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Acts 17:26-29 (NIV) [emphasis added]: “26 From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. 27 God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find...

Josiah in Post #1 stated: ============================================================================================== Death has indeed existed since life first appeared on the Earth. But not inherent, degenerative death. That is reserved for the more complex, advanced life forms. The...

@Albion in Post #52 offered: Well pointed out. popsthebuilder expressed my understanding of the matter well in his Post #53: My understanding has been that protection from third party maleficence is an integral part of God’s beneficence towards those that love Him. But Albion has correctly...

I would really like to see MoreCoffee's opinion on the matter, and his reason(s) for it. So I issue the invitation to him. And thank him in advance.

I must confess that sometimes it gives me the willies when I see people refusing to follow the science which proves the literality of the Genesis account, and its being composed of highly compressed information. Yes. The formation of the Earth was exactly as described in Genesis 1, from the...

Church fund raisers can be particularly good if they are also church fun raisers.

This sort of thing always reminds me of the Calvinist Baptist church I attended for a time some years ago. They taught that all the saved had been preselected, and would be saved no matter what. And every Sunday night they had their soul-winning service to which members were encouraged to...

I have a thought to float. If one looked carefully at the scripture statements that indicate security, and looked carefully at the scripture statements that indicate that it is indeed possible to fall away with resulting dire consequences, might one find that: - The statements that point to...

Luke 24:27: And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. Acts 8:34-35: 34 And the eunuch answered Philip and said, I beg you, of whom does the prophet speak this? Of himself or of some other man? 35 Then Philip opened his...

Virgil the Socialist in Post #32: “Why did they choose put the comma before "today" and not after it? There is no punctuation in Greek.” atpollard in Post #33: “Because placing the coma after "today" makes Jesus sound like he is a complete idiot. Who starts a sentence with "I am talking with...

I might have missed it. But I don’t think that the “dozens of scriptures” and the “forest of verses” and “every NT verse that teaches the life of the soul after physical death” have been tabled in the “Thoughts on the 'annihilationism' Thread” thread in the “World Religion & Speculative...

As suggested in Post #3: With respect to a congregational matter raised by the leadership (the pastor or the church council, etc.)... The congregation prays. One group of congregants believes that God has told them that the Pastor (priest, minister, council...) should be obeyed. Another...

Josiah in Post #3: I seem to remember some emphasis being placed elsewhere on "baptism doth also now save us". Is my recollection faulty?

2 Corinthians 5:14-15 [emphasis added]: “14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose...

jsimms435 in Post #19[emphasis added]: Me in Post #41: jsimms435 in Post #42: It would seem that jsimms435 answered his own question. Does it not? ============================================================================================== A person could be forgiven for wondering why...

Post #46: From Post #80: Readers note: The baptism of households in apostolic times (said by some churches to mean every single person in the household (which would include live-in helpers), and recognised as being done with immediacy), is used by those churches to justify the baptism of...

Me in Post #133: “Therefore all humans will be brought back to life, including all children.” Albion in Post #134: “Therefore all humans will be brought back to life, including all children. incorrect”...

I thank Albion (I thank you, Albion) once again for his (for your) clarification of specific questions. He has (You have) addressed the two questions I asked with succinct, precise statements, as requested. (I am continuing this line of clarification in this thread because it was started here...

Me in Post #279: Albion replied (for which I thank him) in Post #280: He also stated: The other answer he was referring to was from Post #240: ============================================================================================== Because I am a person who strives to arrive at...

meluckycharms in Post #79: But Satan was already planting seeds. 1 Corinthians 1:11,12: “11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. 12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I...