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According to Curtis Edwards, Pagan Pentecostalism: Its Roots: Sex, Sin & Slavery, Voodoo was the religion of African slaves. And even before slavery they would voodoo any religion they took part in. They had voodoo Catholicism in their homeland for the main part. Then after coming to Haitian...

Luther? Every time I'd mention his name people would impulsively reply "justified by faith", not really knowing what He taught. It became a "buzzword" that would make you a member of the club. But only one faith exists. “One Lord, one faith, one baptism,” Ephesians 4:5 (KJV 1900) Believing...

1. There is only one God (e.g., Rom. 3:30) 2. The Father is God (e.g., John 6:27) 3. Jesus the Son is God (e.g., John 20:28; Rom. 9:5; 2 Peter 1:1) 4. The Holy Spirit is God (e.g., Acts 5:3–5) 5. These Three are distinct persons (e.g., John 14:16–17) On the Mount of tranfiguration “While...

Including the sin of unbelief, or resisting him?

Chalcedonian Creed (A.D. 451) This creed was adopted at the Fourth Ecumenical Council, held at Chalcedon, located in what is now Turkey, in 451, as a response to certain heretical views concerning the nature of Christ. It established the orthodox view that Christ has two natures (human and...

Jesus said: “Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.” John 4:22 Paul says: “And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree...

I question this because of the murderous lifestyles they lived. The Catholics too. The Catholics placed the State under the Church and used it to do their killing. The Protestants placed the Church under the State and used it to do their killing. Any thoughts?

John 10 shows that Jesus did not die for the Pharisees in his audience and that is why they did not believe. “I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” John 10:11 (KJV 1900) “But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.” John 10:26...

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 (KJV 1900) People interpret this verse in two different ways. 1) whoever believes is a trait of those whom God saves. It would be similar to...

How is this not salvation by works? The easy answer is that Jesus bases the Sermon on love. So if you are saved, you have a heart of love the Sermon flows from your actions as a natural part of your being. In fact, it is the basis for New Testament ethics that Paul quotes from frequently. Paul...

Is the Antichrist in your church? The first written history suggests Arnulf, the archbishop of Reims in the 10th century identified the Papacy as the Antichrist. Later Joachim of Fiore in the 12th century preached the Papacy was the Antichrist. This led to the martyrdom of many Albigenses...

This would be true if the flesh is neutral in its disposition. But as Luther points out, as saved people, we have such a battle raging between the Spirit and the flesh, how hopeless would we be before salvation, having the flesh only? That is, with the flesh totally having its way with us...

Free will it seems turns God into a bully who makes people "say uncle" or do whatever their brand of religion tells them to do to save themselves. I.e., make decisions to believe, use sacraments, etc., or He will torture them forever. It seems that it also makes God out to be a character who...

Consubstantiation The Lutheran view is called consubstantiation (or the real-presence or mystical-presence view). After consecration, the bread remains bread and the wine remains wine; however, the real, physical body and blood of Jesus are, as the Lutheran confessions put it, present “in...

The gospel has a long history of development. You might say God first preached it when telling the serpent He will put enmity between your seed and the woman’s seed Genesis 3:15. This good news gave hope that things would improve after the fall. Later in His promise to Abraham about blessing...

Pelagianism. This theological position emerged in the early fifth century in connection with the writings of the British monk *Pelagius. It was enhanced and developed by disciples after the death of Pelagius and came to affirm the ideas that original sin is not a sound biblical doctrine and that...

Many view God as responding to them according to what they do in an interactive sense. They don’t consider that all God has ever done, happened in the times of creation. That God doesn’t respond to our choices, but instead determined our choices in creation. As scripture says, “Known unto God...

This is an updated version of my post under the name DaveL, 1689Dave, over the past several years. Back in the day those claiming to know bible prophecy befuddled me. Little did I know how their forecasts came to be. After many failed prophecies about the Lord’s return, first in 1988, one...

I realize you believe in what you say and welcome your replies. I used to believe like most and had a rough time with the Arminian eternal security bunch. But the Lord miraculously opened my eyes when I heard an accredited ThD seminary professor teaching against Limited Atonement. This was the...

God made my salvation known to me when I was 20. The Lord converted me over a period of 3 days. I began telling people that I didn't know what was going on but I think Christ is real and he is dealing with me. The joy of the Holy Spirit and God's love had become real and excited me. And I...