• Welcome to Christianity Haven, thank you for visiting! If you have not already, we invite you to create an account and join in on the many discussions we have! 

    • Please be aware that when registering you must not register while using a VPN. Any registrations made using a VPN will be rejected.
    • Additionally, registration emails are not being sent out which is an issue that is being worked on. Your registration may go into an approval queue for admin approval. We work to send manual emails to the email on file, so please ensure the email you use is one you can readily access! 

Search results

  1. MoreCoffee

    Necessity and sufficiency in relation to salvation.

    The Church does not have the power to change what God has revealed, she never has had any such power.
  2. MoreCoffee

    Is the Reformation to blame for Mariology abuse?

    Yes, just as the prayer said in the rosary is ours through Blessed Mary; "Holy Mary pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death". Or "Saint Bernadette pray for me to the Lord our God". These are my prayers passed on through the saints. The saints in the two passages I quoted are saints...
  3. MoreCoffee

    Is the Reformation to blame for Mariology abuse?

    It is in the Apocalypse of of saint John the theologian: (Revelation 5:8 KJV) And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. (Revelation...
  4. MoreCoffee

    Is the Reformation to blame for Mariology abuse?

    I agree that some do express their respect for and honour given to Mary in effusive and sometimes disturbing terms. But I have heard people do similar things for a beloved national leader (Gandhi for example, Lincoln, Queen Elizabeth, even Napoleon) and for honoured religious teachers and those...
  5. MoreCoffee

    Necessity and sufficiency in relation to salvation.

    Catholic and Protestant (Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox too and every one else who loves the Lord) ought to believe everything that the Lord teaches. It isn't a matter of what is essential and what is optional (or unnecessary). Everything that the Lord Jesus Christ teaches is important and ought...
  6. MoreCoffee

    Necessity and sufficiency in relation to salvation.

    What is sufficient for the salvation of sinners ... Grace (Ephesians 2:5,8) What is necessary for the salvation of sinners .... Grace The grace of God is both the reason for and the cause of salvation but not all grace is exactly the same. Thus the grace that is necessary for salvation is the...
  7. MoreCoffee

    Is the Reformation to blame for Mariology abuse?

    .
  8. MoreCoffee

    Is the Reformation to blame for Mariology abuse?

    The gospel according to saint Luke tells us that "all generations will call me blessed" (Luke 1:48) and surely that pre-dates the origins of the Protestant Revolt and the Reformation that followed it? And the honouring of the Blessed Virgin Mary was in place of many centuries before there was...
  9. MoreCoffee

    Once saved always saved?

    No one is good except God alone (Matt 19:17). That is what the Lord Jesus Christ taught and the faithful believe it.
  10. MoreCoffee

    Chat Ruth's Friendship Fellowship, come on in, everyone is welcome

    Winter has good qualities too :) I just like dry & warm feet in winter.
  11. MoreCoffee

    False teachers

    Heresy is wrong teaching while a heretic is one who used to believe and teach the truth but has abandoned their former orthodox view and taken up the heresy in their teaching. The detection of heresy is not difficult but to know that one's interlocutor is a heretic is far more difficult.
  12. MoreCoffee

    For Those Who Have Not Been Healed

    It isn't that "more ought to be healed" it is that many are not, yet have the same profession of faith and the same quality of life (as observed by other human beings) as those who are. The differences seem to be more matters of medical treatment (especially of those who are wealthy or live in...
  13. MoreCoffee

    Once saved always saved?

    Having reviewed the posts in this thread I see very few explanations of holy scripture in your posts and almost no quotes from holy scripture but I see plenty of assertions in them. One does not want to point out a fault on one's interlocutor's approach but it appears that your argument is...
  14. MoreCoffee

    Once saved always saved?

    There's a Monty Python skit that establishes that mere contradiction is not an argument.
  15. MoreCoffee

    The Official Chat Thread

    I am fine this fine Saturday Morning :)
  16. MoreCoffee

    The Official Chat Thread

    Hello :)
  17. MoreCoffee

    For Those Who Have Not Been Healed

    If healing depends on the Lord's faith, which it does, then no man or woman need fear that their weak faith or lack of faith will exclude them from the grace of God in healing. Nevertheless many men and women, both faithful and not faithful, die of accidents, injuries, and illness in this world...
  18. MoreCoffee

    Once saved always saved?

    It would be encouraging to see the holy scriptures making the assertions made in your posts about people who may or may not be among the faithful - the passage in Matthew 25:31-46 teaches us that some assert they are believers (among the faithful) but are not.
  19. MoreCoffee

    For Those Who Have Not Been Healed

    Yet the Lord healed ten lepers of their leprosy and only one had faith. That story points to healing as a grace that does not require faith as a prerequisite doesn't it? Luke 17:12-19 KJV And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off...
  20. MoreCoffee

    Once saved always saved?

    The promise is made to the just; it is the just who live by faith as the holy scriptures say: Romans 1:16-17 KJV For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. (17) For therein is...
Top Bottom