Using mud sounds magickal to me in your context. Might as well call Jesus a sorcerer as well for all the magick. This is in your context.
When you do deliverance you rarely cast out only one. Basics of deliverance. How do you know that this is just a narrative?.
It's not. It's a symbol and catechetical. The mud itself does not heal the man, Jesus does that himself as God.
Frankly, any other reading is absurd. Jesus, being God, knows the demon's name, and has no need to ask it except as a narrative device. Anything else just doesn't fit with orthodox theology.
A few days ago, I learned that my own home church has begun to accept what I consider to be error into it. Nothing on the level that Hillsong allegedly has, but my church has just begun, for the first time ever, the Alpha Course.
Humm what is the Alpha Course?
A few days ago, I learned that my own home church has begun to accept what I consider to be error into it. Nothing on the level that Hillsong allegedly has, but my church has just begun, for the first time ever, the Alpha Course.
Alpha Course is packaged charismatic religion. Not my thing, but there's far worse out there (I had a good friend once who was a middle-of-the-road charismatic Anglican lay preacher). On the other hand, it could lead you down a path where you start asking about demon's names and seeing conspiracies everywhere. Not pretty.
I went through some of Alpha Course. My old Anglican church had it. I ended up leaving the church before it was completed, though. I started attending the Epsicopal cathedral instead . They were quasi-charismatic but much more sober in their preaching and style.
Alpha is basically 4 spiritual laws stuff combined with a bit of people laying hands on you and encouraging speaking in tongues (sometimes) or "receiving the Holy Spirit", or something like that.
Alpha Course is packaged charismatic religion. Not my thing, but there's far worse out there (I had a good friend once who was a middle-of-the-road charismatic Anglican lay preacher). On the other hand, it could lead you down a path where you start asking about demon's names and seeing conspiracies everywhere. Not pretty.
Alpha Course is packaged charismatic religion. Not my thing, but there's far worse out there (I had a good friend once who was a middle-of-the-road charismatic Anglican lay preacher). On the other hand, it could lead you down a path where you start asking about demon's names and seeing conspiracies everywhere. Not pretty.
My life partner, a couple of friends of ours, and I once did the Alpha Course at a Christian Reformed church. Imho, the only thing worse than the teaching on video were the suppers that were served up - canned chili 80% of the time.
My church at home is a conservative, evangelical, Baptist church. The Alpha Course doesn't belong there. The videos should be driven to the local landfill and abandoned there.
Its very hypocritical you are posting in a thread you believe are conspiracy theories.
Even worse you are flat out saying Jesus...the God of the universe cant ask a demons' name as an example of we are to do.
He lead by example.If Jesus had wanted us to ask demons their names, he would have specifically told us to do so.
He lead by example.
Sometimes.
Some things in the Bible are meant to be merely descriptive rather than prescriptive.
Sometimes.
Some things in the Bible are meant to be merely descriptive rather than prescriptive.
Also note how he doesn't otherwise ask for the name of the demon. Most of the time it's inconsequential. I think that's indicative enough.
Why does it have to fit orthodox theology?
Are you saying the whole bible is symbolic?
Jesus didnt do any of it?
Why did Jesus ask its name then? How can you be 100% certain as to ur belief?
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