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So, I have always understood this passage as showing that The Suffering Servant in Isaiah 52 and 53 is about Jesus, and that when Philip used the passage to share Jesus with the eunuch, he was sharing the gospel message with him. However, my pastor preached on this Scripture last Sunday. His...

I have noticed a trend recently, at least in my church. It seems that someone or a group of Christian scholars have decided that there are various “theories” of atonements (and there seems to be an assumption along with that that these theories are competing....that there can only be one right...

I am not sure if this is the correct forum to ask this question (please move it to the correct place if I have put it in the wrong spot). Anyway, I am developing a wishlist of Bibles I would like to purchase in the future. Is there a list of recommended Bible translations for Christians? It...

Hello. I have been noticing a trend in the United Methodist Church that has been troubling me. I grew up in a Untied Methodist Church and was confirmed when I was in 6th grade. I went to a college affiliated with the UMC, and I received a counseling degree at a UMC seminary. Except for a few...

This topic came up in another thread, and I am interested in people's thoughts on this. I am thinking that it definitely could be an issue of salvation because of the following verses: John 8:24 (NASB) "Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am...

If this belongs in another forum section, please let me know. I tried to look around to see if it fit in somewhere else better, and I didn't think so. However, maybe I overlooked something. Anyway, when I was fresh out of college someone made the following comment in an adult Sunday School...

I was wondering what some of the other United Methodists on here think of contemporary worship and contemporary worship services. In the congregation that I am a member of, there seems to be a lot of hostility towards contemporary worship, and our senior pastor has made the comment that he does...

I grew up United Methodist, but I am not really sure that I fit in with United Methodists anymore. I feel like I am a lot more theologically conservative than most, and if there is a church split, I will need to find another church to attend. I have a year or so to find another church....so I...

I just joined yesterday, so I have not looked at a ton of threads here yet. However, I see a lot of people posting about spiritual experiences and visions and dreams and whatnot. However, in the threads I have seen, there seems to be no testing going on. Does this site have a policy about...

(If this is not in the right forum, please move it to where you think it should go) While there have been false teachers and false prophets since the birth of Christianity, do you think that the problem is getting worse? My main concern that I see is with two sections within the church --...

I am new here. I decided that I needed some Christian fellowship, and so I searched for Christian forums. This is the first one to pop up on the search list. I have only read a few threads, but I am hopeful that this is a place where I can feel at home. I have been in Christian online groups...