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Good point. :thumbsup: But the ancient for "Tammuz" does have a "T" in Phoenecian.

The church has a land? This is not a promise to us. We don't live in the church of Acts. In fact, the church of Acts is completely different than the church we're in. Not only do people not drop dead, we don't heal with our shadows, raise the dead, prophesy, go to the Jew first, promise the...

While we're on Menno... :) Source: Menno's Renunciation A little history for all of us here. :)

I think with the handle of "menno" you should be safe. :)

For the last reason... The bigger question is why do these others do it? I don't know of any Methodists that do this, but the others didn't move very far from Rome when they left. Since Baptists are not Protestants, we shouldn't take leftovers and force them on Christians.

So what do those in prison do? What do we say to the man on his deathbed who cannot do anything? The message in Matthew 25 is clearly not the message we preach. Can I come to your church and preach that if we perform a certain list of kidnesses that we will inherit the kingdom of God? Again...

Just another note: "the nations" are the gentiles. This is a judgment of the gentile "nations" and their treatment of Israel, hence the emphasis on "Works" and on Jesus' "brethren". This is a reference to the judgment of Joel 3: For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall...

I was baptized as an infant in the RCC. When I was saved I was baptized as an adult in the Assemblies of God. I now work at a Baptist college and worship at a Baptist local church... if I wanted to officially join, my adult baptism would be accepted. Oddly enough, I don't believe in baptism...

v.34 This is for those for whom the kingdom was prepared FROM the foundation of the world. The present church was chosen BEFORE the foundation of the world. vs. 35-39 ALL WORKS. There is no faith, no cross, no blood, no grace, no Jesus. What do the imprisoned do in this system? Visit...

Yeah, I know... all earthly metaphors fall apart upon closer inspection. The Third Reich was the closest earthly comparison I could find to try and make the literary point. In a way, however, the THIRD Reich cannot rise, it must hence be the FOURTH Reich. The point was simply the literary use...

The only comment I would make is concerning the study of the Law by Adam. Paul clearly teaches that from Adam until Moses there was no "Law" (as such). He did have one "law"concerning the tree, but that cannot scripturally be called a "law." Romans 5 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into...

From catholic.org One of the main teachings of the early Church Fathers is that the sign of the cross is a declaration of defense against the devil. When you sign yourself, you are declaring to the devil, "Hands off. I belong to Christ; he is my protection." It's both an offensive and...

The context of Matthew 25 is not individual salvation (there is no cross, no blood, no faith, no grace, no Jesus there!). It is the judgment of gentile nations entering into the millenium kingdom. They are judged according to their works in light of their treatment of Jews ("the least of My...

Thanks, Daneel. Good stuff in your posts. :thumbsup: Consider the following verses in regard to Revelation 14 and "for ever and ever": The streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and her soil into brimstone; her land shall become burning pitch. Night and day it shall not be quenched...

I strongly DISCOURAGE it. It has no place in scripture and is a form of superstition. It is a man-made ritual. Why do you pray for the dead? How would crossing yourself help the dead even if you believed it wasn't too late? Do you really believe that the blood of Christ is insufficient...

It is called a "bloodless" sacrifice that is made "perpetually present." It must be repeated endlessly. But Baptists hold as essential and dear the doctrine of the finality of the cross. Word-games about a past act being "perpetually present" yet being accomplished repeatedly are not...

No. :thumbsup:

Thank you. It does help. :) But let me go back to an earlier assertion I made, that is, that the group seen in Revelation 20 is a very specific group. It is a specific group, connected with the great tribulation, that cast their lot with the Beast. That would separate them from other...

I think that the history of the Baptists would scream against it. Since Baptists do not even like the word "Protestant" (and were persecuted by the Reformers over the very issue of baptism) it would be an historical oddityfor Baptists anywhere to adopt infant baptism. Anyway... I hope there...

Thanks, but I think you may have missed my point (and in doing so you have inadvertently helped it ;) ). The point was that in verse 15 it clearly reads "for ever and ever," but in verse 10 those words are conspicuously absent. 20:10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the...