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20 or so Israeli hostages are back home. That's something to be happy about. It is a terrible pity that close to 70,000 Palestinians died before it happened; even more of a pity that the IDF killed them all. One hopes that there will be no more war there. Time will tell. What would Jesus say...

Is that on the theory of "Jesus is the answer"?

what if you can't give an adequate answer?

I quoted them because. 5. people made that proposition to me, on Christian forums. I also had one person on IRC say The same thing, namely, that The bible is God - by which they mean it is an incarnation of The Word, and by any standard that is a bit heretical.

You are asking the wrong person when you ask what they meant. All I can legitimately tell you is what they said, and they said, " The word [meaning the bible] is God" and they also said, " The word is another incarnation, a paper incarnation".

I will, and I'll consider this:10 Then many will fall away, and they will betray one another and hate one another. 11 And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. 12 And because of the increase of lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But anyone who endures to the end will...

It seems to me that Jesus was the one who started the idea of "all are welcome", and it seems like conversion to newness of life and living a good and exemplary life is more the fruit of Christian commitment than is the case with purity of doctrine. wouldn't you agree that a person who doesn't...

Catholics don't believe it's fair or theologically sound to say that all atheists are liars. Scriptures like Romans 1 do speak of people who suppress the truth about God, but it doesn’t accuse every non-believer of wilful deceit. The Church teaches that while God’s existence can be known through...

When you say today's church of accommodation. I'm not entirely sure what you mean. Are you speaking of a specific set of denominations within Protestantism? And when you say The truth of The gospel. Could you tell me exactly what you mean by The truth of The gospel? I'm asking because I'm a...

I say, Jesus told a few parables about the mixture of believers and unbelievers within The kingdom of God. The wheat of the tares, and a few others. So I think The Church shouldn't fret too much when some people leave, that's to be expected. Some people were never really likely to stay. But...

I wrote this post in another forum. I'm repeating it here because I think it's interesting and it may stimulate discussion. Of course, those reading it might not think it's interesting, in which case it won't stimulate any discussion. In my experience, people who leave evangelicalism turn to...

It's a worthwhile thought, right? scripture is graphe and Word is Logos, and sometimes logos is a reference to what Christ reveals to the faithful by the Spirit when they read or hear the scriptures. MY caution stems from having half a dozen evangelical Christians tell me that the bible is God...

Seems to me that the Greek word for "word" is logos or one of its related words, while the Greek word for "scripture" is graphe or one of its related words making the two quite distinct in the NT manuscripts. Logos is about a word spoken rather than a word written. The word in Hebrews 4:12-13...

Would I be right in reading your reply as meaning "God uses the bible and by grace through faith (a gift given to us by God because Jesus Christ is alive and active and does not return to God emptyhanded) we believe what is true (that Jesus died and we are forgiven)."?

Do you intend your posts to be read or to be skimmed?

From a Catholic dogmatic standpoint, I affirm that Christ died for all (2 Cor 5:14), but this does not entail universal salvation. The Church teaches that while the redemption is universal in sufficiency, it is not efficacious without free cooperation (CCC 606–618; Trent, Session VI, can. 17)...

The doctrine that you described is hideous.

Do you mean "The Faith is the way that God lets us know about it." as in the body of doctrine taught by Christ and believed by his church, or do you mean "A Christian's personal faith in Jesus is the way that God lets us know about it."? If you mean the former then yes I agree, if the latter...

Catholics know that Jesus alone saves them. His grace initiates, sustains, and completes my salvation. Even my faith, repentance, and obedience are impossible without His grace. I do not act by my own strength—any effort I make is itself a work of grace in me. I simply cooperate, like clay...

Catholics confess sins in the mass on two occasions, with these words first we say: I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, And, striking their breast, they...