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Akita Suggagaki · 2025-11-08T21:47:38-0600

It is also linked to “preferential option for the poor” which came later as a Catholic concept along with “structural sin”. That kind of rings a critical theory bell. I suppose the Latin American theologians took note of the Frankfurt theorists.

Dan Perez · 2025-11-08T21:41:59-0600

fli said:
This post asks “So how do you know you are saved??”

John 3:15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. NKJV

I know that I am saved because I believe God sent His Son to save me if I believe in Him. To dispute that circumcision is needed to be saved. I am not circumcised as my parents could not afford to pay the price the hospital required to circumcise baby boys in 1942.

we are saved by Jesus when we make that confession.

No, we are baptized as an act of obedience.

No, but we must be born from above to see the kingdom of God.

1 John 5:8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one. NKJV

The Holy Spirit testifies that we are in sin because we do not believe in Jesus and that He was righteous because the Father raised Him from the dead. The water testifies that Jesus was born by water, human birth thru a virgin, the blood testifies that He died on the cross for our sins. Thru their witness we believe in Jesus' and are saved by Him.

Matthew 25:31 "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. …...............................................................................
37 "Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' 40 And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.' NKJV

The above judgment is when those who give a drink of water to the brethren of Jesus get rewarded. The Matthew 25 judgment is the same as the judgment in Revelation 20:11-15. In revelation 20:15 those in the book of life (not the Lamb's book of life) enter into eternal life on the new earth, as flesh and blood and not spiritual beings, and cannot enter heaven. They are not begotten of God.

No. God did create everyone, but not everyone becomes begotten of God.

You say we are all born of God, you are wrong. Our progression to being begotten of God follows Jesus' progression. In Matthew 1:20 Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was called the Son of God.

John 14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here. NKJV

After Jesus obeyed the Father to His death.

Acts 13:33 God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm: 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.' NKJV

He was called begotten by God after He was crucified.

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." NKJV

We are born from above when we believe in Jesus.

John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. NKJV

We are given the right to become a child of God.

Romans 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. NKJV

Once we prove we hear and follow the voice of Jesus.

John 10:4And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. NKJV

We prove that we are one of His sheep and will follow His voice to our death.

1 John 5:1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him (John 14:21 and verse 2b below only those who keep His commandments, love Jesus) who begot (Jesus begot) also loves him who is begotten of Him (His sheep are begotten of Him). 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, (b) when we love God and keep His commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. (His commandments are given in 1John 3: 22-24) 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? NKJV

God knows His sheep will follow the voice of Jesus to their physical death by staying in the Spirit. They will put to death the sins of the flesh and are begotten of God because they died a physical death of their flesh in Jesus.

And someone quoted John 3:15. BUT in John 1:1 a man of the PHARISEES , a ruler of. the Jews. SHOW that your PREMISE

AND CONCULSION. ois wrong as JOHN. is speaking to a Jew from ISRAEL. AND BETTER FIND BETTER VERSES. !!

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RileyG · 2025-11-08T21:40:21-0600

BobRyan said:
1. The book of 2 Mac is not in the pre-NT scriptures of the Jews or the NT scriptures of the Christians
2. Even 2 Mac 12 flatly denies any benefit at all being realized by the dead, apart from the resurrection.
3. The whole point of the popular purgatory doctrine is the immense benefit realized by the dead BEFORE the resurrection if an indulgence or sacrifice is somehow offered on their behalf

Hmmm...., the Catholic Church, Orthodox Church, and all the other Eastern Churches used the book of Maccabees. It was part of the Christian scriptures until Luther decided to use the Hebrew canon instead. We do know Jesus and the apostles were familiar with the Septuagint.

RileyG · 2025-11-08T21:37:37-0600

chevyontheriver said:
I don't see the need.

Agreed!

Douggg · 2025-11-08T21:36:52-0600

keras said:
Lets not hear any more opinions based on false teachings.
Address the plain Words of Jeremiah 6, - Judah will be punished and their houses given to other people.

What is the name of the country having this flag ?

Michie · 2025-11-08T21:28:38-0600

A new apostolate brings the ‘saints back into the heart of the Church’s life' on the feast of the Veneration of the Holy Relics.

Today marks the feast of the Veneration of the Holy Relics, and to mark the occasion, Anthony Di Mauro, founder of The Relic Project, has unveiled the world’s first map of relics.

