Ephesians4:16 (BBE) Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love.
"In my understanding "is a phrase i use all the time when speaking about religious teaching. That means i can speak about the teaching based of my personal understanding, or at the level of wisdom i have gained through practice and study.
Because each human being will have slightly different way...
I love this...
(1 Corinthians 1:10) . . .Now I urge you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you should all speak in agreement and that there should be no divisions among you, but that you may be completely united in the same mind and in the same line of thought.
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We've had this conversation before :)
There is no mention of the word interfaith to be found anywhere in the bible. Two thousand years ago when Paul provided his advise to a church in Corinth (Greece) the concern would have been the polytheism of the Greeks along with their idol worship.
Paul...
Good advice. :) Jesus set the example there.
The Bible encourages unity. The apostle Paul likened the Christian congregation to a human body, each member being “harmoniously joined together and being made to cooperate.” (Ephesians4:16) Similarly, the apostle Peter urged his fellow believers...
The Bible teaches that, Christians can be the Body of Christ, for as long as they follow the will of the Father, and obey teachings of Jesus, and for as long as they keep their unity and harmony, just as the members of a healthy body. Christians have been divided into conflicting sects, who...
This doesn't address my point. If you are a Christian, you are a part of the body of christ. Only the body of christ has the right to interpret biblical teachings.
That's like saying I have bad people in my family so my whole family cannot tell you about who we are and what we value because of...
I believe evidently someone forgot to tell God He wasn't doing that anymore. Maybe His watch stopped and He forgot that He was supposed to stop giving in the future or maybe you just don't know what you are talking about.
I believe it would be nice if you got something right sometime otherwise...
The Holy Ghost my dear friend is no longer given, it was given to the Apostles so they could have complete knowledge of the will of God, because the bible hadn't been completed yet.
Corneilus and his household were also given the Holy Spirit to show the world that the
Gentiles are now also...
David,
Yup. Panta Rhea is me - and me is Don. :)
Thanks for filling me in on "diletante scholars". I was just thinking yesterday that it would be nice if we could bring the seminarians and scholars back into the congregations rather than storing them in the "hallowed halls". I certainly...
We read in Proverbs 6:16-19 of seven things God hates: "These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false...