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    Haiti vs The Bible

    . †. Rev 16:18-19 . .Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No earthquake like it has ever occurred since man has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake . . and the cities of the world collapsed. Let that resonate for a second or two...
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    Haiti vs The Bible

    . †. Rev 16:18-19 . .Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No earthquake like it has ever occurred since man has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake . . and the cities of the world collapsed. Let that resonate for a second or two...
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    Hell's Pop Clock

    . RE: Mtt 7:13-14 . . Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. That teaching is embedded in the so-called Sermon On The...
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    Daily Genesis

    . †. Gen 19:6-7 . . So Lot went out to them to the entrance, shut the door behind him, and said: I beg you, my friends, do not commit such a wrong. No doubt those people interpreted Lot's comment that they were "wrong" as judgmental and tactless. It was certain to provoke a hostile response...
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    Hell's Pop Clock

    . Since beginning this topic on May 5, 2009, at 5:29pm PDT, roughly 265 days have transpired. Using my original figure of 2,448 condemned Americans per civil day, yields a total of 648,720 US citizens have been added to the population count of Hell since beginning the topic. Worldwide...
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    Daily Genesis

    . †. Gen 19:2b . . But they said: No, we will spend the night in the square. Their response was most likely a temporary, courteous refusal, with the intention of accepting Lot's hospitality only after some customary resistance to test the sincerity of his offer. Their response to Lot is...
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    Daily Genesis

    . †. Gen 19:1a . .The two angels arrived in Sodom The word for angels is from mal'ak (mal-awk') from a root meaning to dispatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher). Mal'ak doesn't always indicate a celestial being; because the...
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    Helping an 11 year old

    . Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith By David Van Biema TIME Magazine, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007 C.L.I.F.F. /
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    Daily Genesis

    . †. Gen 18:23b . . and said: Will You sweep away the innocent along with the guilty? That possibility always exists in a climate of evil. The Flood itself surely drowned a very large number of innocent little underage children; not to mention a huge percentage of the animal kingdom too...
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    Does God the Father exist?

    . RE: I didn't read anything past the opening comment of yours in your post # 2. Your choice. Here in the USA, we not only have the freedom of speech, but also freedom of the ear. †. Zech 7:11-12 . . But they refused to listen, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that...
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    Helping an 11 year old

    . I'd just like to say something that actually should go without saying. This is the Baptist section of a Christian forum. If people are offended by a Baptist's answer to a Christian question, then maybe they should post their questions in another section of Christian†Forums. The OP of...
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    Does God the Father exist?

    . (chuckle) Was I right in post #2, or was I right? This thread is rapidly becoming infected with endless debate, confusion, misunderstanding, chafed egos, wrong impressions, and bad feelings all around. That's to be expected when people attempt to discuss supernatural issues that are beyond...
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    Daily Genesis

    . †. Gen 18:22 . .The men went on from there to Sodom, while Abraham remained standing before The Lord. A plausible scenario is that all three men began walking towards Sodom, and then one (earlier identified as Yhvh) stayed behind to conduct a private meeting with Abraham. The...
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    Does God the Father exist?

    . Regardless of whether there's a trio, or a quartet, or an octet, the Bible's God would still be a father. Maybe you should let that resonate instead of obsessing about whether the Bible's God is a composite unity of three individuals. In essence, a father is a giver of life. In that...
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    Daily Genesis

    . †. Gen 18:21a . . I will go down to see whether they have acted altogether according to the outcry that has reached Me; The word for outcry is from tsa`aqah (tsah-ak-aw') which means: a shriek. The same word was in chapter 4 to describe the cry of Abel's blood from the ground and...
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    Can You Get Baptized in a Swimming Pool?

    . Candace's treasurer underwent baptism out in the boonies where no church existed (Act 8:27-39). However, in your case I would highly recommend a church service since you will never feel right about it if you don't; in other words: never settle for something less than what your conscience can...
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    Different levels of torture in hell

    . RE: Did not Jesus carry the sin of all humanity, past present future? Yes. †. Isa 53:6 . . Yhvh has laid on him the iniquity of us all. †. John 3:16-17 . . God so cared for the world, that He donated His only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish...
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    Hell Over The Holidays

    . RE: The four Gospels are for the world at large, Interesting, but I again disagree. The gosspels which contain the teachings of Christ are mainly directed towards the Jewish audience of fthe first century. When Gentiles asked of Christ, He either ignored them or told them that His bread was...
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    Daily Genesis

    . †. Gen 18:20 . .Then the Lord said: The outrage of Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and their sin so grave! The people of Sodom weren't just your every-day, average garden variety of sinners. According to Gen 13:13, they were very wicked sinners; and not only were they very wicked...
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    Hell Over The Holidays

    . RE: Paul who preached the full council of God, never once taught anything on this subject of eternal punishment. Actually, we don't have any transcripts of Paul's preaching. What we have are his epistles; which were never really intended to be evangelistic tools. What I mean is; they were...