Theology
When Will The World End?
From: Michael Smith <> In my opinion, yes. We have had over 700,000 last days since Jesus was here, and they will continue ’till He returns. Why do I think that? The term “last days” occurs 5 times in the NT (or in my NIV anyway). Acts 2:17, 2 Tim 3:1, […]
The Lausanne Covenant
INTRODUCTION We, members of the Church of Jesus Christ, from more than 150 nations, participants in the International Congress on World Evangelization at Lausanne, praise God for his great salvation and rejoice in the fellowship he has given us with himself and with each other. We are deeply stirred by what God is doing in […]
Was Jesus Married?
The question of whether Jesus was married has been canvassed here before. There is no conclusive evidence either way, although it does seem unlikely that the NT authors would have left out such an important piece of biographical information. On the other hand, we only know that Peter was married from indirect references (Matthew 8:14 […]
Baptism/Communion: How?
(from newsgroup aus.religion.christian) Michael wrote: > The instructions in the didache (in my words) > You baptise by immersion, if this is not possible, baptise by > sprinkling or pouring. Good. So we agree that sprinkling and pouring are still baptism. My only argument with you on this issue would be if you tried to […]
‘Baptism’ And ‘Wine’ In The N.T.
Once again, Michael Let’s not lose sight of what we are talking about here. In <>, (Michael Kennedy) wrote: > RF uses unleavened bread for Communion, as Jesus and the >apostles did. >It is the “fruit of the vine” only, which is under question. Well, that is news to me. I know that most Protestant […]
What Is Calvinism?
Gareth McCaughan wrote (in uk.religion.christian): > What is “Calvinism”? A strand of Christian thinking that emphasises the sovereignty of God. Its most controversial element is its treatment of predestination, election etc; Calvinists believe that (1) everyone God predestines to be saved will be, and (2) no one God doesn’t predestine to be saved will be. […]
Inerrancy Of Scripture (More)
On Sat, 24 Jan 1998 19:50:25 -1000, “Rowland C. Croucher” <> wrote: >… if I can be frank here, the ‘faithful’ often lose whatever >’faith’ they had, when we preachers preach about the fallibility of the >biblical writers. They ask ‘If I can’t trust the Bible in this and that >can I trust it for […]
Theological Resources
Mike Pellatt wrote: > On Mon, 29 Dec 1997 18:40:52 GMT, Tim Ingham > <> wrote: >> I got junk email from DiscountChristian.com, advertising >> “330 books on one CD-ROM”, and it sounded to me as if it >> would be a good thing – loads of writings by some seriously >> historical Christians, like […]
Baptism
(Michael Kennedy) wrote: > For the record though, I never have stated that “Sprinkling is an > invalid baptism”, what I have said is ” there is a question mark over > it’s validity, so why take a chance when it isn’t necessary”. And in another post on the same thread Michael wrote: >… both […]
Biblical Criticism
Angela Rayner wrote > >My faith does stand on a spiritual relationship, which is why I don’t like >it when intellectually, people start pointing out holes, but spiritually and >mentally I have a relationship with God. > >Thank you for the above points which I snipped out, they helped me deal >with this topic more […]
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