Can a Church decide who they allow into their congregations?
Oct 7, 2024 · Thanks for the course, but I'm well aware of your crash course on Calvary Chapels and Baptist, it appears you missed my response to item #4 below #4 is the foundation on declining the vast majority of would be persons from joining, Willful and Continued Adultery, Fornication, Active Homosexuality, would be the standouts on membership in my opinion
The debasement of theology | Christian Forums
Oct 6, 2024 · He thinks that the traditional doctrine of God has reached a dead end. He rejects supernaturalistic theism as a “primitive mythology” that could “be cultivated in private by a dwindling company of romantics and introverts” (p. 79). Smith can no longer believe in God as a self-subsistent being residing in an otherworldly realm.
Job and Greek Constellation, How does it fit? - Christian Forums
Aug 9, 2012 · Job 9:9 has several Hebrew constellation/star names, and translators have guessed what exactly was meant, and then used the modern names (which, of course, we got from the Greeks). Some translators are influenced by the LXX, the Greek translation of the OT done by the Jews around 200 BC, which has " Who makes Pleiades, and Hesperus, and ...
Should the Church Require a Year of Marriage Prep? Catholic …
Jun 27, 2022 · What they need is discipleship, and part of that really is a crash course in chastity. A year of some program that doesn’t teach chastity is a flop. And culturally it is an impossibility to expect sexual continence that long. We might get through to them if we limit it to three months and then require actual chastity for that period.
Trump victory will lead to ‘authoritarian remake’ of United States ...
Oct 7, 2024 · A victory by Donald Trump will lead to an “authoritarian remake” (rifacimento autoritario) of the United States, according to an expert analysis of the US presidential election published by the Vatican newspaper. In an article entitled “The November presidential elections in the United States...
'I am an astrophysicist. I am also a Christian.' (Essay from President ...
Jul 10, 2022 · I am an astrophysicist. I love to see how the physics we study on Earth plays out in the extreme conditions of the Universe, like the intense gravity of a...
C. S. Lewis, a writer of pagan myths, magic and witchcraft?
Oct 12, 2019 · Tolkien detailed his creation to an astounding extent; he created a complete mythology for his realm of Middle-earth, including genealogies of characters, languages, runes, calendars and histories. Some of this supplementary material is detailed in the appendices to The Lord of the Rings , and the mythological history was woven into a large ...
Best of the Four Gospels? - Christian Forums
Aug 29, 2018 · Mark, Matthew, Luke, or John? This one was likely written first, is the shortest of the four, and according to tradition (a.t.t.), was written by John Mark, who wrote down Simon Peter's accounts of Jesus's ministry and passion. It focuses mostly on things Jesus did and portrays Him as a teacher...
Madison Square Garden right now - Christian Forums
Oct 27, 2024 · Originally, garden could denote any open, clear space, and of course, the first garden had no roof, it being built in the 19th century. Reactions: Vambram More options
Islam attacks Israel | Page 8 | Christian Forums
Oct 8, 2023 · The verses found in the Qur'an that call for the killing of "infidels" have a very specific application. In each and every verse where the killing of unbelievers is mentioned, there are strict conditions prescribed for doing so, and not a single one calls for the killing of unbelievers simply for being unbelievers.