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Every Christmas season we hear laments over the commercialization of Christmas. There are Christian relatives who refuse to celebrate the season because it is so much commercialized and considered to represent something other than the birth of the Christ child. For many believers there is the...

The Apostle Matthew was an astute theologian as evidenced by structuring his gospel around five topics (discourses). The Apostle Matthew witnessed the life of the Lord Jesus as a chronology but recorded it topically using the chronology as both a frame work and to provide necessary information...

The Lord Jesus condemned the scribes and Pharisees about how they followed aspects of the Sinaitic Law. Sinaitic Law in Numbers 15:37-41 (NASB) 37 The Lord also spoke to Moses, saying, 38 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and tell them that they shall make for themselves tassels on the corners of...

Wisdom is not learned. Wisdom is taught by the LORD through experience.

Holy Matrimony instead of Marriage & Domestic Union instead of Marriage Leaving for the state the secular domestic union & Holy Matrimony for the Church Domestic Union becomes the legal term replacing marriage. Marriage or Holy Matrimony are not recognized as legal terms. Each congregation is...

The Lord said to Aaron, I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift. Numbers 18:7b (NIV) The LORD gave Aaron the priesthood as a bestowed service Numbers 18:7b (NASB) Note: bestow is to give, confer, or bequeath as a gift. I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of...

Does any one actually believe YHWH is one gender or the other? Elohim used in Genesis is a plural (strike out feminine - old scribe's error) masculine noun. The Hebrew, Greek, or English word for father uses the word figuratively. In the biological sense of the meaning of YHWH is not "our...

Poor organization of topics seems to be a problem for forums. Part of the issue is those posting do not stay on topic – sometimes because there is no specific topic provided for the subject. I am attempting to locate a category to post the topic “How important is bearing fruit?” The unrewarded...

Poor me posts I am of recent vintage here, but it seems some of the “poor me” posts where the originator of the thread just keeps repeating the same pitiful me line when there is excellent advice and counseling - in addition to prayers. I guess prayer doesn’t work if the thread is a “lost...

Look it up, quote a catechism or Church Council, or post your opinion. From reading some posts, I see a need for a better expression of essential theology. Once these terms have been wacked around, interested parties should be ready to make a statement about the Bible. But in the process of...

As an introduction some of this is what others might wish to know and some is what I wish for you to know. Labels offer a over simplified short cut to learn more about each other and what has relative importance. My wish is that the following opens a window on my spiritual life so that the...