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============================================================================================== In Post #164, the point was made that we have observed Scripture being bypassed (i.e. ignored, given false meaning, etc.). That bypassing is undertaken to bolster particular beliefs that are both...

============================================================================================== Post #141, commenting on the presentation of Scripture statements in Post #140 that demonstrated the role and importance of repentance: Based on the way we have seen relevant Scripture bypassed by...

============================================================================================== Post #1 focuses on the choosing of Saul to be the first king of Israel. With respect to that choosing, it may be worthwhile to consider Jacob’s inspired prophetic utterance in Genesis 49:10: The...

============================================================================================== Post #12 [emphasis added]: I guess it depends on whether or not a person regards the Bible as God’s revelation to us. (If not, then the truth must lie outside of Christianity. If the Bible cannot...

============================================================================================== Post #99: As pointed out very clearly in Post #84, all Scripture that is pertinent to a topic or situation must be considered for a sound conclusion to be reached. Therefore, looking only at the...

============================================================================================== With respect to the creation of the universe, astronomical observations of galaxies other than ours, tend to suggest one of two things being true. (Neither of those suggested possibilities is the one...

============================================================================================== [[ This was originally posted on 26th March (Sydney time). It displayed as Post #100 at the time. It has since disappeared. So I’m posting it again. This is the second Post of mine that I have...

============================================================================================== [[ I initially posted this on 24th March (Sydney time). It was displaying as Post #7 at the time. It now seems to have disappeared. So I’m posting it again. ]] Jason76 Post #3: There are three...

============================================================================================== With reference to Post #97 (ImaginaryDay2): I thank ImaginaryDay2 for his clarification, and I stand corrected. With respect to the church he now attends (if any – I am not associated with any...

============================================================================================== In Posts #1 and #6, Arsenios quotes St. Maximos the Confessor (apparently as someone authoritative): ‘you must love everyone equally’. In Post #6, he also quotes another author who stated: ‘"perfect...

============================================================================================== Post #93[emphasis added]: I would suggest, or even counsel, that treating the Holy Bible flippantly, lacks a degree of wisdom. It is the Holy Word of God to us, after all. (Isn’t it?)...

============================================================================================== Post #82 (atpollard): Followed by: One church council defined Jesus as being 100% God while He was on Earth. Whether or not that is actually so, Jesus was definitely the Son of God. He knew what...

============================================================================================== And here was I thinking the thread was about women being bossy. ============================================================================================== Deuteronomy 22:5 is referring to cross...

============================================================================================== In Post #82 (atpollard), the following thoughts were presented: I would suggest that it would be wise to take Jesus at His word, and accept the meaning of the word He chose to use, rather than use...

============================================================================================== Pedrito (me) in Post #89: MennoSota in Post #90: I think we can can safely say that God has a non-physical, and therefore spiritual, form. Were I a betting person, I would place my money on what...

============================================================================================== MoreCoffee makes a good point in Post #3: Are those apparently contradictory passages, contradictory in reality...

============================================================================================== In Post #65, Mennosota offered (in context) John 10:27-29: 27 "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one...

============================================================================================== Post #17: Maybe not, if looked at from a perspective that is different from the entrenched ones. But then again, if Holy Scripture can be accused of inconsistency, that opens the way for another...

============================================================================================== MennoSota (Post #26): To answer the question above, and to see how much I am “scattered in thought”, why don’t we simply have another look at the clearly and precisely presented contradictions in...

============================================================================================== The majority of churches in Christendom apply a certain “literal” meaning to Luke 16:19-31 (the parable of Lazarus and the rich man). They do that in order to claim support for the idea of an...