Two little words in Romans 1 lead me to believe homosexuality is not something a person is born with: Paul says it is "against nature". It seems that this particular sin is one (but not the only one listed) of the consequences when people "know God" but refuse to "honor him ...

"where do all these ... views came from??" The closing letters of the New Testament (the epistles of John and the Book of Revelation) show us that by the end of the 1st century false doctrines were already infiltrating the churches. My study of early church history in seminary was a real ...

I agree that there's nothing in church history to suggest that the 7 letters correspond to succesive stages of history. The letters were applicable first and foremost to the 7 churches to which they were addressed. But they have a permanent message for other churches as well, since the 7 churches of...

"To me the answer of understanding of communion comes from the right understanding of John 6:53-58. I believe the apostles had the unrecorded question when will we partake and I believe Jesus response which is also unrecorded was soon. At the Last Supper Jesus used the same words "this is ...

"What was Jesus doing when he spoke those words in John if they didn't pertain to communion? What we Jesus saying?" First, if Jesus was talking about communion, he sure didn't let on -- since the Lord's Supper had not yet been instituted how would the disciples or the crowd of hearers have...

John 6 has nothing to do with communion (contrary to Romanist teaching, by the way). If it did, then anyone who ate Jesus' flesh and blood would have eternal life by the mere eating of the communion elements, according to his own words, "Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eterna...

"I'm not here defend Catholics, it is just they don't violate scripture as many protestants believe." Hoo boy, anyone who actually is familar with Roman Catholicism firsthand will know better. And anyone who wants to can go to the link you provided or any of the other links on Google to th...

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church (with paragraph numbers): 81 [Holy] Tradition transmits in its entirety the Word of God which has been entrusted to the apostles by Christ the Lord and the Holy Spirit. It transmits it to the successors of the apostles so that, enlightened by the Spirit of t...

scottae16 wrote: "One or the things I learned from studying John Wesley is called the quadrilateral. There is four things that we use in our faith walk; Scripture, Tradition, Reason, and Experience. Now some argue that this is the order, others say that it depends on what you are saying/doing t...

Your quote from Jerry Bridges which opened the thread was: "If there is a single event in all of the universe that can occur outside of God's sovereign control, then we cannot trust Him. His love may be infinite, but if His power is limited and His purpose can be thwarted, we cannot trust Him.&...