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  1. CoreyD

    Who Decides - God or Us?

    For the past 10 years, I have been meeting persons who have the view that you do not have to take things in the Bible literally. They have the view that you get to decide if it's literal or not, and in most cases, people take almost everything in the Bible symbolic, from Genesis through to...
  2. BrotherD

    Meanings of Bible Symbols!!!

    Meanings of Symbols Horn – King, kingdom, power and strength (Dan 7:24; 8:5,21-22; Zec 1:18- 19; Rev 17:12) Beast – State/kingdom (Dan 7:17,23) Hand – Symbol for actions, works (Ecc 9:10, Isa 59:6; Acts 4:28) Harvest – End of the earth (Matt13:39) Harlot, infidel woman – Apostate church (Isa...
  3. O

    Augustine, the Eucharist, and Signs

    Hello all, I have spent the last several weeks studying the Eucharist, specifically reading the Early Church Fathers (ECFs) to get a handle on what they believed about it with regard to the Real Presence. As a Protestant, I was stunned to find many seemingly obvious statements exhibiting a...