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Hi Ortho... Many thanks for this - something truly useful to do with my computer on long flights across the pond. Zoomie :cool:

One of the significant problems with Hinn's approach is that it may very well violate IRS laws related to charitable giving. As I understand it, if someone designates a gift to a particular project (like the so-called 'Healing Center') then it MUST be applied to that project within a reasonable...

(remainder snipped) Hi Paul... It appears to me that you may have missed the context of this verse entirely. It has nothing to do with "ministering to Israel" (meaning political Israel). When Paul spoke of "The Jews" in this case, he was speaking quite specificaly of the church in...

Interesting that the freedom of speech applied only in parliament. In my readings of British history, it's a recurring theme that shady characters with a bit of money were pretty eager to bribe their way to parliament in order to avoid being arrested for their mis-deeds. I guess that as long...

I'd also highly recommend "A History of the American People" by Paul M. Johnson. Regards, Zoomie :cool:

That's a fair question. I'm assuming that you're speaking of the belligerance that some Christians (or at least some who claim to be) have toward people of other faiths. (Please correct me if this is a wrong assumption). Sadly, there is much angry rhetoric coming from the church where other...

If by tolerance, you mean accepting the right of someone who lives in a free society to worship as they see fit, and that I should respect that right, yes, I can accept that tolerance in terms of my behavior is an acceptable way to live within the law. However, if by tolerance you're...

Thadman - just a quick question.... I've been doing a little wandering about the net, as this subject interests me (more out of historical curiosity than any theological issue). I've come across a number of references to George Lamsa's work, and also a good number of comments from reputable...

I'd think that if Paul's desire was to maintain Christianity as just one of dozens of sects present in the 1st century Roman world, that writing in Aramaic would keep his audience necessarily small. But since his passion, his commission was to go to the gentiles (all of them), Aramaic would...

Well, actually, the KJV wasn't the first English Bible authorized by the head of the CofE. Our old buddy (and often reprobate) Henry VIII authorized Thomas Cranmer, then Archbishop of Canterbury, to hire Miles Coverdale to publish an English Bible (called the "Great Bible) for public use in...

Minor historical nit-pick: The KJV Bible was not written in "old English" (unless you mean "old" only in terms of "older"). The most accurate term for the version of English being spoken during James I's reign is "early modern English." The revisions of the KJV in the 1700's that most of us...

One of the real difficulties these days is that so much of secular society has bought into the concept of "private faith" (and sadly, so have many Christians), that a simple sharing of your faith is defined by the public as "shoving it down their throats." This goes hand in hand with the...

Excellent - and relevant - question, Paladin. Being a history buff (outside of Church history), one of the things that troubles me about many of my Evangelical friends is that there is little sense of how God has preserved the church and the truth of the Gospel through what are, to us mere...

Branwen, Growing up, every missionary I'd met was either a preacher, teacher, or doctor. So the natural assumption is that you'd have to be one of those three (and have a college degree, preferably a Bible school degree too) to ever have the chance to be a missionary. Happily that's not...

On a serious note - there's an excellent explanation of Amish theology and origins on the website for the Mennonite Historial Society of Canada. http://www.mhsc.ca/encyclopedia/contents/O54.html Regards, Zoomie :cool:

Lots of Bapitsts like to have their pictures taken. Trouble is, there are lots who shouldn't. Some of the worst comb-overs (and bad rugs) I've ever seen were in Baptist churches. :D Joyfully, Zoomie (who's come to terms with his baldness) :cool:

Sorry, but similarity and historical progression do not, as a matter of course, prove a common source. There's no doubt that the God spoken of in the Old Testament and that spoken of in the New are one and the same. While modern day Judaism does not accept the interpretation of the Trinity...

"Geared toward a popular audience?" (Must the the case, since the book's had it's 20th printing). My feeling is that's precisely what makes Shelley's book a good one to have on your shelf. One of the real shortcomings in much of the Evangelical church (in pew AND pulpit) is that few have...

Years ago, I used to have one or two of Peter Ruckman's commentaries on one or two of Paul's epistles. He had been recommended to me by a pastor of an independent Baptist Church in the USA. Being an avid reader and not knowing anything about Ruckman, I picked the books up at a table at a...