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If Yeshua/Jesus wasn’t Jewish then he wasn’t the promised Mashiach/Messiah.
In other words if Yeshua wasn’t Jewish then he could not be the Mashiach the Tanakh predicted would one day come. If he (Yeshua) was not a devout Jew he also co…
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AH, thank you very much Wolfgang!
The comma was a mistake on my part and it does indeed change the meaning and/or cause the statement to be misleading. From now on I am going to check more carefully before posting.
Long ago I made up my mind regarding t…
(1) I would like to thank everyone who replied so far.
(2) To Wolfgang: thank you very much for grammatically checking my statement. Allow me to clarify: The Statement (3)'s intended meaning was that
CM you definitely have done your homework regard the Restoration Movement!!! And, the issues you raised regarding the movements take on (and rebranding/naming of) Sola Scriptura are spot on in my opinion.
There are a number of things like …
Do you still stand with and "sympathize with the restoration movement" in light of their apparent contradiction? CM
I never said anything about standing with them!
However, I can sympathize with people without a…
Hey CM,
Thanks for the reply.
I sympathize with the restoration movement since I got to know a little bit about it in while in university, but I am neither a member of the movement nor any of it's various branches or split o…
In the entire New Testament we find no controversy over the Trinity, to such a degree that it is never even spelled out clearly...
True. The term 'Trinity' is not even to be found in the pages of scripture. The first r…
As an undergraduate, I attended a school associated with the 'restoration movement'. A number of congregations and branches within that movement claim to strictly follow the protestant mantra 'sola scriptura' or as I heard often stated 'back to t…
I really like the new look!
Unfortunately I am also experiencing issue with quoting the first OP of a thread. Whenever, I try to post the OP of a thread I receive the "Request failed with status code 403 X " message
If some theological ideal or concept can not be understood (and defined) at least 'at some level' how then is it possible for such to be argued as the 'sine qua non' of 'orthodox' Christian religion?
Good thoughts to ponder over!
(Quote)Thank you Dave!
(Quote)Regularly? I posted the guideline only once this year.
From the guidelines:
“You may wish to voice a contradictory opinion. That’s fine, but remember to criticize ideas, not people. Please avoid:
Name-calling
Ad hominem attacks
Reacting to a post’s tone rather than re…(Quote)The above is an example of an ad hominem argument
and an unsubstantiated claim.It, in my opinion, would have been better had you simply stated that you do not personally agree with Bill'…
(Quote)I am curious to see actual evidence for your claim.
If, routine in the above quote is defined as:
routine/ruːˈtiːn/ (noun)
noun: routine; plural noun: routines
** a sequence of…(Quote)The above are very good questions in my subjective opinion. And, I think they deserve a thread of their own.
CM this sites is entitled Christ Debate it has always been a place where Christian debate other Christians on various issues and discourse about various topics. Might there be non-christians reading this site? Of course, but I highly doubt that man…(Quote)I have no idea what statistic say about the so called "average" Christians in your demographic, but in general I believe that being informed is better than better than being uniformed.
"Critical examine everything. hold to the …
In the west Christians are often engaged in explaining how Monotheism is not incompatible with Trinitarianism. And, so the concept of distinct persons of the Trinity in stressed.
Unfortunately, when those same Christians come to Japan the…
(Quote)Actually under state law (when Korea was a colony of Japan) attendance at a Shinto shine was mandatory from the mid 1920's until the end of the occupation. After the war II most of the shinto shrines in Korea were destroyed or were con…
(Quote)No, for one can believe that there is a distinction between the Church and Israel without ascribing to dispensationalism, or being a dispensationalist.
(Quote)If this means that you are leaving these forums then I sorry to see you go. I have enjoyed our interactions over the years that we have corresponded on the former Christians Discourse forums and on this one. I hope we can stay in conta…
(Quote)Yet, that was never the question. Or, at least it was not the question I asked of you which was basically:
"Dave, please could you list (or quote) at three resources that specifically address Romans 11:28 with the interpretatio…
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The Reformed creeds/Confession do not provide for any explanation, commentary. or exegesis on Romans 11:28.
