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Okay, we can discuss Anglicanism. Started by Henry VIII when he wanted a second wife and his obsequious bishops aided him. The second wife didn't work out as he wanted. There followed another four wives.
Would you abandon the faith if the world was coming to its end and Jesus was not here, no angels, no separating the nations, no last judgement happening?
Like in Matthew 25:31-46
Like in Revelation ...
(II Corinthians 6:14-18, 7:1) [14] Do not choose to bear the yoke with unbelievers. For how can justice be a participant with iniquity? Or how can the fellowship of light be a participant with darkness? [15] And how can Christ join together with Belial? Or what part do the faithful have with...
Calvinist folk talk a lot about TULIP matters, sometimes under the name "the doctrines of grace" and in TULIP is the topic of election. I can't recall a single Calvinist advocate who did not think he/she was elect. They all appear to believe that they are among the elect of God. Why is that?
The lack of a call to mission in the ministers of the new pretended churches leaves both them and their followers without excuse.
FIRST, then, your ministers and founders, the 'reformers', do not have the conditions required for the position which they attempt to maintain, and the enterprise...
Peter is foundation, not founder, of the whole Church
foundation but founded on another foundation, which is Christ Jesus, Our Lord ;
foundation of the Evangelic Church alone,
foundation subject to succession,
foundation of the Church militant not of the Church triumphant,
foundation by...
If you receive Christ's first coming then the second will not be frightening when it comes. If you reject Christ in his first coming then terror is the likely reaction to his second coming.
Then all the trees of the forest will exult before the face of the Lord, for he has come, he has come to...
Jeremiah 29:11, 12, 14 For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end. 12 And you shall call upon me, and you shall go forth. And you shall pray to me, and I will heed you. ... 14 And I will be...
"Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, then I will go to the left."
"Depart! Unclean!" they cried of themselves "Depart, depart, do not touch!" So they fled and wandered; Men among the nations said, "They...
"A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity."
"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves."
"Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm."
It may be worth one's time to consider...
There's an implied code of conduct for Christians in the holy scriptures.
It is very like the implied code of conduct among the heathen.
It is very like the code of conduct among atheists.
That is so because it is written in human nature so deep that even a sociopath is aware of it.
It...
Conflict need not be a bad thing. Conflict need not lead to incivility.
Suppression can be a bad thing. Suppression does not end conflict. Suppression makes conflict hide in dark places where it can brood and become resentment.
Saints Paul and Mark had conflict. Saint Barnabas too was...
Imputed righteousness is a bit of a mystery until a clear understanding of imputation is obtained.
Albert Barnes, a Presbyterian commentator, writes:
Romans 4:3
For what saith the Scripture? - The inspired account of Abraham’s justification. This account was final, and was to settle the...
You are the salt of the earth. But if salt has lost its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It has become useless. It can only be thrown away and people will trample on it. You are the light of the world. A city built on a mountain cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and covers it...
Obadiah 1:10-14 For the slaughter and violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever. 11 On the day that you stood aside, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you too were...
James 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Shall faith be able to save him? He now comes to one of the chief points of this epistle, to show against the disciple of Simon Magus, the magician, that faith alone will not...
After leaving the mountain Jesus and his disciples
made their way through Galilee; and he did not want
anyone to know, because he was instructing his
disciples; he was telling them, 'The Son of Man will be
delivered into the hands of men; they will put him to
death; and three days after he...
Wherever you find jealousy and ambition, you find
disharmony, and wicked things of every kind being
done; whereas the wisdom that comes down from
above is essentially something pure; it also makes for
peace, and is kindly and considerate; it is full of
compassion and shows itself by doing...
The godless say to themselves,
'Let us lie in wait for the virtuous man, since he annoys
us and opposes our way of life,
reproaches us for our breaches of the law
and accuses us of playing false to our upbringing.
Let us see if what he says is true,
let us observe what kind of end he himself...
I set my face like flint - expressionless?
Is that how you think of the Lord as he suffered beatings and shameful treatment from Jews and Romans up to and including his crucifixion?
Isaiah 50: 5 -9
A reading from the prophet Isaiah
The Lord has opened my ear.
For my part, I made no resistance...