Search results

When I read scripture I am always inclined to ask, "What does this text say about Jesus?" I do so because He is the driving force behind all revealed and inspired words. The account of Melchizedek seems to have been included for the one simple reason that God chose to do so to reveal something...

Thanks for the kind words Linda.

What about Ernie and Bert or Fred and Barnie or Abbott and Costello or Simon and Garfunkel?

I agree with Max Lucado when he wrote, “"the human mind explaining baptism is like a harmonica interpreting Beethoven: the music is too majestic for the instrument. No scholar or saint can fully appreciate what this moment means in heaven. Any words on baptism, including these, must be seen as...

Sasha, Welcome to CF. I don't really have a story to share right now. I was just reading your post and had a question. I had the opportuntity to spend several weeks in a neighboring country - Belarus - this past summer. I taught in a seminary while I was there, though that is illegal...

Hey, I'm afraid your remarks reflect a reality that is sometimes accurate. Of course, to characterize your concerns as "Christians believe..." is not accurate. Some Christians do, unfortunately, disagree with medically indicated forms of treatment which are proven effective in the treatment...

I understand this to mean that circumcision was a sign given regarding the everlasting covenant. Covenant seems to be the object of the descriptive word "everlasting." So, I don't believe that circumcision is being described as an everlasting sign.

No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13).

I have considered a couple of the points already submitted as possible interpretations of this passage: 1) the perfect being a reference to the completion of Scripture 2) the perfect being a reference to the end of all things. I would like to add yet another possiblility. I am a preterist...

Anyone read The Last Disciple? I finished it this week. As a partial-preterist I found it to be right on. I haven't read Christian Fiction in a long time. I really enjoyed it. How do you think it will be received?

My beloved graduated from Nursing school at Harding in May 93. Its a good program. I remember having to be a guinea pig for her when she first began her clinicals. She drew blood from me for one of her tests. She's been drawing blood ever since ^_^ but I love it. I really married up the...

I began reading The Last Disciple yesterday. I am 1/3 of the way through. It is a great read thusfar. It is from the partial preterist slant. If you have been into the Left Behind stuff you might want to leave it behind and check out the "other side." I've been a partial preterist for a...

I learned to fly fish on the Little Red River when I was a youth minister in Cabot, AR. I went to grad school at HU.

Yes the Cincinnati Bible College, a division of the Cincinnati Christian University, www.cincybible.edu is affiliated with the Independent Christian Churches. In fact a friend of mine, Jimmy Allen, who is a well known preacher spoke there just a few years back.

I have a really helpful chart that I found online that lays out the Old Testament Scriputures in a chronological fashion. You can look at my attachment for an example. I tried to include it in my posting originally but it didn't translate over too well. Hope the attachement which is a bmp file...

Evangelistic oversight is what I beleive you are referencing. And espcially among African American churches it is a common practice (and commonly accepted). It is different but I don't believe it contradicts scripture when no qualified shepherds exist. Of course that brings up a whole new...

Carl held many views in his lifetime. The one you are referencing is one of them. He was born to a Lutheran family (his parents were Luthern by name only according to Ketcherside). He became a Christian as a teenager and was part of a very conservative group. He was a preacher in a...

10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before (Job 42:10). God gave Job ten children later in his life. So Job must have had 5 children before they were killed. Who led a rebellion against the authority of Moses...

Hermaphroditic plants and animals are naturally occuring organisms - i.e. God made them so. They are animals or plants which have both the male and female sexual organs. According to scientists there are over a million organisms with these qualities at one time or another in their life cycle...

I saw that Wes made a post about a great book by Joe Beam. I thought I would add a note about one of my all time favorite authors within our movement, Carl Ketcherside. If you have never read Ketcherside, then you should add him to your reading list. His writing has been a significant...