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- Sun Feb 05, 2006 5:28 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Is the Local Church Essential?
- Replies: 21
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Is the Local Church Essential?
Is it essential for a Christian to be part of a local church? If so how is such a church defined biblically, meaning what constitutes a local church? If you have read George Barna's book Revolution, I would appreciate your perspective? Thank you!
Steve, As always I thank you for your thorough response. It seemed after reading your article “Should believers use forcible resistance” that you would agree that police may use force even lethal force to protect the innocent. In this line of thinking can a Christian be part of the police. If a Chri...
Pacifism
Just a thought regarding pacifism: Jesus commended the Centurion in Matthew 8:5-13 for having more faith than anyone in Israel and never once asked him to step down from being a soldier. However, Jesus did ask Zacheus to stop being a tax collector and the women at the well to stop committing adulter...
- Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:17 am
- Forum: Ethics
- Topic: A soldier's view on pacifism...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7925
Just a thought: Jesus commended the Centurion in Matthew 8:5-13 for having more faith than anyone in Israel and never once asked him to step down from being a soldier. However, Jesus did ask Zacheus to stop being a tax collector and the women at the well to stop committing adultery. It would seem th...
- Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:29 pm
- Forum: Eschatology
- Topic: Isaiah 2 (Temple?)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23170
- Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:46 pm
- Forum: Eschatology
- Topic: Isaiah 2 (Temple?)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23170
Isaiah 2 (Temple?)
Isaiah 2: "2 In the last days the mountain of the LORD's temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. 3 Many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob...