All this time I assumed "Increasing Our Faith" meant Christians. I tailored my threads as such to edify the Church; certainty of salvation thru the forgiveness of sins found only in the blood stained...
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All this time I assumed "Increasing Our Faith" meant Christians. I tailored my threads as such to edify the Church; certainty of salvation thru the forgiveness of sins found only in the blood stained...
"He (Jesus) said to them, 'How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him 'Lord'? For he says, "The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your...
In Scriptural matters: Reason is a wonderful servant and a lousy master.
CajonBass, "Increasing Our Faith" in what? At last woke count, there are 56-58 different sexual identities. All this time I thought there was only two: "...male and female he created them." Gen 1:...
Jesus should have been more careful: "Before Abraham was born, I am."(John 8:58b)--it cost Him His life.
God identifying Himself to Moses at the burning bush: "I am Who I am." (Exodus 3:14)--The...
Is it a 'story' or an account? There's a difference. An eye witness account no less.
"This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word." Isaiah 66:2b
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Jesus Christ: Inferior to the Father as to His humanity. Equal to the Father as to His divinity. (Athanasian Creed paraphrase)
Another question, How can Christ be 100% human and 100% divine?...
CJ1--I meant confusing in the sense we don't entirely understand God or His ways sometimes---because we are tainted by sin and not all knowing.
"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my...
How does God separate (abandon--definition of hell) Himself from Himself at the cross?
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Psalm 22:1 900-1000 BC, Matthew 27:46)
Christ suffered hell on...
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1
It should be noted: JW's are not Trinitarian
Confusing to all of us. One God, three separate persons; Father, Son, Holy Spirit, aka Holy Trinity. If you can explain it fully then you should write several/many books. Anyway, that's the way God...
We're going to forgo the Psalms for one week. Also, this message can be viewed as somewhat political, its election time.
The pro-life vs pro-choice argument has been around the block 1000 times....
God has promised to meet us in one place, Holy Scripture. That is where we should look. He tells us who He is (all the names He goes by) and who we are.
A prayer is a petition before God....
Sometimes, the split is over more serious matters. My denomination split from its parent over God's Election of the saints. Serious stuff. Over my head.
As to no denomination having it totally...
All Saints Day is Sunday, November 1. We celebrate God redeeming the saints (holy ones).--of all time, before and after Christ. Won't it be cool to chat with Abraham? The thief on the cross? I...
October 31
The bloody cross stands both inside and outside of time. So that man's small mind could more easily comprehend, God invented and gave us time. We know the cross was 2000 years ago on a...
From our liturgy (Psalm 141:2)(chanted); "Let my prayers rise before you as incense: And the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice." A pleasant aroma to God.
Solomon's Temple dedication: sacrifice 22,000 cattle, 120,000 sheep & goats (1 Kings 8). Total waste of time, animals?
In who's eyes? Nose?
Blood on the doorposts came from the lamb--slit throat.
I made a point about certain denominations and decision theology. No denomination, including mine, has every single point of Christian theology correct. A pastor once said, "There will be a lot of...
All the Old Testament ceremonial (tabernacle/temple) sacrifices pointed towards the coming Messiah. The sacrifice of animals pointed towards the sacrifice of God's only Son. Substitutionary...
Quick story about mom. Sometime back we had a really tuff year. The family business had burned to the ground, My wife had a heart attack. My infant daughter was in the hospital with Kawasaki disease....
Author's note: My sainted mother loved to cook. The kitchen was her room. For decades and decades there was a plaque in the kitchen window sill from Psalm 46, "Be still, and know that I am God." One...
I harp a lot about the importance of the Gospel, to heed it, to keep it pure. The church has not always done that. Ditto for our hearts. The Old Testament lesson for today (2 Kings 23:1-3) talks...
I like cheese.