KEEPING CHRISTMAS WHOLE...
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You too!Good to see you Mark. Hope you're keeping well and have a blessed Christmas
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You too!Good to see you Mark. Hope you're keeping well and have a blessed Christmas
There is a problem with defining “divine inspiration.” Sometimes, God inspires the writer to record something in the writer’s own words. Take for example, I Kings 1-5. The author is just writing down what happened, but I’m sure God used His influence to make sure the author wrote it down accurately and truthfully, or maybe God chose the right person who feared God to be the author. I don’t know if you would call that inspiration, but you can if you like. David was inspire to write beautiful psalms to praise God, but the talent to do so was David’s which was given to him by God; however, God probably didn’t give David the individual words. Nowhere in Joshua 10:12-13 does God speak or even tell Joshua what He was doing. The account is from Joshua’s point of view and limited to a human description, even if the writer was inspired to record the event. Divine inspiration does not mean that every word came from God, and that is evident because the writers of the books of the Bible always make it clear when the words came directly from God. If every word came from God, the writers would not make the distinction. I’ve never seen a “Red Letter Bible” that put God’s words in the Old Testament in red. Maybe one exists. My guess is that rabbis have been arguing this very problem verse by verse for many years. The only thing they agree on is that the Torah has a separate importance to the writings of the other books. The Torah even has its own holiday.Jerry you mention Isaiah 43:17, 1st Corinthians 7:12, Galatians 1:11 along with a few other passages, emphasising the importance of when God speaks. You then say all the Bible is true. However you then say some texts are private, poetry, written accounts or genealogies along with a list of materials. You than say but when the author says something is from God then it is the highest inspiration from God. I would agree with that many passages hold higher importance but would disagree that they have a higher inspiration than other scriptures. Simply because all Gods scripture is equally inspired . But when thinking upon Joshua 10:12-13 when Joshua directly asks God to give power to still the Sun and the moon. What category does that fall into ? View attachment 374608As the the publications of the New Testament with the words of Jesus in red having greater weight being from God directly. Ok. But others have argued why not the Old Testament as well. Yu know like the 10 commandments or where God speaks directly to Adam and Eve or Abraham or Moses.Just out of curiosity I guess some have debated the issue that the Bible should have remained the one colour. But it does no harm from what i can see. Yours Kathleen
I have a big problem with this persons apologetics especially when it is couched with the current culture. His quote:Author and apologist Dr. Sean McDowellhas researched and discussed many aspects of the Christian life—including heaven. McDowell recently answered one of the toughest topics and questions with an approachable truth.
“Would you say that [people in heaven] can’t sin?” asked an audience member at a recent event.
Sean McDowell Says in Heaven, We’ll ‘See Sin for Exactly What It Is’
As an apologetics professor at Biola University, Sean McDowell speaks at schools, conferences, and universities. After taking a question from the audience from a recent event, McDowell jumped into a conversation about heaven.
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Can You Sin in Heaven?—Apologist Sean McDowell Gives Surprising View
Apologist Sean McDowell recently answered even the toughest topics and questions with an approachable truth.churchleaders.com
No, none of that is true according to God. His speech is foolishness to the vast majority of mankind. Most of the 8 billion inhabitants of the earth are unbelievers, and Gods Word confirms that His Word is foolishness to those whoa re perishing and that's the majority view.God has spoken through His Son from cover to cover. His speech is entirely sufficient for all, everywhere, already. Openly available. No holds barred.
Your man trust claims would bring alarms to most believers of the traditional sorts, me included. It's cultish, particularly when not disclosed who it is, but backhanded to others. You may not even be an accurate spokesperson
Definition for "Antinomianism"
AI:
Antinomianism
is a term used in Christian theology to describe the belief that, because salvation is granted by divine grace through faith, believers are not bound by the moral law of God, including the Ten Commandments. The word itself comes from the Greek anti ("against") and nomos ("law"), literally meaning "against the law"
R.C. Sproul
"Antinomianism says that God does not require a believer to obey the Law of God (the Ten Commandments)"![]()
What Are Legalism and Antinomianism?
Legalism and antinomianism undergird all forms of false teaching and heresy.learn.ligonier.org
1 Cor 7:19 what matters is keeping the Commandments of GodAntinomianism is a theological heresy that holds that, because of grace and faith in Christ, believers are no longer bound to obey the moral law of God. The term comes from the Greek words anti (against) and nomos (law), and it literally means “against the law.” Antinomianism falsely teaches that Christians, having been saved by grace, are free from the obligations of the moral law, leading to a rejection of the law’s role in the Christian life.Antinomianism | Monergism
Antinomianism is a theological heresy that holds that, because of grace and faith in Christ, believers are no longer bound to obey the moral law of God. Thewww.monergism.com
If you have read the threads on this particular forum then every now and then you will see someone arguing against the moral law of God , specifically the Ten Commandments. As James 2 says "he who is guilty of breaking one is guilty of breaking them all"
As Paul says in Eph 6:1-2 "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.
hint: What are the set of commandments in scripture where the first one in that list WITH a promise is the 5th commandment calling children to Honor father and mother.
My Response texts above show that the Commandments of God include the TEN where the first commandment with a promise is "Honor your father and mother.If antinomianism (lit. against law) is regarding no longer being bound by the "moral law of God" then the critical question is what is the "moral law of God".
wishful thinking.This is not terminology found in scripture, so there is no biblical way to isolate what this moral law of God
Some antinomians don't like it. That is for sure.is and what it is not, which begs the question: Is this responsible terminology/should we be using it?
