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Ryle On The Reformation

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Christian Quotation of the Day October 28, 2000 Feast of Simon & Jude, Apostles Let men say what they will, or pick holes where they may, they will never succeed in disproving these facts. To the Reformation, Englishmen owe an English Bible, and liberty for every man to read it. To the Reformation, they owe […]

Baptists: Conservatives Vs Moderates

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C U R R E N T F E A T U R E S T O R Y by the Editors of ReligionToday October 31, 2000 Moderate Baptists withhold their money Jimmy Carter isn’t the only Baptist upset with the Southern Baptist Convention. Texas Baptists have decided to no longer give $5 million annually […]

Conversations With A Calvinist

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Dear El Raton de los Datos, Your self-confessed Calvinistic bias puts you at a serious disadvantage here. Social Justice is, predominantly, a Hebraic concept: the Greek formulations of the Judaeo-Christian faith (we call them creeds) don’t mention it (‘cos they were put together by Pharisees, ancient and modern)… Now, some more homework: visit http://jmm.org.au/articles/9010.htm to […]

Statements Of Faith / Creeds

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Andrew Bromage wrote in message . > G’day all. > > writes: > > >I’m aware that this conversation is probably becoming a little pedantic > >on my behalf, but surely if things ‘go without saying’ it negates the > >need for a statement of faith ? > > You’ve got a pretty good point […]

The Septuagint And The Early Church

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Path: newsreader.mira.net.au!dingo.mira.net!news.mira.net.au!203.12.152.12.MISMATCH!news2.melbpc.org.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.per.connect.com.au!news.iinet.net.au!not-for-mail From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: The Septuagint and the early Church (was Isaiah 7…) Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 08:17:11 GMT Organization: iiNet Technologies Message-ID: <> References: <> <01HW.B370930D0002D0740336A760> <374a7e6c.200> <01HW.B370B865000784DE0376CF70> <374b1cfc.2414210> <01HW.B37176C90000B3C40336A760> <> <01HW.B37184CC0003FEF20336A760> <> <01HW.B371BA51001093F80336A760> <374ba985.27740> <01HW.B371DCC40018AD2203772FF0> <> <01HW.B37202D00001CFFE03357740> <374c8f2003.29.156.30> <> <374dfefb.150600> <374e25f7.440> <> <> Reply-To: NNTP-Posting-Host: grunge161.nv.iinet.net.au X-Newsreader: […]

Christmas And Chanukah Will Merge

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by Edward Chinn Continuing the current trend of large-scale mergers and acquisitions, it was announced today at a press conference that Christmas and Chanukah will merge. An industry source said that the deal had been in the works for about 1300 years, ever since the rise of the Muslim Empire. While details were not available […]

Leadership In The Early Church

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Subject: Ecclesiastical governance Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 07:10:50 GMT From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian G'day Greg and anyone else who has tuned in to this thread. I have takenn some time out fro this discussion to check some sources and inform myself better abot these issues. I must concede that the evidece for […]

Creation Science

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Subject: Re: Dinosaurs and Job Date: 17 Nov 1999 09:12:19 GMT From: Chris Ho-Stuart < Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian In this post I am using information supplied by Glenn Morton. Glenn is generally happy to discuss this matter with those interested; his email address is on his web pages. The URL for the relevant page is http://www.flash.net/~mortongr/geo.htm […]

Redemption

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January 17 Monday THE IRON COLLAR Read: 1 Peter 1:17-21 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. -Ephesians 1:7 A missionary in West Africa was trying to convey the meaning of the word redeem in the Bambara language. So he asked his African assistant to express it in his native […]

Mark, Founder Of The Coptic Church?

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Subject: Re: "With All That You Acquire, Acquire Understanding" Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 02:10:08 GMT From: (St.Athanasius) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the One God, Amen. Peace and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Hi Pete, On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 […]

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