Recent content by JohnC2

Ignorance comes from Ignore - it's not the lack of knowledge. It's the intentional, purposeful disregard of information which does not further your narrative or intentions. John 9:38-40 is a statement of ignorance.... You are presented with the truth and evidence yet choose to ignore it...

Take that verse you quote here in the context of which it was given: A training exercise for unskilled apprentice Disciples who were not ready for being pitched out into "The Big World".... When equipping people for ministry - it is critical to work through the Learning Curve with "Friendly"...

Our blessings come through the actual risen Son of God - Jesus, who sits on the right side of The Father in heaven. Our righteousness is imputed to us through Jesus death on the cross to pay for the sin of the world. Of course - we have to obediently trust that Jesus blood works to cover...

Readers say that "Christians should have absolutely no possessions" is a ridiculous position based on a misinterpretation of scripture. For example - when Jesus said "Foxes have their dens but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head" - it was a shocking insult against the behavior of...

Remember that the USA was not the only nation that tried banning alcohol in the 19th and 20th century... It was basically a spectacular failure everywhere and was actually a central "cause" for the success of the Russian Revolution in 1917.... But for a particularly non-obvious reason... Tax...

JohnClay, I appreciate your honesty. Thanks for being so open and forthright about this with us. Many people don't ever even consider whether they believe in Jesus or not - they just go to church because they always did and their parents did... It is very much a reality that there is...

Huh? Russia was very much a Christian nation as was nearly the whole entirety of Eastern Europe prior to WWI. All of these had powerful and influential state churches - and large public terror problems.... England and Northern Ireland were very much so as well. Spain had some pretty bad...

I know it's easy to gloss over this... Original sin isn't something we can just turn on and off... So it's not really a workable solution... I think there's also another thing here... Proverbs 7. Simple solutions offered by those with ulterior motives are seductive - yet usually end up...

Yeah, all that stuff could never happen.... Except it already did once back in Egypt... One thing we need to understand though.... The results of the 7 seals being opened are different than the specific plagues sent to communicate a message to mankind. Breaking the seals are a required...

That's a good point. Unfortunately it ignores original sin. The church is not the root of society's problems...... Original sin is the root of both society's and the church's problems. Humans can't "Fix" our sinful nature - though it's always tempting to believe the sinful nature is...

So honestly - what are we supposed to do to cure the innate sinful nature of man? All are subject to sin. There is no pill you can take that suddenly makes that guy over there sinless much less myself... Should we adopt the solution of totalitarian nations which spy on everybody and...

Visionary, You raise a very good question in my mind that has been bothering me for some time: How do we separate the Signal from the Noise.... this gets into the Commandment about putting God's name on chaos (vanity).... How do we separate a regular/natural occurrence or even an attack on...

Interesting as I have been thinking about this same passage today. Compliment it with Revelation 12 and perhaps it helps clear things up or maybe it muddies the water worse... ;) The first question becomes: WHERE is Satan cast out of? Satan becomes cast out of Heaven. WHERE is Satan...

Wheat is wheat grain. Barley is barley grain. A denarius is a denarius coin money. A choenix is the Roman volume measurement that's about a liter or a quart. It's a price for a volume of something. This stuff has been tabulated for literally thousands of years. You can look up tables...

I found it more helpful to simply stick with the text. For example - seal 4 (edit sorry, not 3) isn't specifically famine per-se, it's prices. Specific price thresholds are mentioned for wheat and barley. No more no less. As such - The simplest way to check for opening of the 4th seal...