Dear brother Mike, Thank you for putting in the time to respond. First, I can see you give yourself plenty of time to think and to study. Second, I can see you...
Dear Amie In Galatians 4 (as well as most of the book of Galatians) Paul is responding to that church's incorrect beliefs that they to keep the law of Moses to...
Mike I have been away for a few days and therefore have not had the time to respond to the comments you made recently in your summary of the various views...
Though Jesus forewarned his disciples about his impending arrest and execution, they failed to appreciate the significance of what he was saying. (Luke ...
I know I'm a bit belated on entering the recent discussion of the Millennium. I was out of town for several days. A few thoughts below: First, I would be most...
Hi Edward, Sharon here: I will venture to make one comment that seems to have been passed by in this conversation, especially in light of the fact that this is...
The best answer is that the disciples understood to a certain extent his messianic expectations, although they believed it would be a physical manifestation,...
HI Larry, I enjoyed your post. I'm not completely clear about a couple things though. Larry wrote: Third, my application to the "collective" view provides for...
... Hello Ed, What do you believe were Jesus' intentions concerning the OT/OC laws? I would like to say that whenever Jesus spoke of the law I believe that he...
... Hi George, not Mike here but Cully... I have a thought on the second death - the first death being the sleep before the resurrection, could not the second...
... We are to have a separation of church and state just as they did in Israel. The temple and its administration was distinct from the judges or kings. But...
Hi Mike, It sounds like you are doing everything correctly with your posts and it may be that I've missed some posts or overlooked something. I know I...
I believe that the so-called "constitutional" separation of church and state is a myth, not based upon what the founding fathers intended (from a political...
Hi Larry: I have to respectfully disagree. Separation of state and church was no myth to the early Baptists. Elder John Leland was very adamant when he...
Hi Edward: An eloquent defense of the good old days. Oh for the return to power of the white anglo-saxon landowners. see what has happened when they let...
No a return to the rule of God's law instead of the anarchy created by anabaptist separatism. Again anabaptist prize personal freedom over obedience to God as...
DAN. 9:27 - Sacrifice Cessation vs. Abomination of Desolation (separated by 40 years)? [QUESTION] I understand the preterist view that the ceasing of the...
Ed, while I am disposed to agree with your sentiments over those of Frank Thomas or any other anabaptist...the whole experiment of the constitutional united...
are you frank thomas the baseball player for the chi sox? Nice confused thinking on your part with little if any rhetorical value. Adam ... power of the white...
While I see you have bought into the revisionist histories of the liberal ivory-tower theologians who call themselves historians, I agree that the constitution...
Given the light that had been shed through the reformations...for these men to delegate "we the people" as authoritative in place of God was not just...
... Talk about revisionists, Calvin College is among the best in that department! I too have a history minor (from Grand Rapids Baptist and Florida Southern...
... I agree whole heartedly. I did not go to Calvin out of great desire...it was close(couple blocks away). I took 3 religion courses there and came out of...
... No I'm from Ohio, but went to school in GR. ... A denomination of 6 churches hardly proves your point. Their sectarianism proves exaclty what is wrong...
Hi Ed and Adam: Just wanted to thank you both for your clear, concise and articulate e-mails. I was raised OPC and catechized in the westminister Confession...
... As a preterist, the baptism issue is not the biggest problem, it is the separatism of the baptist hermeneutic that is the dangerous portion. As for...
Ed do you comfort yourself in numbers? Please! ... Ed, please define sectarianism for me...I do not think you understand the concept ... joining ... ...
In the Hebrew Scriptures we find that several nations, not just Israel, suffered 'judgmental comings' of God, Babylon, Egypt, and Edom, to name three. At...
