The big problem I have with anybody who hides behind a microphone or a camera is that it is cowardly and very shallow, hardly an expression of faith. This is not the evangelizm that God called us to. He commanded His followers to be in the world, in dangerous situations (among riots, the dregs...
I would have to say, live it out and share it with others (in the same way you would share your favorite food or music - non-threateningly). If it is the real Truth, then God will bring people to your new religion.
There is good and bad to preaching...
In the sense of Sunday morning (or other time) at church with someone preaching to a willing congregation, that is great - that is why the people are there, hopefully. It is a great atmosphere for learning. The only problem with this is that it creates a...
(I would like to preface this thread by noting that I use some generalities, please understand the general concept and don't make absolute judgements.)
There are many ways (huge ways) that make Christianity very different from following Christ. In a certain way of thinking, Christianity is a...
Several people have made this claim. I believe this emphasizes my point about the fact that people should not be upset about the attachment Satanism typically has with the more common understood concept of Satan (that of a real being, fallen angel, as described in the Bible). The title was...
Sorry, after I posted I thought of something else. The reason most people jump at the religion of Satanism or the mention of the person Satan is because of what it originally meant. I understand that many (maybe even most) Satanists don't even believe in the Satan as taught in the Bible. But...
Some do miss the point, of course, as with any topic. However, there is nothing missed when I said that Satanists worship the created instead of the Creator...of that there is no mistake, even if you don't believe in an all powerful Creator because nobody I know believes Satan created anything...
God does call every person on Earth into relationship with Him; thereby becoming His child (son or daughter), through a sort of eternal, spiritual, God adoption. Jesus is the only begotten Son of God (John 3:16). To tell you the truth I do not know what makes Jesus the "begotten" Son of God...
I'm not quite getting this. Perhaps I should do this on my own, but instead of interpereting the scriptures for me, could you type them out? This is mostly in reference the long list of scriptures above. But I do appreciate all the info so far.
Another question (slightly off topic, but it...
Judas is not "responsible" for Jesus' death. Really look at what happened...
The religious leaders of the time wanted to kill Jesus and get Him "out of the way" so to speak. The only thing Judas did was show them which one was really Jesus (to point Him out in the crowd). I am not in any...
No Christian have grounds to be afraid of Satan. He has no power, nor do his followers, over Christians (namely the power of Christ in them). Satan is not equal with God, not even close, and therefore cannot come close to having the same influence, power, etc. As stated previously, there is a...
Do the Bible and the Book of Mormon disagree on anything or teach different theology or doctrine? I've know people who say they do and I know people who say they don't. What does everyone here think?
I agree with the few that said that t3gah has gone off on some tangents that are hard to follow at best. It's impossible for us to agree or disagree, at least to the point of being able to articulate our disagreement. I really intend this a means of constructive criticism; I find that in many...
As mentioned, Satan sinned on his own - no outside influence is mentioned or hinted. His rebellion gained him eternal damnation (damnation = death = seperation from God). There also seems to be no salvation plan for Satan and other fallen angels. That is because they were in the literal...