Following the example of St. Carlo Acutis who created a website to chart and catalogue the world’s Eucharistic miracles, Di Mauro’s latest project is the first interactive digital map of relics, all accessible through an online platform, uniting “faith, technology and tradition” in a creative way.

Speaking to a crowd gathered at a fundraiser to celebrate the official launch, Di Mauro said:

“After encountering a hidden relic in my home parish, something in me awakened. I began searching for more throughout my diocese, only to realize how many sacred treasures were hidden or undocumented. That’s when it became clear: The Church needs a comprehensive database of relics, so we can truly know who we have, where they are and how the faithful can benefit from these treasures in their midst.”

Continued below.

Calling All Relic Hunters: World’s First Map of Relics Unveiled by Anthony Di Mauro

A new apostolate brings the ‘saints back into the heart of the Church’s life' on the feast of the Veneration of the Holy Relics.

www.ncregister.com

Michie · 2025-11-08T21:21:56-0600

In the Vatican Apostolic Library rests one of its most treasured possessions: the “Gospel of Qaraqosh,” a richly illuminated Syriac manuscript dating back to the 13th century. Catalogued as “Vat. Syr. 559,” it was penned in A.D. 1220 by monk Mubarak ibn Dawud al-Bartelli of the Monastery of Mar Mattai near Mosul.

Written in Estrangelo Syriac script, the manuscript gathers passages from the four Gospels used in the Syriac liturgical year and is adorned with vivid miniatures depicting scenes from Christ’s life and miracles.

According to Father Behnam Soni, an expert on Syriac Church Fathers, the manuscript endured multiple thefts throughout history but was repeatedly reclaimed by the faithful of Qaraqosh, who finally offered it to the Church of al-Tahira. In 1937, Bishop Georges Dallal presented the precious volume to Pope Pius XI, who entrusted it to the Vatican Library for preservation and study.

Measuring roughly 44 by 33.5 centimeters (17.32×13.19 inches) and bound in black leather with a gilded cross, the “Gospel of Qaraqosh” stands as a masterpiece of medieval Christian art and devotion.

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A 13th-century Syriac treasure finds home in Vatican Library

A richly illuminated Syriac manuscript dating back to the 13th century known as the Gospel of Qaraqosh was penned in A.D. 1220 by monk Mubarak ibn Dawud al-Bartelli.

www.catholicnewsagency.com

CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN · 2025-11-08T21:13:13-0600

BPPLEE said:
Be careful, you’re making fun of the new darling of the left since her love fest on The View

Are you talking about Margery telling the truth. That Republicans aren't doing their job. Why isn't the Republicans outraged over that? Yes she has weird views.

Michie · 2025-11-08T21:11:55-0600

Bob Crowley said:
My Presbyterian pastor was a prison chaplain for a while. He met some incarcerated conmen when he was there.

He commented "I wonder if there is salvation for con men! I really do!"

He added "They told so many lies that I wondered if they knew what the truth was themselves after a while".

They could be very convincing. He said they could sit on the other side of his desk and just about sell him the shoes off his own feet.

So "Is there salvation for conmen?"

Sure there is but they must repent just like the rest of us.

Landon Caeli · 2025-11-08T20:42:55-0600

Well, I don't know if that made total sense, because I don't really know what populism means. To be honest. But only because it's always used as a slur, and I can't trust slurrers.

...But I wish you'd try to understand what I see.

CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN · 2025-11-08T20:40:16-0600

Hentenza said:
Wow talk about a straw man. I’ve heard many liberals here whine their heads off because of Trump’s white collar non violent convictions but a violent murderer is ok. Secondly your mischaracterization of Christians is not appreciated nor welcomed.

Trump robs people, and there's no proof. That he has stopped. He was never punished for it. Trump is responsible for every violent act that happened on January 6th. Who knows if Trump is stealing from our Social security. I'm not saying whether I agree with a murderer, being in politics. I did look up her name. And she turned her life around. But Trump hasn't. I don't think Trump will ever repent.

peter2 · 2025-11-08T20:33:52-0600

2PhiloVoid said:
What you're saying is possible because folks, especially these days in our Post-modernistic world, can take just about any idea, however accurate our inaccurate, and turn it into a sort of shibboleth of identity.

On the other hand, at least some of these sorts of outcomes might be a symptom of addiction (or mental problems) rather than merely prolonged ideation.

