Recent content by Lanman87

30,001, you have to include your own unique theology.

Deuteronomy 17:6 and 19:15 are about finding people guilty of breaking the Mosaic law. It has nothing to do with how scripture is determined to be scripture or proving Jesus in the Messiah. Now if Jesus was guilty of breaking the law and was about to be put to death for it, then you may be on...

Biden said he hasn't talked to Putin since the invasion, so I imagine he can say a lot that Biden never said.

I was in an interesting class last night that discussed the Body, Soul, and Spirit. Do humans have three distinct parts, Body, Soul and Spirit? (trichotomy view) Or two distinct parts Body, Soul/Spirit? (dichotomy view) With soul and spirit being different words for the same thing?

He was using hyperbole to emphasis the fact that he is actually going to try and end the war in Ukraine instead of just funding the war in Ukraine. I expect Trump to open up dialog with Putin in the coming weeks in order to try to have a cease fire while long term peace terms are worked out...

There are only two things I've disagreed with so far: 1. I disagree with the pardons of the J6 who committed violence against the police and those who planned to cause trouble. The pardons of those who entered the capital following the crowd, to video what was going on, or were just in the...

Any Jewish idea of Purgatory developed in a similar way that the Christian idea of Purgatory developed. This is not surprising considering the influence and reach of the Greeks and later Roman cultures. But who knows, it could have been some Rabbi who came up with the concept and passed it on...

I didn't say "nothing about purging". I said nothing about "purgatory". Specifically I said, "Nothing about a place that believers go immediately after death to have their venial sins "purged" before they can go to heaven." The purging is of our works that are made of wood, hay, and stubble...

I agree with this. In the previous chapter the writer list the "Hall of fame of faith" if you take out the chapter break it looks like this 39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, 40 since God had planned something better for us so that...

10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold...

I didn't say nobody knows what it is. I said nobody is perfect. Even Paul said we see dimly right now 2 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. 1 Cor 13:12 Paul also told us God's ways in...

As an American Evangelical I agree. We are all fallible and are influenced to some degree or another by our personal biases, cultural norms, previous teachings, influential people, personal experiences, and our own reasoning. The thing is, that is true of all human beings. It is true of the...

The church I previously attended didn't have Sunday morning service the last Sunday of the year (between Christmas and New Years). The church I'm currently attending doesn't have Sunday School the last two Sundays of the year but still has the regular Sunday Morning Worship Service. Mid-week...

A mixture of Christmas songs and regular worship songs up until a Christmas eve service that is all Christmas songs.

Linked is a fairly short video by Dr. Gavin Ortlund. Link There has been some discussion on this passage recently so I just wanted to get the opinion of those interested in this topic.