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Pastors And Authority

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From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Denominations Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 02:20:12 GMT Organization: iiNet Technologies Message-ID: <> References: <360FF3E9.6CC70> <> <> <> <> <> Reply-To: NNTP-Posting-Host: tango20.nv.iinet.net.au X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: newsreader.mira.net.au aus.religion.christian:37871 In <>, (Graeme) wrote: >… When a pastor is >called to a church he is, according […]

Ad Hominem

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From: Chris Ho-Stuart <> Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Spiritual Gifts/10, Temporary Gifts Discontinued Date: 30 Sep 1998 22:59:38 GMT Able <> wrote: > On 30 Sep 1998 08:05:02 GMT, Chris Ho-Stuart <> > wrote: > >Able <> wrote: > >> And his critics this week who mysteriously appeared this week , are > >> more […]

Inerrancy

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From: Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Verbal Plenary Inspiration of the Scriptures Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 03:19:28 GMT G'day all, Considering this inerrancy debate: Most proponents of Biblical inerrancy – including (I think) all of those involved in the debate here on this newsgroup – limit inerrancy to the autographs. That is, only the original […]

Satan And Demons

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Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places (Ephesians 6:12). Virtually all evangelical Christians and even many liberals agree that Satan is a living being who is an evil force in […]

Where Did All The Different Denominations Come From?

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From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Where did all the different denoninations come from? Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 00:39:30 GMT John Leister wrote in message <360BACCA.DADA8310>… >>God is one but why did Christianity take on so many forms. Where, >>when, and why did the early church change and why did we end […]

God’s Omnipotence In Jewish Thought

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From: Chris Ho-Stuart <> Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian,aus.religion Subject: Re: If God is an omnipotent being? Date: 15 Sep 1998 23:23:36 GMT In aus.religion.christian Les Brown <> wrote: > wrote in aus.religion.christian: > > > >> Many Jewish and Christian theologians have taken the view that > >> omnipotence is an artifical and ill-defined concept due to […]

2 Peter: Authorship

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From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Graeme's 6 points – was The Apocrypha Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 07:24:28 GMT On Sun, 09 Aug 1998 16:50:57 GMT, g, (Graeme) wrote: >But note what Peter says in his second epistle. Hi, Graeme I am still doing some work on 2 Peter 1:20-21, and will […]

Inspiration. The Apocrypha Etc.

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From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Graeme's 6 points – was The Apocrypha Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 06:18:25 GMT On Sun, 09 Aug 1998 01:43:10 GMT, g, (Graeme) wrote: >You certainly must lead a very sheltered life amidts the cloisters of >the Anglican church. … You have to be joking. Why not […]

The Inspiration Of The Bible

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From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Graeme's 6 points – was The Apocrypha Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 03:20:20 GMT I think I have already dealt with these six points, but in ongoing discussion Graeme seems to regard them as fundamental, so perhaps it is worth revisiting them in more detail. On Fri, 07 […]

Hebrew Scriptures

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From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Jewish thought Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:16:47 GMT On 20 Sep 1998 22:40:15 GMT, s32170 (Rod Jackson) wrote: >Does anyone know if it was unusual for a jew to call Psalms or Isaiah 'the >law'? It would be interesting to know your reasons for asking this […]

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