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More interesting analysis of Mary's prominence: The goddess, Semiramis, was also known as Ishtar, Astarte, Ashtoreth: the original Queen of Heaven (Jeremiah 44:15–19). Her son, Tammuz, joined her in creating the world's first mother/son cult. The cult spread to Egypt as Isis and Osiris, Venus...

Doctrine was further refined by a series of influential theologians and teachers, known collectively as the Church Fathers.[35] From the year 100 onward, proto-orthodox teachers like Ignatius of Antioch and Irenaeus defined Catholic teaching in stark opposition to other things, such as...

Yes, I agree that the Catholic Church has erroneously added a separate tradition to the Bible and certainly shouldn't have. However, we're talking about the time between about A.D. 100 and 350 as the early church before the Catholic Church became the Roman church. Since that period is largely...

Jesus clearly gives us his forgiveness and access to the Father's not-guilty verdict through his death AND his resurrection power for our victory over sins in our lives, though that process lasts a lifetime, as you mention. Look at Colossians 3, where Paul bases his commands for our spiritual...

Yeah, he wanted to have close fellowship with us, a relationship that robots wouldn't fulfill. The struggle with our sins will be over some day when Jesus returns. I eagerly look forward to that time, but in the meantime, he has given me productive activities to do to keep my mind active and...

And may the 3-in-1 God bless you too in your journey with Jesus! Anything I can do or say to help, don't hesitate!

Hi, Lamb! In the Gospel of Mark, he emphasizes the disciples' unbelief. That's very understandable because they did not expect Jesus to be a suffering-Servant Messiah. They and all the Jews expected a conquering Hero who would chase the Romans away. They also expected that he would make them his...

The same passages could be used even more clearly to say that Mark got his eyewitness account from Peter and that Matthew was the eyewitness of all these events. Again, the gospel writers picked and chose the details that would benefit their different audiences. The early church before the...

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Back up you answer with the Bible's verses in context, please.

The weak part of your summary is your point that according to prophecy and the words of Jesus the words had to be written within 1290 days of Jesus' resurrection. What if your literal interpretation of the number of days is wrong? It is used in other Bible books as symbolic of the three and a...

Yes and no. As a general rule to the Father through Jesus; as an occasional prayer, yes. But don't neglect the Father. Remember that the three Persons of the Trinity as our one God always work together. Therefore, all blessings come FROM the Father THROUGH Jesus BY the Holy Spirit.

What do you mean by the phrase "early church," George?

I learned those facts from church history class at seminary. Why do you disagree?

Well, we certainly agree on Jesus as God along with the Father and the Holy Spirit as the one God, don't we? The Gospel of John is very clear on that truth. However, I'm a little more tentative on my interpretations of prophecies than you are. The false teachers taking over the early church and...

"Babylon" appears to be the world's unbelieving religious system, not the Christian church, which wasn't the Roman Catholics at that time. For all their incorrect theology, at least the Catholics are strongly Trinitarian and have that key belief in common with Protestants. I believe that the...

What other scholars say that Nicodemus wrote the Gospel of Matthew, JustTheFacts?

But are those two events "Peter-promoting" at all? His profession, Jesus' approval, and the "Peter-demoting" event that follows are also in Matthew: Mat 16:17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in...

(1) I am a member of one such church, a huge, growing one that sticks very closely to the Bible and is built on the Bible, prayer, and small groups. So, you think that Jezebel, Babylon, and the new Jerusalem are the same woman?? That doesn't make any sense, if true. (2) Where is clear evidence...

Yes, but I was referring to the fact that God doesn't rescue them at birth; he did it for me at the age of 16.