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Paidion,

I must say I respect both you and your belief, and though I wish it to be true, I can not see it as biblical.

God bless, Homer

The Third Epistle of Peter, to the Preachers and Rulers of Congregations.--A Looking Glass for the Clergy. Preface. HOW the following epistle came to be overlooked by the early saints of christendom and by all the fathers, or whether it was purposely suppressed by the Council of Nice, and why it was...

Paidion,

Please see my reply under the Eternal Torment, Anihilationism, Universalism category.

Paidion, Thanks for posting the link. I found it very enlightening in regard to how Talbott thinks. On page one he wrote: We begin with an inconsistent set of three propositions: (1) It is God's redemptive purpose for the world (and therefore His will) to reconcile all sinners to himself. (2) It is ...

Steve, I will try to read it and give you feedback but I am backlogged in my reading now. If you are doing research on the topic for a book here is a must read for the eternal punishment view, it is a classic: The Doctrine of Endless Punishment by GT Shedd [/u] Shedd makes a strong case that the doc...

When two or three Epicopalians are gathered together, how many are there? One more than you think - there is sure to be a "fifth".

Paidion, You wrote: Having said this, and agreeing that the creation itself, including all nature, will be set free and restored, I still think the "all" in Colossians 1:20 refers exclusively to all people. And then you wrote: Are not the "all" who were created in heaven and on earth, visible people...

Steve, Thanks for your reply, brother. You have raised some interesting points. You wrote: It is fairly foreign to me to think of "worship" as something primarily associated with official gatherings. In light of passages like Matthew 9:13; Romans 12:1-2; Hebrews 13:16 and 1 Corinthians 10:31, I have...

Hi Sam, You asked: Are you in sympathy with the advocates of a cappella singing? Depends on what you mean by "in sympathy". We have attended an instrumental church for over 24 years, but I have been not much impressed with the singing in most churches, large and small (including our own). In some, a...

Recently on the Narrow Path Steve was discusssing instrumental music in the church. He mentioned that some (advocates of only a cappella music in the church) have contended that the word psalmos had lost the meaning of singing accompanied by a musical instrument at the time of the New Testament. Ste...