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Faith
No, but neither does the Apostle say such a thing. Peter is addressing those who have come to genuine faith in Christ and are set apart from the masses for that reason.- Albion
- Post #133
- Forum: Christian Theology
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Republican jockeying for Primary season is upon us.
The talking heads certainly were that way, but the polls had been showing only a single digit difference for some time and that closed somewhat towards the end. The most important fact might be that Hillary did win the popular vote, but she narrowly lost Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania... -
Republican jockeying for Primary season is upon us.
That isn't accurate. The polls taken in early November 2016 showed Clinton ahead by about 3%, and she wound up winning the popular vote by about 2%. Also, in the last days of the campaign, as you may recall, she almost stopped campaigning. Meanwhile, Trump stepped up his efforts. NBC News... -
Republican jockeying for Primary season is upon us.
Polls like those take account of people who say they are Republicans or lean Republican. Each polling service has its own methods so, for example, some of them will contact several hundred voters while others will go for more than a thousand. And some poll frequently, whereas some others poll... -
Republican jockeying for Primary season is upon us.
Yes, but there is no need to think in terms of some "cult." All that is necessary is to observe recent history--that the 'Russia Russia Russia' thing was phony, that all the impeachments and endless indictments are in the category of "anything to stop Trump," and that he is (as you noted)... -
Triangles in hymns
It's claimed that having it weekly would make the people take the sacrament for granted, but I don't think that's so. It certainly is not what happens in parishes/congregations where it IS celebrated weekly. And having it weekly doesn't mean there's no time for instruction, hymn-singing, or so.- Albion
- Post #17
- Forum: Denomination Discussions
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Republican jockeying for Primary season is upon us.
It wouldn't make a bit of difference. It never has in the case of black Republicans, for example, some of whom were simply dismissed as "White Supremacists." Logic doesn't make any difference, nor does the record, nor even obvious facts of nature. In this country, we've now passed beyond... -
Triangles in hymns
For sure, it varies somewhat in both kinds of churches. In the historic denominations, weekly Communion is common and then some parishes have it bi-weekly. In the fundamentalist and/or non-liturgical denominations, monthly Communion OR quarterly (four times a year) is more often the rule. So...- Albion
- Post #14
- Forum: Denomination Discussions
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Celebrating Baptismal Birthdays
No, I don't think I've ever been associated with a church of any denomination which did what you described. Fortunately, I know the date in my own case, but that's only because I inherited my parents' records when they passed away.- Albion
- Post #2
- Forum: Denomination Discussions
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Triangles in hymns
That's a good point (and one that I was not thinking of when I wrote my post). Aside from matters of reverence or history, etc., the Lutheran worship service is about...worship. Just like the worship services of most of the other historic churches (Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox, and a few...- Albion
- Post #12
- Forum: Denomination Discussions
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Republican jockeying for Primary season is upon us.
Reportedly, Chris Christie is set to announce his candidacy within a few days. As follow-ups to his disastrous debate performance in 2016 and his inglorious departure from the governorship of New Jersey, I wonder what his campaign planks will amount to this time. Other than "don't like Trump"... -
Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?
Were Moses and Elijah in heaven at the time of Jesus Christ? It's an unsettled question among Bible experts, but in any case we are speaking of something exceptional, not the condition and fate of thousands of ordinary Hebrews in OT times.- Albion
- Post #573
- Forum: Christian Theology
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Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?
The Hebrews were not believers in the Christian sense. They were God's chosen forerunners, we might say, believing in the one true God but unaware of the Trinity and completely unaffected by the most important event in human history--God becoming Man in order to do for humans what they could not...- Albion
- Post #571
- Forum: Christian Theology
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Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?
Have you forgotten that no one could have been admitted to heaven prior to the sacrifice of Christ while the Law governed--not even Moses, Joseph, and the other great figures of the Old Testament? There were those who were GOING TO be saved eternally, but not until....- Albion
- Post #569
- Forum: Christian Theology
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Triangles in hymns
He's right about that. In principle. But in this instance it means abandoning reverent elements of the Christian faith that Lutherans have been known for preserving, not abandoning. It's just strange (to me) to read the description you gave of a Lutheran worship service made over to be more like...- Albion
- Post #10
- Forum: Denomination Discussions
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Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?
Except that no man can keep the Law. And the Messiah, to the ancient Hebrews, was a "savior" in the Earthly sense of a leader who would make them powerful as a nation. When the real Messiah did appear, they didn't believe, and that's because he was a spiritual deliverer! God did use a few men...- Albion
- Post #567
- Forum: Christian Theology
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Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?
It's been explained repeatedly. Keeping the Law was God's requirement. The Hebrews couldn't keep it perfectly, nor can we, but if it had been kept perfectly, that would have made anyone doing so be deserving of eternal life. As a result, God, out of love, paid the price for the failings of Men...- Albion
- Post #563
- Forum: Christian Theology
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Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?
No one was ever saved by keeping the Law. I explained that to you myself. There would have been no need for God himself to become one of his creatures and pay the ultimate price for sin himself, doing so in order to save those who couldn't keep the Law by making his work available to us...if...- Albion
- Post #559
- Forum: Christian Theology
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Democtratic Primary
Can't imagine Sen Manchin actually deciding to go for it. Even if things continue to look bad for him in West Va, his chances of re-election to the US Senate would be better than him getting the Democratic Party's nomination for President. That convention is going to be planned as a weeklong...