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In Post #30 on Page 3, Pedrito had made reference to a comment he had remembered MoreCoffee making some time ago in this forum: That was in response to MoreCoffee’s statement in Post #23 on Page 3: Pedrito was asked (quite appropriately) by Cassia (Post #31 on Page 4) for clarification of the...

In Post #9 on Page 1, Lämmchen stated: Pedrito in Post #8 on the same page, had responded to a question about Pedrito’s understanding of the coexistence of visible and invisible churches. He did so by providing Scripture which showed that that concept was inherent within the Holy Writings...

Lazarus was not the only human restored to life in Bible history. Those restorations to life (resurrections if you like) had two things in common: 1. They were temporary in nature. Those restored to life ended up dying the death talked about in Hebrews 9:27 anyway. 2. The people to be raised...

In Post #1 on Page 1, Lämmchen asked: Romans 4:3: “For what saith the scripture?” Romans 10:8: “But what saith it?” (The Law – scripture) Galatians 4:20: “Nevertheless what saith the scripture” ==============================================================================================...

“The Church is the body of Christ so how can it be an institution? I know that people say things like "institutional church" but that almost always appears to be part of a complaint about why they do not go to church. But since the Church is the body of Christ and not some human invented...

That was from Post #21 on Page 3. That was from 1 John 5:16,17 (DRC [Roman Catholic] Version). It looks like believers actually have a responsibility to judge (in the sense of discern) the spiritual position of others. And to act upon it if circumstances so dictate.

Getting back to the original topic … “It's time to replace theological bombast with unity in the Spirit” The idea is great. It has been proposed for a long, long time. However ... Amos the prophet, in Chapter 3 Verse 3 of the record of his prophecy, declares: “Can two walk together, except...

Wilhelmina in Post #28 on Page 3: “Pedrito, do those who have Lent in their lives not give glory to God?” Pedrito would suggest no more so than those who do not. And in the light of “To obey is better than sacrifice” (1 Samuel 15:22), would it not seem that those who choose to obey Jesus’...

In Post #43 on Page 5, Pedrito pointed out that the faith of the Apostolic Church was strong and remained strong, despite not even knowing about Lent, Holy Week, Easter, feast days, and Christmas. He also pointed out that by the way those observances are spoken of, they appear to act as...

TurtleHare, Post #42 on Page 5: Pedrito cannot help but continue to feel sorry for the Apostles and the Apostolic Church. They missed out on so much! They had: no Lent; no Holy Week; no Easter; no feast days; no Christmas – nothing but the annual 14th Nisan commemoration of Jesus’ death...

In response to Pedrito’s statement in Post #22 on Page 3: We find in Post #23 on Page 3: (That latter thought seems to conflict with a thought previously expressed elsewhere that people from other religions will benefit from Jesus’ death, but Protestants won’t.) Let’s look at definitions...

MoreCoffee in Post #250 on Page 25, repeated the rather vague, not-to-the-point answers (compared to Pedrito’s examples in Post #122) he posted originally in Post #123 on Page 13. For some reason, the Posters from ritualist churches who responded to Pedrito’s request for precise, to-the-point...

In Post #122 on Page 13, Pedrito asked a number of practical questions regarding the topic. Pointed, serious answers to those questions (or a lack of them) would start us down the road to reality with respect to resolving the bread-wine-body-blood issue with a degree of precision. Pedrito was...

Post #3 on Page 1: Only if the baptism is by full immersion, one would assume. Who holds the baby's nose?

Recap: Post #3 on Page 1 (Pedrito): Post #11 on Page 2 (Cassia): To which Pedrito replied: That resulted in: Post #33 on Page 4: To which, Pedrito replies: Pedrito understood Cassia’s statement to be referring to the verbal “lent” in “Lent has never lent any particular motivation for...

Pedrito thanks Snerfle for his reply, and for his efforts doing battle with his (what appears to be a small-screen) tablet. Pedrito can sympathise – empathise, actually – with Snerfle in that regard. Around 12 months ago, Pedrito took his wife’s former, discarded, 7” tablet (cracked screen and...

Post #37 on Page 4 (Lämmchen): Pedrito is defintely open to reviewing the sources mentioned by Lämmchen. However, for balance, Pedrito requests that Lämmchen also provide sources showing that there were early Christians who were obeying the direct command that Jesus gave at the “Last Supper.”...

Post #12 on Page 2 (MoreCoffee): Jesus actually gave very few direct commands to His followers. One of them can be found in John 13:34: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” It was restated in John 15:12: “My command is this: Love...

Post #26 on Page 3, regarding Pedrito’s Post #25 on the same page: Pedrito thanks popsthebuilder for what appears to be a compliment. Pedrito did not realise he was being bold. Pedrito thought he was simply attempting to be helpful – helpful by bringing matters to people’s attention. He has...

Josiah, Post #24 on Page 3: Of course not!! And Josiah has actually told us why. “They were developed in the Early Church and put into final forms in the middle ages.” No mention of the pre-existing, apostolic doctrine, notice. And naturally “ALL of them have good biblical support,” but...