Tribulation. The Reign of Antichrist will only be 3.5 years. But following this period...

That in itself is false teaching! You make it sound good--look for Jesus, and not the Antichrist. But Jesus said to beware of false teachers and false Christs. You better go back to school!

I really don't think you get it. The things we are to watch for is the Kingdom of God. Keeping our eyes on Jesus we know what we're supposed to do, how we're supposed to live. It really has nothing to do with calculating how long this or that will happen, or with determining dates. We know...

That's a poor argument. What time-line? If you're referring to the 70 Weeks prophecy, there is no stop to the timeline, except that you claim there is. Again, if you separate the timeline into 2 parts, it ceases to be a timeline at all. Can you imagine my saying an earthquake will take place in...

Mankind has always been required to follow God's Word, to obey His Law. But to do so, He has always had to operate in faith. In that way, God becomes part of the equation of human obedience. With faith we participate with God to do good. We operate together with His Word to do good works...

Sounds like you're covering all bases in your criticism? Those who "teach that you can lose your salvation?" Those who "teach predestination?" It really doesn't show where you stand on any of this. At any rate, it is a little removed from any discussion about what "the Law" is. Again, you're...

Grace is also a system of Law. You are referring to the Law of Moses. It would be a contradiction for me to say the Law of Moses is replaced with the Law of Moses! ;) Please do not change my quotation to look like I was asking a question. That is a misrepresentation of what I said.

Sorry, but humanity's problem is, in fact, sin. And we aren't born dead. We're born with a death sentence due to sin. Therefore, sin is a very real problem. We can indeed stop sinning, just as God told Cain, "you must overcome it." What we can't eradicate is our sin nature, with its...

Mercy beyond the Law. Mercy was demonstrated under the Law of Moses by the offering of gifts and rituals that God accepted in exchange for His mercy. But there was also mercy demonstrated by God apart from the Law that would make atonement for complete national failure under the Law. It is...

James 4.11 Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. What does this mean? How is slandering a brother in Christ judging the Law? I think that in the Law of Moses there were both rules and remedies for breaking those rules. And so, the Law...