Recent content by Eph4:26

When Obama\Clinton start talking about a 'no fly zone' in Syria, they are threatening WW3 with Russia.

Be that as it may, it doesn't easy my anxiety.

Do I sense a nervous lol from you? What is significant regarding the OP is not that I or anyone else here believe it to be true, but that the radical jihadist (backed by the US military) fighting on the ground in Syria believe it is true.

I think you are missing a far great point that over shadows a freedom of religion. That is nuclear war that ends all humanity.

I also feel a sense of urgently this year in light of what is taking place in Syria. http://www.christianforums.com/threads/sunni-muslims-believe-jesus-will-return-in-syria.7971668/

What is significant regarding the OP is not that I or anyone else here believe it to be true, but that the radical jihadist (backed by the US military) fighting on the ground in Syria believe it is true.

Sunni Muslims believe Jesus will return in Syria to battle the anti-Christ. There was an Iman that lived in the 9th century. He was from Iran. He wrote the what is know as Sahih Muslim Book 041, Hadith Number 6924. What did he say about the return of Jesus? That He will return to battle...

LittleLambofJesus . . . thanks for reposting the '10 reasons why the Bible does not support the party (celebrating) of Christmas' list. I'll reference it extensively over the next couple months.

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When I was a Catholic, I thought preforming a ritual was the method to salvation. I was never encouraged by my local priest, nor by fellow Catholics to do anything else. Year after year, holiday after holiday. Same questions, same blank expressions, same patronizing glib cryptic answers, same...

A vague suggestion that Christmas is Biblical by way of the Gospel of Luke. If a more articulate argument is forth coming, I will examine it. In the mean time there is no Biblical precedent for remembrance of the day of Christ's birth as a day of special religious celebration. This is not to...

By 'society' I assume you mean secular. Or as I like to more accurately label, pagan. Christians are suppose to abstain from what the rest of the world does. I'll direct your attention to the 1 Thess. 5. Specifically, 18 in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus...

It took several hundreds of years before theology of christmas took hold. To summarize: I. Christianity began as a Jewish sect. II. Jewish tradition did not celebrate birthdays. III. Early Church Fathers did not recognize the Birth of Jesus as anything significant to 'celebrate'. IV. Pagan...

The prayer book you cited was outlawed by Parliament in 1645. For the sake of argument, demonstrates the non-universal appeal for Christmas. As stated above, Dickens secularized Christmas and the reluctant churches that didn't celebrate, conformed to the new cultural construct.