Search results

  1. B

    Australia votes Yes for same-sex “marriage”

    It’s indeed a sad day for Australia in that 61 percent of Australians have now voted to allow same-sex “marriage”. As 69.5 percent of the population voted in this non-compulsory plebiscite it means that the vast majority of Australians have failed to support the institution of the family.
  2. B

    Vatican bureaucracy & resistance to reforms ‘inspired by devil’ – Pope Francis

    I have to give Francis some credit with how he has openly admitted that the Vatican bureaucracy is about as corupt and evil as it could possibly be in this day and age. The following three interesting articles were found at RT.com and links have been provided to the full articles: Vatican...
  3. B

    The Charismatics-A Doctrinal Perspective, John MacArthur (1978)

    Earlier this year I came across a book by John MacArthur that was published back in 1978 titled, The Charismatics-A Doctrinal Perspective. This book certainly caught me a bit off guard as I had never come across it and from memory I cannot recall ever even hearing about it. When I did a Google...
  4. B

    This image of America is what the world is now viewing

    This is an image that is now being viewed around the entire world. It is sad to see especially as so many American died during WW2 to stop this type of Nazi behaviour overseas, only to discover that the behaviour of the Nazi Brownshirts is alive and well in California. "Violent crowd attacks...
  5. B

    Some things that don’t sound right . . . but then again!

    Our daughter returned back home to Melbourne Australia yesterday from her vacation in Brasil where she gave us a beautiful looking calendar that was printed in Brasil. I mentioned to my wife that it is a shame that it will always be 14 hours out of date. When we travelled to the USA three...
  6. B

    Some reasons why cessationism has become a dead worldview

    This thread is a follow-on from the current thread titled The Gift of Tongues from post #320. Index on post 3 As my reply to one particular post become quite complicated and lengthy I did not want to see it lost amongst hundreds of others so I decided to start this thread so that it might...
  7. B

    The operations of the Spirit without love are . . .

    How often do we come across comments by scholars, commentators and church leaders that say that the Operations of the Spirit (aka, spiritual gifts) that unless they are employed in love that they are of no value or that they are useless. 1 Corinthians, Marion L Soards (1999) p.272 13:1-3 /...
  8. B

    Evidence of the Holy Spirit

    Subtitle: Why we think what we think and how we go about describing our viewpoint To quote another: "I recall in some places the speaking of tongues is used as evidence of receiving the Holy Spirit. But what about the fruit of the Spirit"? This question is probably best addressed within the...
  9. B

    Windows 10 potential security issues

    Over on another forum one member posted a timely warning about one of the potential security concerns that exist with Windows 10. As his post reminded me to check my own copy of Win10, I found the following helpful article which should help us to improve our security. One major concern that I...
  10. B

    Fellowship Without tongues there cannot be a shared equality

    While reading through a book by the Pentecostal theologian Amos Yong, I came across a section where he discussed the inroads of the Pentecostal denominations within India. He made a very interesting remark; “Certainly in the beginning (the 1920s through the 1940s) there were mutual cooperation...
  11. B

    Arson, hate crimes may be behind black church fires across US

    I came across an interesting article on RT.com which spoke about how there appears to be a number of African-American churches being burnt to the ground recently. (link) Is this a discussion point within the US church or is it something that is still off the radar? "Six mainly...
  12. B

    BB code Colums?

    hello to me asdfasdfasdfasdfasdasdfasfsfsdfasfasdfasdfsadfasdfsdfasdfsdfasdfasdsdaasdf asdfasdfasdfasdfasdasdfasfsfsdfasfasdfasdfsadfasdfsdfasdfsdfasdfasdsdaasdf asdfasdfasdfasdfasdasdfasfsfsdfasfasdfasdfsadfasdfsdfasdfsdfasdfasdsdaasdf...
  13. B

    Watch out NATO! United EU military in the horizon

    I've just come across an interesting article that suggests that the EU is considering ditching the US led NATO forces for an EU army that will not include those countries that are outside of the UK and Continental Europe. Is this another precusor to the rise of End-days Europe? RT.com "An EU...
  14. B

    Pentecostal/Charismatic: Q&A's

    Would there be any interest from the regular forum members with requesting that a Pentecostal/Charismatic Q&A forum be established so that both serious enquirers and even the odd hardcore cessationist who wants to vent his rationalist worldview can be free to do so. This would not only allow...
  15. B

    Pentecostal/Charismatic: Q&A's

    Having just spent a few hours discussing a few points with someone who is a cessationist where the thread was frustratingly deleted as the subject and the OP did not meet forum rules; it would be good to have a subforum where those who are not familiar with the things of the Spirit could post...
  16. B

    Calvinism and 'double predestination'

    As I am not a Calvinist it can be easy for me confuse traditional Calvinist thought with say 'New Calvinism' and then there's the Hyper-Calvinist where I probably employ the term inappropriately at times, but my question is, how does Calvinism view John Pipers position with double predestination...
  17. B

    1 Cor 14: 2 (spirit or Spirit)

    Over in the theology forums I posted some material to two questions regarding the meaning of S/spirit and with the meaning of the Greek word "glossa" in 1Co 14:2, which I thought some on this forum might appreciate. 1 Cor 14: 2 (spirit or Spirit) NIV (2011) 1 Cor 14:2 For anyone who...
  18. B

    The Baptism in the Holy Spirit – from Luke’s historical writings

    The Baptism in the Holy Spirit – from Luke’s historical writings
  19. B

    Teaching (no posting) The Baptism in the Holy Spirit – from Luke’s historical writings

    The Baptism in the Holy Spirit – from Luke’s historical writings This thread addresses the instances within the Book of Acts where Believers were born again and with how they received the Holy Spirit. For those who have spent a few years within the framework of Full Gospel theology, it...
  20. B

    Republicans take control of US Senate, ousting Democrats in midterms

    Republicans take control of US Senate, ousting Democrats in midterms link Oh boy...does this mean that for those who have booked their next vacation within a US National Park that they might need to look for an alternative venue?