Until you read Heb 10Scripture doesn't bifurcate law
Until you read Heb 10, and when the subject of law is raised, law is treated as whole
For those who don't read Heb 10:4-16 or Acts 15, or Rom 13, or Rom 7 or James 2 or Deut 5 "He spoke these Ten and added no more"units defined within covenants. Some indeed have more of a moral foundation and others ceremonial/ritual or symbolic, but the law doesn't separate itself to sub categories like this, that's a post-biblical thing to do. So the real question is what aspects of the law of the old covenant should we consider universally moral? The answer, as it applies to the legal code, is nothing.
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Well, we gotta make sure we check all the boxes in the playbook. It's 2003, right?
IraqVenezuela has terrorists and WMDs and they need regime change to remove their mustachioed dictator and bring peace and stability to the region. Oh, and also oil.
It wouldn't be Christmas without the yearly reminder that it is a Pagan holiday. Well, I look at it this way, I believe I am in line with what Jesus Christ of Nazareth said about " extra " activity done in His name:“Tis the season to be jolly.” Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all men. These are sayings associated with Christmas, the day that Jesus the Christ was born; or was it? Certainly this could be a description of Christmas. Celebrations such as these were taking place among non-Christians centuries before Jesus Christ was born! Such customs do not come from the Bible. They have nothing to do with the birth of Jesus Christ. Jesus did not originate them, nor were they observed by the prophets (Old Testament) or the apostles (New Testament). We're going to examine Christmas, its origin and customs, and see if in fact Christmas is of God or Pagan. Should it be Celebrated or Rejected?
Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all men. Why, because we feed and shelter the less fortunate on this one day called Christmas? Shouldn't we care for the less fortunate all year long? Retailers increase the prices on merchandise, to try to recover from poor sales from the 1st three-quarters of the fiscal year.
Christmas (December 25th) is taught to be the day that Jesus the Christ was born. The fact is Jesus was not even born in the winter season. When Jesus was born, "there were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night." (Luke 2:8). This could never have occurred in Judea in the month of December. The shepherds always brought their flocks from the mountainsides and fields and corralled them no later than October, to protect them from the cold, rainy season that followed. Notice in Songs of Solomon 2:11 and Ezra 10:9, 13, that winter was a rainy season and typically the herds would most likely not be out in the rainy winter season. "It was an ancient custom among Jews of those days to send out their sheep to the fields and deserts about the Passover (early spring), and bring them home at commencement of the first rain," says the Adam Clarke Commentary (Vol. 5, page 370, New York ed.) Continuing, "During the time they were out, the shepherds watched them night and day. As..the first rain began early in the month of Marchesvan, which answers to part of our October and November (begins sometime in October), we find that the sheep were kept out in the open country during the whole summer. And, as these shepherds had not yet brought home their flocks, it is a presumptive argument that October had not yet commenced, and that, consequently, Jesus was not born on December 25th, when no flocks were out in the fields; nor could He have been born later than September, as the flocks were in the fields by night.
Therefore, to celebrate Jesus' birth date on December 25th is not scripturally sound. Any encyclopedia will tell you that Christ was not born on December 25th. The exact date of Jesus' birth is entirely unknown, as all authorities acknowledge - though by reading the scriptures, it strongly indicates His birth was in the early fall, probably September, approximately six months after Passover. This can also be found in the Catholic Encyclopedia 1967.
Some may say, "It does not matter when He was born. I am just celebrating His birth."; whereas others may say "Jesus is the reason for the season." Is that really the case? If Jesus is the reason for the season, then why didn't He let us know when to celebrate his birth? We claim we love Jesus so much but why don't we observe his death as he commanded us. Luke 22:19, "And he took bread, and gave thanks, and break it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me."
Of course not. Any country with ACTUAL weapons of mass destructions is a valued partner.Does this mean he will invade China?
You did not address her post. You just spoke over it with questions without actually addressing any of her pointsAnd I have attended many churches in. my 88 years even those that kept the sabbath. ,
And you say that you. really KEPT. all the LAW and even. Peter. in ACTS 15 : 10. says it was a burden.
So do you BELEIVE what HEB. 9:18 , YES or NO. ??
And the apostle Paul wrote 14 epistles and that INCLUDED HEBREWS. !!
AN you of course are keeping all. the LAW and Peter in. ACTS 15:10 says he could NOT !!
So. what does Acts 15:11. REALLY MENS. ??
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Of course Allah exists for the Muslim just as G_d exists for the Jews and it is the same God that the Christian's worship however, the big difference is access.Hello,
i created a thread a few months ago on this forum, asking muslim Allah to kill me if He does exist. The thread was moderated and closed.
I read someone mentionning on the thread a killing in England the day after this of its creation. No other substantial reply
i created a few days ago, on the "kitchen sink" as well, a thread questionning about the moral purpose of the veiling. No reply either, but i heard about a killing, the day after it was created in Australia.
Do you think, please, it's just my paranoïa, or it could be more than a coincidence between these killings and the threads ?
(Actually, it's just that the killings makes me more and more doubting muslim Allah exists, and moral arguing also for veiling)

Many people ask what Law is in our hearts.Let's take a look.The law of Moses is one whole, and its partial observance is the breaking of the law.
Thank you!I pray for you to be strong and prep. It’s uncomfortable bt many have already handled it before you and ask for a sedative. I pray you will take it moment by moment and be glad. Put yourself in Gods hands and He will see you through. And laugh. Take joy in this and laugh. A little stressful, please lord overcome in Jesus Name.
Is there a minimum amount of readers a book should have before people are allowed to read it?Well? I doubt anyone is reading that obscure book anyway. I don’t like book banning or censorship but i also understand why some material needs to be age appropriate. I guess I have overall mixed feelings? I dunno.