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Coming late to the discussion. My dad was a Southern Baptist preacher, and I remember as a kid he preached on salvation; that it remains the same through the ages. It always has been "by grace, through faith." "Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness." (Genesis...

Well, the doc got after scheduling. His nurse says I should hear back from them "soon" ...

Yes, I know that story. It almost happened to Noah, the difference being he really WAS doing what God told him! I haven't discounted modern medicine. But here we are weeks later and I still cannot get in for a PET Scan to see how far it has spread. Saw my doctor yesterday, and he is getting...

Well, I have been involved in a lot of men's groups in many different churches across denominational lines (ok, 3 lines). Invariably when the topic of temptation comes up someone will about halfway in say something like "The worst place for temptation is in the sanctuary Sunday morning."...

It is a condemnation of all Jews. That's how it was meant when it was written, and how it has been used since, to murderous effect! And according to the Bible, the Antichrist will likely be Assyrian: Micah 5:2-5, 12, 24 2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the...

And around we go. How many times do I have to answer that? Let's see, a scriptural basis ... : Proverbs 26:4 ESV 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. You are like a broken record. Come up with something different or we're done.

I'm not going to reply to the rest of your slanderous post. Not even going to reply in kind. But the last part there needs to be addressed. Whenever people quote the Protocols, they are engaging in antiSemitism. They can dress it up however they want, but those have been used for decades to stir...

And yet you cling to the idea that only you can be right.

Boy, leave for an hour or so and the forum runs away. Your foregone conclusion is I cannot be right about the verse saying what it does which you use as your premise ... and around we go. No, what I believe is your dogmatic idea that only your conclusion can be right changes scripture...

Exodus 21:20-21 New International Version “Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, 21 but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property. It says "if the slave recovers...

Hey, you wanted to complicate it. I can do complicated ... :)

You keep coming back to that, but with no real evidence: the very definition of circular reasoning. I just read what is there, the very meaning of simplicity. When pressed I backed it up with scripture, but clearly labeled mins as a possible explanation. You throw out dogma as fact and claim...

Well, yeah, that's probably a very good idea. Really I am taking a stand against the antiSemitic views stated here and in this case saying while we can look at scripture to explain other scripture, we can NOT change the plain meaning of the text. I clearly label mine as conjecture, because I...

Nope. Just bringing it back to the basics. It says what it says and means it.

Blunt is better than wishy-washy. I can understand blunt. It is the rudeness in other posts I find objectionable. And yet you use that "old cultural definition" in your posts, so it is still valid. Why would He not use it if that is what He meant? Christians tend to spiritualize everything, but...

Not sure what you want or need. The plain text reading is they claimed to be Jews but were not. The possible (and plausible) example I gave was of the congregation in Galatia being swayed by someone to believe something that goes completely against scripture: that one must be adherent to all the...

As I said, it was likely they were trying to gain credibility by claiming to be Jews. You have for example a congregation of converts in Galatia but their teacher (Paul) has moved on. Then these seemingly knowing "Jews" come in, say they are believers, then try to pollute the gospel by saying...

The concluion is as stated, "So any way you slice it, the plain text reading stands. Those claiming to be Jews who are not." In Hebrew hermeneutics there can be many conclusions drawn from a single statement, however the plain text meaning of the scripture can not be changed. I believe that is...

Yes, we are grafted in as believers. In that context this could mean those were non-believers as well (and they were- my opinion). But Revelation was almost certainly written prior to the destruction of the Temple, so at best Gentiles were just starting to show up in significant numbers. So this...

LOL!!! After reading some of the posts here, I'm not so sure of that! :)