Thank you, Philovoid.
i agree with you. Let me please be more accurate (ideas become clearer in my brain):
For instance, if they are unable to resist gluttony, is it ridiculous to think they invent a god to worship that would teach gluttony is a part of human nature, that has to be honoured. But, to feel respectable, they invent too some easier forbiddings this god would teach as well and that they observe. For instance, their god would command to wash their hands twice instead of once before eating.
You obviously are a wicked man, or a sinner if you don't observe this prescription

SabbathBlessings · 2025-11-08T20:25:12-0600

Hentenza said:
We‘ve been through those verses before many times. Heb. 4, talks about Jesus rest and Ex. 20 audience was the Jews not the church.

I showed you the Hebrew and you still hold on to an unbiblical understanding which does not match the original language or the historical context.

God will Judge these things, not us Ecc 12:13-14 James2:11-12 Rev11:18-19

Take care

Delvianna · 2025-11-08T20:23:44-0600

You should see what Medic4Christ said about Joshua. He was a pastor of a church that scammed people out of money and the behind the scenes about the Sept 23 live stream.. and people are STILL following Joshua... I agree with Medic, this IS a cult and it's unreal.

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Dikaioumenoi · 2025-11-08T19:53:52-0600

zoidar said:
I noticed you didn’t answer my question about your background in Greek. Since your argument rests heavily on grammatical claims, it would help to know what level of training you’ve had in the language.

I didn't answer because it's not relevant. My credentials neither validate nor invalidate the argument. You can verify or refute any grammatical claim I've made by consulting any Greek grammar. Or pick a claim you question and I'll substantiate with references.

Διαβάζω την Κοινή Ελληνική άπταιστα, και τα καταφέρνω αρκετά καλά και στα Νέα Ελληνικά. Διαβάζω την Κοινή εδώ και δεκαπέντε χρόνια. I studied Greek formally at university and seminary beginning 20 years ago, tutor students, and have translated and diagrammed most of the New Testament.

Now, if you have a substantive objection to something I actually argued, let's hear it.

Landon Caeli · 2025-11-08T19:49:59-0600

Aryeh Jay said:
Exactly, it's not like the Israelis ever assassinated anyone.

Uh, well the Mexican Ambassador surely hasn't. I don't think she's done anything wrong to anyone.

...Kind of ridiculous to plot an assassination on someone just because they're an easy-target-Jew.

.Mikha'el. · 2025-11-08T19:35:31-0600

Why is it always a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? Why couldn't it be a jelly and peanut butter sandwich? :scratch:

Matt5 · 2025-11-08T19:35:01-0600

Everything was fine then Trump. Except, everything was not fine.

After the 2008 financial crash, which economists completely missed, some people were calling for a rethink on economics from the ground up. That never happened. Too bad. It should have.

Hyman Minsky: Stability is destabilizing.

Let that sink in. Stability brings shenanigans.

After around 70 years of stability, the wheels start falling off the cart. Trump would be a minor player in this. The damage has already been done.

hedrick · 2025-11-08T19:33:11-0600

It is well known that Calvin opposed the ubiquity of Christ's body, because he thought that even in the resurrection Christ's human nature had normal human limits. While I admit that we don't know what precisely a resurrection body is like, I'm trying to imagine how a human would deal with the prayers of a billion people.

This is probably a peculiarly Reformed point of view.

Sif · 2025-11-08T19:19:29-0600

Noctilucent clouds in the sky over Gale crater on Mars

bbbbbbb · 2025-11-08T19:12:11-0600

heavenly body

Michie · 2025-11-08T19:09:03-0600

concretecamper said:
We do not need to stand with Israel for the sake of it being Israel. IMO, Israel is a political construct, not a nation. The nation ceased close to 2,000 years ago.

Mat 27:25 And the whole people answering, said: His blood be upon us and upon our children.

Well that why it’s an op-ed piece. He believes it along with many evangelicals. Does not mean anyone else needs to believe it.

Ivan Hlavanda · 2025-11-08T18:57:28-0600

Aaron112 said:
The messenger of YHVH, the apostle paul, did.

Did Apostle Pal kept every single commandment of God? No. Thus he was a sinner in need of a Saviour.

Have you learnt nothing from Paul's letters?

Romans 3
“None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” - this includes Paul

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, - this includes Paul

Romans 7
9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. 10 The very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me. 11 For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
13 Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. 15 For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. 17 So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

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