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So did the Thessalonians and rejected then tried to kill Paul. The Bereans are a very bad example of Sola Scriptura. BTW, the Church at Berea is part of the Eastern Orthodox Church and fully accept Apostolic Tradition.
Jesus Christ.
Which Jesus Christ?
If you know more than one Jesus Christ.. please dont enlighten me. I follow my Bible and thats where one shall know about Him, should they choose to read, learn and understand.
Arius believed that too. He firmly believed that the bible teaches that Christ was a created being that was not co-substantial to the father.
You start by actually reading what the early Christian leaders wrote and you do not rely on someone else to give you that information or "interpret" what they "really meant". You study it for yourself - it is really not a hard thing to do and is actually pretty fun. You can start by clicking here.
They still do. I encorage you to investigate the Church that the Bereans are still a part of - The Eastern Orthodox Church. Βέρροια is in Northern Greece in the region of Μακεδονία.
Why is it that when we discuss the church, you Orthodox seem to be lurking in every forum, trying to convert us?
So who are those guys down the street who call themselves the Berean Baptist Church? 
He makes the rain to fal lon the good and the evil alike. That does not mean that the evil are good or that the wrong are right.
Everyone has the right to express what they understand the Truth to be. It does not mean anyone is "lurking" and trying to win converts.
Wait a minute. You mean, they're not Southern Baptists?
To really understand the Bereans, you would know that to really be Berean, you would have to accpet BOTH Scripture and Tradition.
Did I ever say that the Bible is the only way? Its not. But its where we go to examine ourselves, whether we are in the faith, and prove. 2Cor. 13:5 "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?"
Interior of ancient Church in Berea:
I beg your pardon? Please don't falsely accuse me. I am not trying to bend Genesis to fit my theories, but to understand Genesis as God intended it to be understood. I am not sure that God intended it to be seen as a literal 7 days 4,000 years ago at all. I believe in creation, and I believe that God created everything, but I am not a PhD in Hebrew, nor a PhD in Biology. As a result, I must plead ignorance as to whether Genesis 1 is literal, majestic prose, analogy, stylized polemic or some other genre of literature. I must also plead ignorance on whether or not carbon dating is faked or really true and a whole host of other biological data which make fundamentalist Christians a laughing stock of real scientists.
