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    Biblical basis for Sunday observance

    The Pope Says Don't Do THIS on Sundays --- No more watching movies or football games on Sundays. Pope John Paul II has decreed that Roman Catholics should reserve Sunday as a day for God only and not for secular diversions, such as entertainment and sports, reports Reuters. "When Sunday loses...
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    Biblical basis for Sunday observance

    Hi all -- The Sabbath shall be observed following the return of Christ, when the fullness of the New Covenant shall spread over all the earth (Is. 66:23). The Lord's annual Sabbaths, in fact, shall be observed following the return of Christ, when the fullness of the New Covenant shall...
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    Biblical basis for Sunday observance

    What Biblical basis is there for Sunday Observance, besides a group of people collecting and sending food to the starving Saints in Jerusalem "on the first day of the week" ? 1 Corinthians 16: 1-2 / Romans 15: 25-28 OR ----------- the women visiting a tomb "on the first day of the week"...
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    How did Easter really happen

    thanks sweetsoulsong ----- Luke 24:21 indicates that the crucifixion could not have occurred any later than Thursday. ------------------------------------------------------------------ if Sunday is the third day after Friday..... What is the first day after Friday...
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    How did Easter really happen

    "How did Easter really happen" http://www.vision.org/trdl/2001/trdl010420.html do a google (or whatever) search on some words: quartodeciman, polycarp, synod of whitby, polycrates ------------------------------------------ God Bless everyone everyday
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    Good Friday—Easter Sunday

    Good Friday—Easter Sunday: It Didn't Happen That Way! Do you remember when you learned that Santa Claus wasn’t real? Guess what? Good Friday and a Sunday resurrection aren’t either. Discover the real story from the pages of the Bible itself...
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    after His kind

    If the Jewish establishment thought it was blasphemous for Jesus to say He was God's Son, it must surely be blasphemous for us to say "we are God's sons, too."
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    after His kind

    http://www.cemnetwork.com/bcc/
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    after His kind

    What God begets is God; just as what man begets is man" (C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, Book 4, chapter 1). The word "God," then, can be used in the sense of the one Supreme Being, called "God the Father;" and in that sense, He is one, and there is no other. But the word "God" can also be...
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    after His kind

    Scientists tell us the universe has been here for 15 billion years. What has God been doing? Is this the first time He has done this? Will it be the last? God has placed in all His creatures a “reproductive imperative.” Each of His creatures, great and small, must reproduce “after his kind.” It...
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    Holy Spirit - the Power

    the definition of a "Christian" for the purposes of these forums will be members who adhere to the contents of the Nicene Creed According to your " test ", you would have to exclude the twelve Apostles, Paul, Polycarp and Polycrates: faithful Saints who gave their lives defending the Faith and...
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    Holy Spirit - the Power

    I've done some research on this important topic --- The Nicene Creed is the most ecumenical of creeds. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) joins with Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and most Protestant churches in affirming it. Nevertheless, in contrast to Eastern Orthodox churches, the...
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    Holy Spirit - the Power

    what was the purpose of the Nicene Creed
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    Holy Spirit - the Power

    didaskalos -- I like this quote: "There is no explaination of God, offered by man, that can do anything except diminish God." The creation of 'dogma' is a major stumbling block in understanding God.
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    Holy Spirit - the Power

    Sorry for getting back so late -- if any one of you is still there. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are the same being, not different beings. lambs love -- I always thought Jesus prayed to His Father - a totally seperate individual being. Otherwise Jesus was talking to Himself. Philip ---...
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    a Christian resourse

    Christian Educational Ministries is an interesting Christian resourse with lots of information and online audio / tapes.
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    Holy Spirit - the Power

    Is it true the Holy Spirit is fully God in his own right: no less than Jesus is? Scripture seems to disagree --- "Indeed, even though there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth--as in fact there are many gods and many lords--yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all...
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    2 Sabbaths on Paschal Week

    Mark 16:1 says when the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices that they might come and anoint Him. However, in Luke 23:56, the women returned and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the Sabbath day, according to the commandment...