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What does it mean to participate in the blood and the body of Christ? Augustus Hopkins Strong taught a symbolic meaning. In Strong's Systematic Theology, he lists seven things that the Lord's Supper commemorates. He begins each one of them with the words "It symbolizes..." The significant ones...

What movies must be seen on as big a screen as possible, and as loud as possible?

I finally got part of the set I've wanted for a long time. CBD had a great deal on the ante-Nicene church fathers, so I bought them. (Thisis the first part of the huge Hendrickson set.) I'm interested in learning what the post-apostolic church did teach, and reading it for myself rather than...

Was channel surfing tonight and happened across Joel Osteen. I watched for a few seconds and burst out laughing. Josh, our 13-year-old boy, came out to see what was so funny. My wife came out and said "Oh, don't leave it on this!" Josh said "I'm trying to listen!" I wanted to see where that...

Howdy, I'm looking for a dispensational viewpoint on the following: Thanks!

After looking around at some of the other Faith Group forums and seeing the discussions they've been having over this 'four-bullit' Statement of Faith thing, I think I've got a new perspective on what the admins are looking for. re: covenental vs. dispy theology...do we want SR to be a place...

Kim Riddlebarger just announced a couple of days ago that Michael Horton is finally publishing a sytematic theology!! Before I've even seen it, I have to think that this one might just replace Grudem's as my 'go-to' book!!

I wanted to post an encouraging item on today's youth is response to Erin's thread about her upcoming marriage...but I didn't want to steal Erin's thunder on her own thread, so here it is on another. In her thread, Erin said: mlqurgw replied: Well, here is another encouraging story...

Injecting some Reformed teaching into our church is getting pretty cool! I've been teaching through the gospel of John in our adult Sunday school class for about a year. (This is the same class, with a couple of new folks, that I took through Romans a couple of years ago, if you remember that...

Howdy! I'm curious about what people's views of the atonement would be? Why did Jesus die on the cross? Just what happened when He died on that cross? What happened next? And why did it all happen? I did notice paragraphs 8-11 on your statement of faith. This is a good start for me to...

Hello. I'm curious about what people's views of the atonement would be? Why did Jesus die on the cross? Let me say right off the bat that I'm not here to debate. My goal here is to really understand others' points of view. Any follow-up questions I may ask will be solely to clarify in my own...

Hello. I'm curious about what people's views of the atonement would be? Why did Jesus die on the cross? Let me say right off the bat that I'm not here to debate. I fully intend to follow your FSG, particuarly My goal here is to really understand others' points of view. Any follow-up...

An ABC news promo I saw yesterday asked a question that just really crystalized the whole second amendment question for me. The promo went something like this... "Does the second amendment protect the rights of individuals to own guns? Or is it supposed to protect the state's rights to have a...

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Arthur C. Clarke passed away today. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_clarke

Last fall, frumanchu invited SR members to play in his fantasy football league. It was a blast!! I'd like to return the favor, and invite SR folks to play in my fantasy baseball league this summer. It's been an ongoing Yahoo league that until now has been exclusively composed of members of...

From http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliv … s_ser.html Democrat presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama invoked the Sermon on the Mount as a reason for why he supports civil unions during an appearance in Nelsonville, Ohio, on Sunday. The response came after Pastor Leon Forte, who heads...

James R. White's book The Forgotten Trinity and articles at his website have been very helpful for understanding the Greek of the prologue of John's Gospel. I was left with only one question that I can't find in any of White's writings... If John had intended to say "and the word was a...

Inherant in the discussion of American Civil war origins, the frequently unasked question is whether or not is was even legal for the Southern States to secede. I've found these interesting ideas at a Civil War discussion website: What do you think?