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None of us would deny that, but it doesn't necessitate or make right what the Pentecostal churches have done with regard to the Gifts. Keep in mind that we're talking about GIFTS of the Holy Spirit. Gifts. That's not what's being described here.

That would be the definition of the term cessationism. However, that doesn't make the term be accurate. Most non-Pentecostals are aware that the gifts didn't stop 100% for a millennium or so until the Holiness movement and its offshoots in more recent times made an issue of receiving the gifts...

I think that's right. In addition, Kamala is known across the country, if not because of having accomplished much of anything in office. All the other contenders are known in their own states but by few people in other parts of the country. That is a problem that could be overcome IF there were...

Hmm. I don't know very many people who would agree with that theory, regardless of denomination. There are records of certain people over the many centuries of the Medieval and Modern periods of history who were recipients of one or another of the gifts. So, to refer to any Christian who knows...

Which is what all of us believe and teach. That's what I think also. I tried to suggest as much here. Maybe we're getting somewhere now. We all believe that God's love endures. And when you acknowledge that the spiritual gifts were not--and were not intended by God to be--a dominant feature of...

I don't see how it can be anyone other than Kamala. The resistance to sidelining the current Vice-President of the United States would be quick and furious if that were attempted. In fact, it has already been promised by some of her supporters.

All right. You have your own version of Christian history and you are entitled to hold it. We here represent a variety of Christian churches, and they hold to a range of doctrines on various matters such as the nature of the Lord's Supper, the proper role of pastors, and so on. Thank goodness...

Well, I can imagine him taking that opportunity, but it would seem like something that wouldn't persuade very many people. Maybe it's the case, though, that he has to say something other than that he was talked out of doing what he was so insistent that he would do.

Almost exclusively by them, that is. And that's a fairly recent development, as I was pointing out earlier. ...within the Pentecostal/Charismatic movements. So we are agreed on that, at least.

Could be. However, it's quite obvious that his contracting Covid in recent days does not explain the diminished mental and physical condition of the man that we all have been witnessing for a while now.

By whom? The groups or churches I had in mind insist that these (or at least a couple of them) are to be expected from every believer. So, are you saying that unless a person, a member of a Christian congregation for example, exhibits some behavior that can be attributed to the reception of...

Remember that the epistle was directed to the Corinthians. Unfortunately, and fairly recently only in church history, some Christian groups have made the claim that the gifts (see below) were meant for every believer of all time and that they were mainstays of the Christian religion through all...

That's correct. In other words, DEI--which is the issue--is not fair, and it does not intend to provide equality of opportunity. Indeed, it doesn't aim to provide equality by any sense of the word. It claims to be seeking equity, not equality, and that's what the DEI programs that exist in our...

I do recognize the similarities. Except that DEI, which the original post in this thread asked about, does not represent equality of opportunity. The term doesn't even claim to be about that. It is about what you've taken pains here to disassociate yourself from.

I have to disagree. Equality, which for long has been an American ideal, is erased when DEI becomes the standard. There isn't even a mention of equality there. Instead, supposedly underrepresented or disadvantaged groups (defined by government, the DEI administrators, and their institutions)...

Priest alone consecrates and distributes communion host (unleavened) and chalice (wine) to the people who are kneeling at communion rail. Receiving by intinction is allowed but uncommon.

Vance is probably as good a choice as any and, for various reasons, better than the others who were under consideration. Not only are his credentials and personal life appealing, but he's hardworking and effective on the campaign trail. We may remember other choices in the past who were...

About sitcoms or the like, I don't know. However, there is a channel--PosiTV--that shows movies that are usually quite watchable, Christian themed but not especially preachy or amateurish. Hacksaw Ridge and The Woodcarver are examples.

I learned somewhere that it's more common than we'd like to think for people to leave a church in favor of a different one. There's even a slogan or saying (now forgotten by me) that's used among ministers in reference to the "kiss off' letter that arrives on Monday from the former congregant...

The thing is just another of the Conspiracy Theories peddled by the political Left. It isn't part of the Republican platform and, in any case, it has already been renounced by President Trump. The Heritage Foundation and other organizations put the proposals together and published their...