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    Nkjv

    I mostly agree with you. A good example is 1 John 5:7. The doctrine of the trinity is solid without it, but it's absence from the minority text is a substantial difference. The doctrine is still the same. Sorry bout that, and thanks for clarifying it. What DOES make a doctrinal difference...
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    HAPPY BIRTHDAY arunma!!

    This is true. Wait until your kids are having birthdays....those seem to come up every other week!! Happy birthday, brother. PS Are those cupcakes strictly vegitarian? ;)
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    Nkjv

    They are mostly the same, but there ARE differences in the source text, some which affect doctrinal positions. I found a great Bible that has four translations, the NKJV, and three from the critical text, ESV, NLT, and the Message (not truly a translation, but a paraphrase) The ESV is more of...
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    Nkjv

    :wave: Hi Marv, You bring up lots of good points. WRT to the ordination council, at least in my church, it is a period where the church examines the person at the scheduled time. It is open to all members of the church. Once the council is finished examining the candidate, they take a...
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    Sinners in the hands of an Angry God

    No, the context, the rest of the chapter, is about how much God loved the world (not just the regenerate) and paid the ultimate sacrafice to reconcile them to Himself. God's just wrath is not incompatible with His love, btw. Just because He pours out His wrath does not mean that a) He is...
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    Why do you want to undo the Reformation?

    Then comes in ecclesiology....you can't really reconcile the papal system of church government w/the NT
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    Nkjv

    Thanks for the posts on the thread. I have another thought for your consideration. It is ironic that many arguments put forth by the Romanist church in its attempt to quell the reformation, particularly with regards to the issue of translations and printing of the scriptures into common...
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    Nkjv

    I was at an ordination council the other night, and of course that wonderful gem of a topic regarding Bible translation came up, as it always does. The candidate stated as a fact that the NKJV is based on Alexandrian manuscripts as it source texts, which is simply incorrect. My problem is...
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    Baptist thoughts on membership

    Does this church have some sort of covenant for members? Without knowing all the particular details, I think FallingWaters is on the right track. What is the Holy Spirit leading you to do? Have you discussed the doctrinal positions in which you and the pastor differ? Both of you can't be...
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    The Holy Land

    FallingWaters is right, maybe you accidentally posted this in the wrong place. I don't know of any Baptists who put any stock in lighting candles or see any merit in the associated prayer(s). As for priests, Baptists believe in the individual priesthood of the believer, so I'm quite sure that...
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    Merged with another church before?

    This post is very "on target". If the church owns its property and facilities free and clear, then that does explain a great deal in terms of potential motivation from the other side. From the latest update, about the only thing the pastor has said that is right is regarding counting only...
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    Sinners in the hands of an Angry God

    There's a qualifier in John 3:36 regarding the wrath of God on sinners....what could it be? (Is it asking for too much to hope that the WHOLE verse could be read, or that the passage could be taken in :eek: CONTEXT :eek: ??)
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    when I read this I couldn't stop laughing

    What translation are you quoting from, Red?
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    Once Saved, Always Saved

    I'm surprised no one has mentioned anything about an earnest payment....
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    Ephesian Church in Revelation

    In the same vein of thought, refer to 1 Timothy 1. Lots of folks seem to bore in on the doctrinal purity portion of vs. 2-4, but the "end of the commandment" or the reason for it, is charity"..."from which some, having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling...." etc. etc. Doctrinal...
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    Sinners in the hands of an Angry God

    That's a good quote, because it's representative of what I was referring to. The Bible teaches us that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentence. If God loathes and abhors humanity, He wouldn't...
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    Hebrew Old Testament

    You can easily research this online, but your initial question is telling...."What is the best Hebrew text closest to the KJV?" I think I'm being baited here, but the question you should be asking is, "What is the best Hebrew test, and which English translation is the best rendering of that...
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    Billy Graham - the false prophet

    Can't speak to the legalist bit, but as to the fundamentalist bit....duh :doh: That's why they're called fundamentalists. Don't try to equate the two (legalists and fundamentalists). It would be convenient for the moral relativist to do so, because it allows objectivity to be summarily...
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    Sinners in the hands of an Angry God

    I think you misread MY intention, which was not to castigate either Mr. Edwards or his sermon. Neither am I attempting to read into Mr. Edwards' intentions. You are certainly correct in your observation of the fact that God has used this sermon very powerfully, and is a wonderful example that...
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    Sinners in the hands of an Angry God

    Ahh, I didn't say that God wasn't a God of wrath and justice, because He absolutely is. That does not mean He's eager to see men suffer eternal damnation.