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  1. MoreCoffee

    Theology thread.

    I am curious, where does the bible say that the Spirit speaks through scripture?
  2. MoreCoffee

    Theology thread.

    I do not believe that. Holy scripture verfies a great deal and is always pivotal on any matter about which it speaks but holy scripture does not speak about absolutely everything. Some assert that scripture does speak about absolutely everything that is needed for salvation. That's okay if they...
  3. MoreCoffee

    Theology thread.

    That is true and it is also true that every group will use their denomination's interpretive traditions to arrive at their theological position. That happens with submersion baptism and credo baptism versus pouring water and paedo-baptism. It happens with the real presence. It happens with...
  4. MoreCoffee

    Theology thread.

    ruling over is the worldly way, ruling by service is the Christian way. Ruling over is demanding others perform tasks as directed. Ruling by service is inviting people to bring their gifts to the common good and use them to benefit all in the places where they are most needed and most useful...
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    So... What are YOU doing? - Part 4

    Thick hide helps with moderating.
  6. MoreCoffee

    What are you eating? - Part 2

    It's delicious. I may have seconds when I finish my firsts :)
  7. MoreCoffee

    USA Guns, gun control, and rights.

    No, but all of them heard gun shots and they were rapid fire gun shots. The statistics come from the coroner and the hospital people with the police and others reporting them.
  8. MoreCoffee

    Trick-or-Treating do you do candy alternatives?

    Eek! No, I do not hand out sweets, I would not want children to collect sweets from strangers :)
  9. MoreCoffee

    Theology thread.

    Peter says that elders are "to tend the flock of God that is in your charge" which is a matter of ruling but not of being superior to anybody. Elders rule and serve. That is the point in all the scriptures I quoted. Church office is service within the body of Christ. Ruling is a service. And I...
  10. MoreCoffee

    Theology thread.

    I see Peter an Apostles of Jesus Christ saying that he too is an elder yet he was also an Apostle and not all elders were also Apostles chosen by Jesus Christ yet Peter was so I see a distinction in offices and one person holding both.
  11. MoreCoffee

    USA Guns, gun control, and rights.

    thousands were there
  12. MoreCoffee

    Theology thread.

    The offices are for governing the church which is what Peter says in his letters and Jesus taught the apostles too. Elders 1 Peter 5:1-11 Now as an elder myself and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you 2 to...
  13. MoreCoffee

    Gift of Tongues

    I didn't miss it but I do want to emulate it - to follow its teaching. One cannot justifiably dismiss everything in First Corinthians because Paul writes several passages to correct their errors. Even his corrections ought to be taken to heart, believed, and observed.
  14. MoreCoffee

    Gift of Tongues

    I read the whole of First Corinthians before I posted. :)
  15. MoreCoffee

    USA Guns, gun control, and rights.

    He managed to kill 59 and injure hundreds. That does not sound ineffective.
  16. MoreCoffee

    Theology thread.

    They are there. There is overlap between elder and bishop. But all three are there in the scriptures.
  17. MoreCoffee

    So... What are YOU doing? - Part 4

    Yes, I can imagine his chagrin. But the South Park episode suggested that it has become trendy to be part something as long as the part is small enough and is from a persecuted minority. It's like being able to say "My people were slaves too!" and "I too am a native American." I do not know if...
  18. MoreCoffee

    Gift of Tongues

    I aspire to emulate what is said in First Corinthians chapter thirteen, don't you?
  19. MoreCoffee

    Theology thread.

    Deacons come from Acts chapter six, priests (elders) from Paul's letters to Timothy and Titus and bishops come from Paul's letters to Timothy and Titus as well as from church practise in the first and subsequent centuries. Deacons Acts 6:1-7 In those days, as the number of disciples was...
  20. MoreCoffee

    Theology thread.

    Do you disagree with the hierarchy (it is only three levels deep deacon-priest-bishop with the bishop of Rome having universal jurisdiction) because your tradition does not have one or is there another reason that persuaded you to disagree?
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