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I learned today from someone within the Lockman Foundation that a revised updated edition of the Amplified Bible will be released in October. The New American Standard Bible will also be revised in 2016.

By this I don't mean does the Bible teach all have sinned, that is clear. But why do people sin? Is it because ever since Adam we carry sin genetically or is simply that all will choose to sin? I've heard some say that if we are created sinful from birth then we can't be held accountable for...

Is it wrong for a Pastor to dedicate the baby of a couple who conceived her through fornication, are unmarried (with no intention of marrying anytime soon) and who are not in Christ (mom grew up in the Church but went to the world. Dad some guy met in the world.)?

I've always been Trinitarian and am but I'd be lying if I said I perfectly understood it. I know Oneness Pentecostal folks, my mechanic is one and I even had a Oneness Pentecostal Pastor attend my wedding. I've heard their arguments and while there's much I disagree with, some seem to be well...

Has anyone read this book? http://www.amazon.com/KUNDALINI-WARNING-Spirits-Invading-Church/dp/097990739X/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8 There's also a short documentary on YouTube of the same name by the author Andrew Strom.

These are two of the main principles of modern textual criticism. 1) "The shorter reading is preferred" It is alleged that scribes had a tendency to do what is known as "expansion of piety". What evidence is there for this? 2) "The harder reading is preferred" It is alleged that the harder...

This issue of course has become well publicized now with the release of the NIV2011. While I don't have a problem with anthropos being translated as brothers and sisters and I think this is better than the ESV's "brothers" (maybe the NASB's brethren is the best solution though the NIV...

Everyone from these opposing viewpoints seems to have in their mind convincing arguments and all of these positions have pros and cons. I've switched between all 3 positions and now I can say I just don't know. Which Greek Text should the Church be using and which translation of that text is the...

What are your thoughts on this man? Was wondering if his works were worth a read. I've seen a lot of criticism of him online but it seems to be completely from Calvinists who don't like him for not being a Calvinist. I've heard he denied original sin and was open theist but I can't confirm this...

What are your experiences with this gift and/or with people who do have it?

I guess you could call this a follow up post to my previous one about finding a church/church attendance: http://www.christianforums.com/t7855342/ So in the end we didn't go back to CC for a number of reasons though we would of been ok going for now just for the sake of it, their teaching...

How would a Bible student like myself who has a family to provide for and so can't go to seminary go about learning Biblical Greek, basically in my spare time? I've seen some books by Bill Mounce and Daniel Wallace on getting started and some more intermediate books from them to. Would that be a...

1: Which is the correct pronunciation of the tetragrammaton, Jehovah or Yahweh? 2: How should the tetragrammaton be rendered in the text of our english bible translations? Jehovah? Yahweh? LORD? YHWH?

I think I've looked up just about every Church I could find in my city and visited the "best" ones from that list but I haven't been truly satisfied with any, but just content with a few. I'm under no illusions that Church is perfect or there is a perfect Church out there so should I just settle...

To hear a so called Evangelical to say such things brings chills to the spine. Apologists Concerned About Rick Warren's Alignment With 'Holy Father' http://m.youtube.com/index?&desktop_uri=%2F#/watch?v=igNCUw1adIw http://m.youtube.com/index?&desktop_uri=%2F#/watch?v=6Ha03I1JXlc...

It's been said the NASB is the most accurate Bible translation. Do you agree?

So the NLT underwent a a small somewhat quiet update in 2013 which is just starting to see release in print copies. It's already on Biblegateway. Most of the changes make it more literal but what really caught my eye was the changes in John 3:16: For God loved the world so much that He gave...

What should our approach be towards the Oneness Pentecostals/Apostolics? I was recently invited to a conference which turned out to be Oneness Apostolic ( I was unaware it was before arrival). Most of the women with their heads covered but other that seemed like any other Charismatic church. I...

Now when I say this I'm talking about meaningful textual variants and mainly those that pertain to the differences between NA28 and the Majority Text. So where those 2 texts differ can we know for sure or at least 90% what the original said? With me for some variants I find the Majority Text...

A series of articles to "commemorate" the one year anniversary of the Strange Fire Conference. Strange Fire Redux, Part 1 Strange Fire Redux, Part 2 Strange Fire Redux, Part 3 The Elephant in the Strange Fire They keep asking to see the "biblical" gospel preached yet when shown...