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Hi, I am a Catholic who has questions about the Orthodox view on private revelation. A lot of Catholic devotions (Rosary, Brown Scapular, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Miraculous Medal etc) all come from private revelations to various people. Catholics are not obliged to believe in them but are...

Okay, so what would you do if you were talking to a friend/colleague/acquaintance, you shared the Gospel with them and they said they believed what you told them? Would you ask them to pray to God for salvation, either with the words of a "sinner's prayer" (which is Biblical, see Luke 18:13) or...

I would recommend ESV or NASB, or NKJV if you hold to the Majority Text/TR position.

After reading this thread, I realise that the Lutheran view of salvation is different to the Reformed view. I don't really understand the rejection of "decision theology". What would you do if you were witnessing to a friend and telling them how Jesus died for their sins and they can have...

I've benefited from Pastor Jordan Cooper's blog and podcast, Just and Sinner. Blog Podcast

Thanks for the reply. So would you work at trying to convert Roman Catholics to Lutheranism and pray for their conversion, or would you just leave them alone and hope they have sufficient faith to be saved?

Would holding to the view of eternal security/perseverance of the saints hinder me from being accepted into membership or communion in a conservative Lutheran church like the LCMS/WELS (if I can eventually make it to the US)?

I was reading the bulletin of a Lutheran church here in NZ and there was an article about the Pope's call for unity between Roman Catholics and Lutherans. This got me thinking, how do conservative Lutherans like LCMS and WELS view these statements? I have read that Luther taught that the Pope is...

Mountianmike, I am familiar with the arguments in favour of Roman Catholicism that you have posted. You eisegete (read into) Scripture rather than exegete. For example, if you look carefully at Matthew 16:18 you will notice that 1) Christ says he will give Peter the keys to the Kingdom of...

So I've been attending a Reformed church for almost the last 4 years and have come to understand a bit of Reformed theology. However, last Saturday I visited a Lutheran church on vacation and really liked it, even though the pastor was sick and there wasn't Communion. Being a former...

It's my understanding that the Lutherans don't venerate or pray to images, they just use them to decorate their churches.

Hi, I'm a Reformed Christian interested in Lutheranism. I have a couple of questions on the Lutheran view of baptism. It does seem hard to reconcile the Reformed view on baptism with Colossians 2:12 which speaks of being buried with Christ in baptism. Do Lutherans believe that baptism...

Here is an excellent resource on Mormonism: Mormonism, LDS, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints | Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry

There is no verse in the Bible that prohibits paedobaptism.

Maybe the Pope just didn't recognise them. He's not from the US.

If they did that, they would be heretics and thereby automatically excommunicate themselves. No letter would be necessary.

Protestants don't generally use crucifixes. My church (Reformed) doesn't even have a cross. We have the symbol of the Reformed Church of New Zealand on the pulpit hanging (Bible and torch). I remember seeing a Jack Chick tract where a Fundamentalist man removes crucifixes from a...

Here's a list of Presbyterian and Reformed churches in the US.

Jesus Himself instructs us to spread the Gospel to all people: "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the...