Recent content by Monna

I think there is a logical element that could solve it, if anyone were willing to accept it. We can all agree that: A cow is an animal, but an animal is not a cow. How many can accept the equivalent? Jesus is God, but God is not Jesus. As to the question of whether or not Jesus "died"...

God hates the evil, but loves the evil doer. When such a one repents, there's a party in heaven! :clap: Sometimes we find it hard to see how this works. God is doing amazing things in high security prisons, bringing repentance and changing hearts, lives and behaviour, even among the hardest...

Ezekiel 18:23 Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign Lord. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live? Ezekiel 18:32 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live! Ezekiel 33:11 Say to them...

The faith "I have" in Jesus Christ was/is a gift from God Himself. Is that "absolute" enough?

Except that on our planet this is not one rotation in all locations - certainly not in the polar regions. o_O And not all planets rotate on an axis. (The moon is not a planet, but it does not rotate on its axis. One side always faces earth. At the same time the sun does shine on different...

Probably a lot more in common than either of us realise! :) See you there, if not before!

I'm not sure that the two statements above are logically linked. If I am serious about giving my life to following Jesus, I am to deny myself. I belong to Him. I cease to have free will in the sense that most people seem to mean that term. And it's doubtful that anyone who has not submitted to...

I'm pretty sure I haven't said what I believe, in this thread. Basically I am seeing multiple interpretations of one chapter of the first book in the Bible, and I'm asking myself "so what?" How relevant is your argument to your daily behaviour as a human being, and if you'r a Christian, to your...

Taking you literally, "totally" must mean that you disagree with everything in the quoted statement, including the part stating that the person it presents as its focus is living and is the very source of life, and that the Living Word of God is Jesus. Even the Bible maintains that. ;)

So let's take this passage in its totality and be very literal. Genesis 1:3-5 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was...

The Living Word of God is Jesus. Even the Bible maintains that. The Bible is a collection of sacred writings (yes), a literary work, that we have in the form of a book. That is the literal truth. That book, as a book, is not living, and without the work of the Holy Spirit it doesn't give life...

Apparently they do. Otherwise you wouldn't be running this survey or having this discussion.

My integrity is not dependent on any arguments about Genesis 1. My integrity is more closely related to my life, my daily behaviour in relation to others. And in the long term, it is not my integrity that counts. It is my faith in God and the work of His Son. I don't stand before God on the...

1. It could be - but there are still a variety of "literal" interpretations. My question was - how does holding a particular interpretation equip you for "every good work" - the good work being defined from God's perspective? 2. Different people will have different answers to this question...

Or just maybe we're all missing the point of Genesis 1-3. Those who insist on literal interpretation of the scriptures often like to quote 2 Tim 3:16 as evidence, and since they are "God breathed" they are literally true. However, this is taking individual statements out of their context. 2...