So, recently a new convert in our church has been raving about this book, but something about what little she told me about seems a bit suspect.
I dislike being a heresy hunter, yet I don't wish to be undiscerning either. Anyone know if this book is doctrinally sound?
It has been my ongoing experience over the years to observe that most people, Christian or otherwise, have felt a sense of chagrin about the topic of Hermeneutics and Exegesis, especially where the Bible is concerned.
This got me thinking today, and I thought to myself, "Self!" ...and you know...
️ May the Christ God bless you! ️ I came across a video of a street apologetic with a protestant background Vocab Malone. He criticizes eastern orthodoxy. But I think his critique is more based on his lack of understanding of our theology and conservatism. Here is what I wrote to him on YouTube...
Apophatic theology, known as the Via Negativa in Latin, and apophatic language involves the use of negations to express divine things, for example, God is unchanging, God cannot be circumscribed, there is no place where God is not, there is nothing that God does not know, and there is no limit...
To quote Protopresbyter Michael Pomazansky’s classic Orthodox Dogmatic Theology, translated from Russian into English by the great penitent, scholar and abbot Fr. Seraphim Rose, because of God’s inscrutability and existence above and distinct from all of Creation,
“...one may speak only of the...
Answers, explanations and discourses pertaining to commonly held theological and philosophical misunderstandings among otherwise pious and faithful Christians who adhere to the Nicene Creed and the ChristianForums Statement of Faith, presented in a spirit of love, concord and good will for the...
In response to a member who erroneously suggested Jesus Christ was the name of the Trinity, I replied with the following Triadological and Christological treatise:
YHWH is God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The names of the Son are the Only-Begotten, Firstborn of All Creation (although He is...
Historical Christianity East of Mesopotamia
Prior to 1552, there was one church hierarchy that used the East Syriac Rite in Syria, Iraq, Iran, Central Asia, and India.
Prior to 1599, the same was true of the Christian community in India that was part of that East Syriac Rite hierarchy, but...
Does anyone have firsthand experience with Credo Courses products or familiarity with the owner? I stumbled onto the website and it looks interesting. Thanks!
Yours in His Service,
~bella
Hi all,
Sorry this may be kinda lengthy but feel that explaining my background will help to narrow down some answers.
I used to belong to a church group, actually grew up in a church group called Holiness pentacostal. We believe in long skirts/dresses, long hair for women, short hair for men...
I've been growing up in Northern Europe, so as I was faced with conversion from Buddhism into Christianity I eventually met other Christians that told me of Christianity in a distinct Protestant flavor, but I didn't ever feel I was met with a God that first demanded of me to choose between one...
I've been listening to this Assyrian Apologist (most likely Protestant). He spends a lot of time dealing with Muslims, but found this broadcast really good. I been studying the historical and theological antecedents of the Trinity for some time. Last night I learned probably the best...
So, I am a Christian, (although I am very bad at it). I struggle with Lust (porn and such) as well as drinking, lying and other vices. While I know these things will not stop God from loving me, according to the Bible, I still don't want to do them. I wish I could just promise God I will never...
I just made a video exploring this topic and I'd love to know your thoughts.
Basically I think it could either have been a spiritual servant of God (not the devil or a demon) OR a description of Saul's depression.
Back in the early 1990s, I spent a few years at two WOF churches. One in my hometown and the other in the college town where I was taking classes. My issues come from some of these formal beliefs taken from the WOF board here. (Lots of other people make other kinds of complaints as far...
1 Cor 11:
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
(MY NOTE: Two ""keys"" here: ""eat this is my body, which is broken for you"" ""this do in remembrance of me"")
25 After the same manner also he...
Pentecost 2024 begins at sundown on Tues June 11th, and concludes at nightfall on Thurs June 15h 2024. (Hebrew calendar, Sivan 6th-7th 5782)
1st Pentecost:
Moses gives the Torah/Commandments at Mt Sinai & the Nation of Israel is born (Ex 19:1-22,23)
At the 1st post resurrection Pentecost...
I've decided that it's about time I start throwing myself into writing and have a place where I can store all of my works in case anyone is interested.
swalesjessiah.wixsite.com/collegetheology
Religion is about what you do. Your good works, obedience, repentance, law keeping, how much you give, your church attendance, prayer etc.
The Gospel is about what Christ did. His Death, Burial, Resurrection. And when we trust Him, what He can do thru/with "in us".
The phrase's: "In Christ"...