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- Fri May 01, 2020 2:12 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: What should a pastor do? Coronavirus edition
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6672
What should a pastor do? Coronavirus edition
Dear Steve Pastor R. and I are seeking your Biblical Counsel regarding the relationship to government authority and this COVID 19 pandemic. This relates to Romans 13 regarding "Let every should be subject to the governing authorities". We live in the state of Illinois and as most states, we have be...
- Mon Apr 27, 2020 3:28 pm
- Forum: Theology Proper, Christology, Pneumatology
- Topic: Paul and Jesus
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2613
Re: Paul and Jesus
The idea that there are gifts of the Spirit in no way contradicts anything Jesus taught. The idea that we are members of Christ's body, and variously gifted to carry out different functions, no doubt, has its precursor in the image of the Vine and the branches, in John 15:1-6. Paul diversifies the c...
- Wed Apr 15, 2020 12:38 pm
- Forum: Roman Catholicism
- Topic: Letter to a newly-Catholic friend
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9971
Re: Letter to a newly-Catholic friend
Homer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:35 pmHi Steve:
You wrote:
Oh so true!The difficulty in your suggestion is that, while God does teach the church through anointed teachers, there is no guarantee that those teachers will be the ones whose understanding will most influence the institutional churches.
- Mon Apr 13, 2020 11:06 pm
- Forum: Roman Catholicism
- Topic: Letter to a newly-Catholic friend
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9971
Re: Letter to a newly-Catholic friend
Hi Homer, I took your advice and reworded some parts of the section you cited. The difficulty in your suggestion is that, while God does teach the church through anointed teachers, there is no guarantee that those teachers will be the ones whose understanding will most influence the institutional ch...
- Sun Apr 12, 2020 3:05 pm
- Forum: Roman Catholicism
- Topic: Letter to a newly-Catholic friend
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9971
Letter to a newly-Catholic friend
Hi S—, I have always acknowledged that Catholics and Protestants alike can be true Christians, though salvation does not come automatically by being either Catholic or Protestant. I do think that the more aligned with truth we can be, the more genuine liberty in Christ will be ours. So it does make ...
- Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:16 pm
- Forum: The Gospels
- Topic: Birth accounts harmonized
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3800
Birth accounts harmonized
I answered the following question today for a correspondent: Hi Steve, There seem to be several contradictions between Matthew and Luke in their relating the birth stories of Jesus. MATTHEW says that an angel came in a dream to JOSEPH telling him his wife would give birth to Jesus. Then Jesus was bo...
- Sat Mar 28, 2020 2:03 pm
- Forum: Marriage & Divorce
- Topic: Sexual practices in marriage
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16456
Sexual practices in marriage
Fair warning: This post is edgy. It deals with anal sex in marriage. I wrote a response to a young husband who inquired about this, and, since it is a question many couples have, I felt that it should be shared. If the subject is offensive to anyone, then I suggest you not read it. Steve, I have al...
- Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:14 pm
- Forum: The Trinity
- Topic: Jesus' God was not the Trinity, why is yours?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 10677
Re: Jesus' God was not the Trinity, why is yours?
I prefer not to engage non-trinitarians in debates on the trinity, because it is soon evident in every such discussion that non-trinitarians usually do not understand the trinity doctrine that they claim to reject in the way the trinitarians do. It is similar to debating with atheists who are debunk...
- Thu Jan 16, 2020 11:39 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Is Allah Yahweh?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6174
Is Allah Yahweh?
I thought I would share this correspondence from today: Hello Steve, I taught comparative religion at a university for many years, as well as many music classes in world musics and have long believed that Yaweh, Jehovah, and Allah are all the same God and that all three religions agree with this. Th...
- Tue Jan 14, 2020 4:56 pm
- Forum: Fellowship & Worship
- Topic: The First Christmas
- Replies: 5
- Views: 16315
Re: The First Christmas
I wonder how they got the concept of a "birth before all ages" from Revelation 3:14.