I will respond to FFH's post first, and reserve my reply for Truth101's for another post today (it will be a little bit longer as I will have to explain the interpretation of the parable).
It says anyone whose name was not written in the book of life will be thrown into the lake of fire...
God gave them the freedom of choice in the garden, but Adam and Eve both chose evil by eating of the tree that God forbade them of eating. I believe your model for a world where only good choices exist is flawed.
God does not do evil. He is guilty of no sin. Mankind sins because it defies...
Let’s try these verses on for size for the biblical support of the trinity:
Christ commands his followers to baptize in the name of the three persons of the trinity in the Great Commission:
Again in John 15:26-27, Christ talks of the Holy Spirit coming to assist the disciples after...
Here is an image of hell from the mouth of Christ in the form of a parable:
Lazarus and the Rich Man
As seen in this parable, hell is a place of torment. It is a place of separation (from the saved and unsaved), and there was no way out for rich man, who wished to be spared some of the...
If you follow this line of reasoning then a Buddhist could call himself a Christian as long as he espoused teachings Christ. Heck, most people feel that doing good for one's neighbor is a good act that should be done. If this is the core requirement for being a Christian, then any person who...
Actually this practice of destroying one or two pages of material if one error was made was carried down through the millenia since by both the jews and the monks that transcribed the Bible. Really most of the translation differences come in when the Bible was changed to the vernacular and came...
I find it very hard to believe that they found soft tissue from an animal that has been dead for what now.... 70 million years? I find that fishy to begin with. Nonetheless the similarity to ostrich bone could mean that it is an abnormally sized ostrich? I know, sounds stupid; but that is what...
The Senate Republicans are moving to make sure that judicial nominees are voted on. The Democrats have shown that they prefer not to have democracy but rather filibustering. Think about it ladies and gentlemen, you elect a senator to six years of sitting around and doing nothing but read out of...
True wisdom comes from Christ, and the reading of His Word. Only then can the clouding sin has caused on our human reasoning to be lifted just a little bit so that we can see just a little more clearly. The Bible is the foundation of the Christian faith. It is the only source of Christian law...
The LCMS does not teach that women are inferior to men. However, we do not allow women to be ordained as ministers. This is in following with the priesthood of Israel laid down by God in the old testament. I know that is definately a reason for it; and there might be a few more (have to ask my...
Well, I think I will weigh in a bit here on this being a member of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. I will give you a set of guidelines to know that you are getting a good lutheran service (as given to me by my confirmation pastor, and a few of my own).
- The pastor preaches solid law and...
Thank you for the welcome FeathersinHair, I have been to these forums before under the name of LCMS Sprecher in the summer of 04. I decided to back away from it for a bit, and just recently came back to find out some information on churchs of the occult. Ifelt a bit compelled to respond to this...
Angellous has a point in his statement that Satanism fails to recognize. In the end, man is basically evil. He wants to commit evil acts; it is his nature. That is the way of the world; the way that satanism embraces. Without the gift of Christ's death on the cross and his saving grace there...