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  1. Basil Isaacks

    Should Christians be using a cross?

    \\Would Jesus be okay with you wearing a cross?\\ I checked and He said He's ok with it. But He also told me to tell you to mind your own business. Glory to Jesus Christ!
  2. Basil Isaacks

    Should Christians be using a cross?

    St. Paul wrote that the very word "Cross" is foolishness to those who are perishing. Then how much more the visual reminder of it is to those who are perishing. \\When you wear a cross your remembering his death and not his resurrection.\\ WRONG! Speak for yourself. \\ Plus its been used in...
  3. Basil Isaacks

    Rights, rituals, traditions, sacraments, religious customs, practices, and observances, holy days..?

    The word you're looking for is spelled "rite/rites", not "rights". Christ is baptized! In the Jordan!
  4. Basil Isaacks

    Baptist Church Hires Lesbian pastors

    Here are my thoughts. Unless you're a member of this congregation, or denomination, it's none of your business. Why condemn someone whose sins are disreputable, when your own might be disastrous? Christ is baptized! In the Jordan!
  5. Basil Isaacks

    Are instruments in worship allowed?

    Most Eastern Orthodox churches do not use musical instruments. Byzantine Chant, which has microtonal intervals (such as the note between F and F#) simply will not work with modern organs. It's not a theological issue with us, but simply practical. We do well enough without them, though. Christ...
  6. Basil Isaacks

    Church history on the Catholic Bible vs Protestant Bible?

    I, too, am Orthodox, Anastasia. Are you familiar with the Orthodox Study Bible. The NT is the NKJV, but the OT is translated from the Septuagint. Christ is baptized! In the Jordan!
  7. Basil Isaacks

    Koran verses read denying Jesus Son of God in Cathedral

    This makes no sense, even for Anglicans. Herod killed children. Trump ran on stopping killing children by abortion. Christ is baptized! In the Jordan!
  8. Basil Isaacks

    Are we in the last of the last days?

    According to Acts 2, we've been in the last days since the Descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Whether these are the last days of the late great planet Earth, I know not, but at 66 these could well be my last days.
  9. Basil Isaacks

    Is Cremation a choice for the deceased Christians ?

    How about those who have died in shipwrecks, such as the Titanic, where absolutely NOTHING is left. Cremation does NOT destroy corpses totally, Ashes and even bone fragments remain There was a time when our physical bodies did not exist. The God allowed our bodies to come into existence by...
  10. Basil Isaacks

    Psychics

    Your friend might have been given a warning by God for your sake. Most of us, including myself, have what some might call "psychic accidents"--or they might be messages from the Holy Spirit. Don't worry about it, and don't seek such experiences in the future. Christ is baptized! In the Jordan!
  11. Basil Isaacks

    Sex before marrieag - just not the women?

    ST. Basil said much the same thing about the double standard that existed in his time, too. Forgive the blank posting. One day I'll learn how to operate this properly. Christ is baptized! In the Jordan!
  12. Basil Isaacks

    Spoken words or Traditions used to make or confirm Scripture vs. RCC traditions (after the Bible).

    Tradition is the LENS to focus the Light of God's Word to where it does the most good. Happy New Year!
  13. Basil Isaacks

    Champaign, Caviar & Christianity

    I have better things to do than worry about what other people eat, especially when there are people who seldom get to eat. Do you think they simply served bread and gruel at the Wedding of Cana? The Passover, by the time of Christ, was an elaborate banquet. And Jesus Himself gave directions...
  14. Basil Isaacks

    I have a dumb question

    Where did you get the idea that you know what Jesus means? Deciding for yourself who is a "true Christian" and who is only "professing" is PRECISELY the judgement we are forbidden to make. "Judge not," remember. Happy New Year.
  15. Basil Isaacks

    Why do you believe in Jesus if you cannot see him?

    I've never seen air. i couldn't tell a vacuum from a well-ventilated room by my eyes alone. I've never seen an atom. Have you? Do you believe that they exist? And so it goes. BTW--The Logos (who took flesh and is now known as Jesus) IS the God of Abraham. Christ is born! Glorify Him!
  16. Basil Isaacks

    Literal flesh and blood?

    One of the things the Roman pagans accused the early Christians of doing was committing cannibalism. [Staff edit] Christ is born! Glorify Him!
  17. Basil Isaacks

    Angel of light

    it would mean nothing if you had. Remember the Bible covers some 2000 years of human history--but there are only some dozen dreams of any spiritual significance. Christ is born! Glorify Him!
  18. Basil Isaacks

    Church run like a business??

    Obviously, good stewardship requires that someone be responsible for reasonable disbursements and the like. The last Baptist church I was associated with had the Minister of Education double as business and financial manager. You mentioned employees. Is the minister oe education (DRE, or...
  19. Basil Isaacks

    Why don't the Four Gospels record the exact date of Jesus' birth?

    Contrary to popular wisdom, it is only about 46-50 F at night in Bethlehem at its coldest in late December. Therefore the sheep and shepherds could easily have been outdoors, especially if there were a campfire. There were several methods of dating in the Roman Empire. One reckoned years from...