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I don't like when people seperate the Father, Son and Holy Spirit like they are different beings. That seems like 'God' becomes something in brackets rather than the one triune being, God. The Father is not the Son..like the mind is not the body...but they are not separate.

The logic goes that there are so many planets..there must be life on others.. What that logic doesn't take into account is the conditions our planet has for life. Right distance from the sun, right axis, right position to the moon, the fine balance of everything working together for growth and...

Hebrews 10 context is talking about animal sacrifice. For the Hebrew believer, they were going back to Old Testament practices of sacrificing lambs, bulls and goats 🐐 If they sinned, those kind of sacrifices were no longer required, with Jesus as the ultimate lamb. The new covenant meant...

Repent before..but this isnt really 'turn from sins' if that is meant by trusting in your own turning, rather than the object of the faith, Jesus. Repent, is a change of mind, heart. I believe the bible teaches it is going from unbelief in Jesus to belief in Him. I believe we can 'turn from...

yea. . all popular..but lacking their time, place, audience, etc.. in the actual scripture they are related to.

Yeah..so congregation and assembly are possibly more direct translations of ecclessia. But the primary thing is the context they are in. I saw a writer explain that the word 'church' has a more spiritual meaning than plain congregation or assembly. Both are people gathered in a location for...

notice Matthew 18 context: Matthew 18:15-20 KJV - Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the...

There are always popular one verse sayings that people bring up. Whether from just hearing it or opposing another view. An example is Jesus saying 'the Father is greater than I' Used by many to try to prove Jesus is not God. Another is 'where two or three are gathered, there I am in the...

my experience, is many people get a popular saying that is meant to be what everyone agrees on. For example: 'Where two or three are gathered, there I am in the midst of them ' The popular view is this applies to any situation where 2 to 3 christians gather. So people interpret in a way to...

This website is a good reference for tithing. https://get.tithe.ly/blog/106-bible-scriptures-about-giving#is-tithing-required

Yea.. believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. All through the book of John. Pretty simple. This isnt getting saved because you did a good work... the whole thing is led by Jesus working on a person's soul.

we've been around this bush many times. The desiring of the gifts of tongues, prophecy and knowledge surely is there of course. And it is to the assembly at Corinth..for distribution to other churches.. then and there. It may continue to now if there is nothing from the future of THAT time...

I've since got grounded in the Word and left charismatic christianity. i also tried New Age beliefs and there was little difference between it and charismsnia

Yea.. God can do as He wishes, but the GIFTS of prophecy, miracles, tongues knowledge have fulfilled their purpose with the completion of the canon, death of the apostles and establishment of the early churches. Course... there are other gifts that have continued such as faith, hope and love...

Reminds me of when in my youth, we would go to big christian events, like concerts and the so called 'toronto blessing ' (held here in Christchurch, NZ) We would get into a euphoric state with the music.... ready to be susceptible to what the speaker would say. Some of us would have already...

In 1 Corinthians, we have the body of Christ being described. It is in terms of a unified entity, where one member can suffer with another. The hand, foot etc..are together. So guess what? Paul writes to the assembly at Corinth.. 'YOU are the body of Christ' That means...the body of...

I know a building isn't required to meet, man! I'm saying that is a common thing for a church to pay rent (or mortgage for). Stationery would obviously include electronic stuff also. I still don't see how 10 percent isn't the usual standard of giving in both OT and NT. Of course not...

A New Testament church has bills to pay. The pastor ideally should have some financial support .. there is rent of the building (unless its a home church building).. there is insurance, paying for food, paying for power, paying for missions, stationery etc etc.. Who pays this? It would...

The Learner has been posting in CC for a long time... look at their profile for posts. Most of their posts i've seen have been well thought out and biblically based. Its tempting to jump on posters who start threads and dont contribute alot to them...but this is someone who has been posting in...

Begetting in the sense of having the same essence as the Father. Not that Jesus had to come into being. If it is referring to the time He took on human form... it doesn’t take away from existing before, being equal with the Father, co-eternal, co-existing. Whatever beget means.. it doesn't...