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  1. Matt Faith

    Devotional from John Barnett @Cesarea Aqueduct(click link for video)

    “At the instant of salvation, each of us became the Temple of God: Who begins to live within us as God the Spirit, the Comforter. That truth is the source of a lifetime of wonderful blessing, and an endless supply of Divine power in order for each of us to live the abundant life promised by...
  2. Matt Faith

    Understanding Adam and Eve in Calvinism

    Hello, I am have recently embraced Calvinism as true. If I was in a conversation with an Arminian/inconsistent Arminian, and they said Adam had free will in the garden. How would I respond to this? Is the understanding that humans did originally have free will, but lost it in the fall? And how...
  3. Matt Faith

    The Second Coming and the mention of horses

    "In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness."-Zechariah 12:4 Hello, recently I've been struggling with verses in the Old...
  4. Matt Faith

    Christian music suggestions

    I'm looking for artists that make a less contemporary style gospel music. In other words, not Christian rock, Christian rap etc. I'm more interested in the kind of music that is like the hymns you would hear in church. Thank you. :thumbsup:
  5. Matt Faith

    Does anybody else prefer calling today Resurrection Day instead of Easter?

    I think Resurrection Day or Resurrection Sunday is more fitting for what this day is for us Christians. Easter reminds me more of what it is for the secular world.
  6. Matt Faith

    Defending Revelations Against non Believers

    What would you say to an athiest or preterist who used time statements against you? For example they might say Jesus said he would come soon in Revelations, or that Revelations was suppose to be fullfillment "shorty." Please help!
  7. Matt Faith

    Finding peace as a new Christian

    Have any of you ever went through that time in your Christian life where you kept asking questions, kept analyzing everything, kept researching online, kept reading books on Christianity etc...but then you hit a wall mentally, where you felt like this is ridiculous, I need to just get back to...
  8. Matt Faith

    Did Jesus teach he would be back in the first century?

    A lot of skeptics point to Matthew 24:34, and say Jesus was saying he would back in the lifetimes of the people listening to him. How do Baptists interpret these verses?
  9. Matt Faith

    What are the origins of the trinity?

    Does anybody know how the trinity concept started? And also when it started?
  10. Matt Faith

    I have a King James Bible and I've heard this verse does not belong, is this true?

    7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one. What is the Comma Johanneum (1 John 5:7-8)? So...
  11. Matt Faith

    Jesus: The first born of all creation?

    I understand Jesus being the first born of all creation as meaning Jesus was the first born into the world (in flesh) via God. Meaning all other creation was not born from God, but created from him. Is the proper understanding? I know Jehovah Witnesses like to imply that it saying Jesus is...
  12. Matt Faith

    This Generation Shall Not Pass...Please help me understand this

    I know this is nothing new, but how do we as Christians reconcile Matthew 24:34? Was Jesus talking about a future generation? I cannot seem to find a definitive answer. I do believe in the verse where he said there are people here that will see the kingdom before tasting death, he was referring...
  13. Matt Faith

    How do Lutherans view Jehovah Witnesses?

    One of my closest friends is a Jehovah Witness, and we recently got into an argument over the trinity. He claims Jesus was not God. He also implied that Lutherans seem to talk too much about Jesus, and not enough about God the father. Do any of you know Jehovah Witnesses? And whats your...
  14. Matt Faith

    Can Christian watch violent sports like football and boxing?

    heres a video I watched on the NFL and boxing being wrong to watch. do lutheran men and women not watch football? Should Christians watch American football? - YouTube
  15. Matt Faith

    Anyone plan on watching The Bible on the History Channel?

    The Bible - Episodes, Video & Schedule - History.com I think it premieres march 3rd. which is my birthday by the way :thumbsup:
  16. Matt Faith

    Coming back!

    Over the last year or so, I've kind of lost my way, I was spiritual as always. But I lost my religious ways of reading the bible daily, going to church...and even coming on here I think was good for me. I've had a really tough year, and I know its time to re-dedicate myself to the Christian...
  17. Matt Faith

    In one of my Psychology courses today we discussed Martin Luther...

    And my professor said the he hated Jewish people and said that he believed if you wife isn't pleasing you sexually, you should go outside the marriage for satisfaction. Is this true? I was just surprised because I never knew this, its kind of unsettling....
  18. Matt Faith

    Hey, what do guys make of this? Jesus is coming back May 21, 2011?

    http://www.tennessean.com/article/20101201/NEWS06/12010350/Nashville+billboards+claim+Jesus+will+return+May+21++2011 I went to the website but I am still confused how they know this? they say they are 100% sure.
  19. Matt Faith

    Question about the LCMS/ELCA situation...

    I was just wondering if someone could explain to me the history behind this? I'm just curious about how this all started. I'm just confused about it. I'm not trying to cause any trouble, just asking a question. If it gets out of hand I'll just have the thread closed because I'm not trying to...