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dana b: None of what you wrote seems to come out of the text itself or allow God's Word to speak to you. It seems you have already come up with your own ideas and are just reading them into Scripture.

This whole search for hidden numbers and so forth seems to be a tool of Satan to keep people from realizing that the Bible is all about Jesus, not alphabets.

Ezra and Nehemiah are one book in the Hebrew Bible. Plus aren't we in 2010? Doesn't that mean the Bible is basically useless to us now since the 2000 years have passed that you are talking about? The Father is physical? The Son is emotional? And the Holy Spirit is mental? The Father, Son, and...

Please read what I actually write instead of what you apparently think I am saying. The Apostle Paul being inspired by God said that some were given the gift of being teachers in the church which implies that we can learn something from them. The church fathers are not infallible but they are...

Ephesians 2:7 was the verse I was looking for. The same Greek word is used. Ephesians 2:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. The word translated as kindness in Ephesians 2:7 is the same basic word as what is...

Then shouldn't I stop reading what you right? I acknowledge that just as the Holy Spirit guides me so He has guided others throughout history. Those who lived in closer proximity to the time of the Apostles and spoke the Biblical languages as their native language sometimes have insight into...

Maybe we should just use "parent"...all those ideas about gender are just products of our unenlightened society that thinks males and females are different in some way...jk

One Lord, one faith, one baptism...

I'm going to start referring to my pastor as my old man (which would really be weird since he's a couple years younger than me). I obviously have some pretty strong disagreements with the Roman Catholic Church on a bunch of different things but it gets pretty ridiculous when some Protestants...

Many of the early church fathers rejected the idea that Mary was without sin. It wasn't until 1854 that the Roman Church made any binding declaration on it. If Mary had been without sin she would have no need for a Savior but Mary clearly rejoices in God Her Savior in the Magnificat. The term...

Eusebius is talking about which books were regarded as canonical by all and which books were disputed in his day and these books continued to be disputed even by the most esteemed church fathers. Eusebius is not saying whether or not to derive doctrine from them but making an observation about...

My position is that we should follow the example of the early church fathers and allow them to be read in the churches but allow for disagreement as to whether or not they should be considered part of the canon of Scripture. As Eusebius wrote: My personal opinions about which of these...

The Deuterocanonicals may provide insight into certain teachings and so I don't think that they should be thrown out entirely but I do think it is necessary to interpret them through the lens of the undisputed books. I think that even the canonical order provides some help in determining which...

What teaching do you find in James or Jude that is so vital to the Christian faith that is not found in the rest of Scripture? I believe along with Luther that all of Christian doctrine can be found in the Gospel of Matthew. On the other hand, there are countless heretical groups who have gone...

There are disputed NT books as well such as Hebrews, 2 Peter, 2&3 John, James, Jude, and Revelation and I don't believe that these should be used to establish doctrine either. It's not just some guy's dispute but the general acceptance of the church at large. And a council (Trent) that was...

It seems to me that the most conservative approach would be to allow the reading of the Apocryphal books in the churches but to only use the undisputed books to establish doctrine. Even the common term in Roman Catholicism--deuterocanonical--implies that these books are not on the same level as...

I do not regard the Council of Florence as Ecumenical since it occurred after the great schism. But I also do not believe that its decrees in regards to the canon of Scripture were regarded as infallible even by the Roman church. People continued to question the deuterocanonical books after the...

The question at the beginning of the thread assumes something that simply didn't happen. Luther's Bible contained the Apocryphal books. He set them apart but they were there and I think just about every Lutheran Bible printed in German still contains them. The KJV contained the Apocrypha as...

I wonder if Paul might be being a little sarcastic. Stop thinking you're so great by comparing yourself to others. If you look at your own actions long enough and compare them with the Scriptures you will see what a real sinner you are.

I would recommend you look at Anthony Thiselton's commentary. He a gives a very thorough report of the different ways that these verses have been interpreted. The Greek is a bit confusing and I think it remains unclear as to whether hair or some type of other headcovering is being spoken of...