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Reading the scriptures will give you an opinion. That is ok.

That is my same reasoning for reading them. Time is short. I need to speed up my learning curve. I don't know what you think a commentary is but the kind I use include every verse of scripture. They are bibles and discussion about interpretation using exegesis and leaving it to you to...

Said no one who reads commentaries. One can make educated decisions and find credible resources. You aren't going to be "tainted" if you read an interpretation you don't agree with, you simply recognize that we see through a glass darkly and most of these things are not show stoppers. I...

I wasn't replying to your posts. And I did not mean I would put them on ignore in CC, only that I won't reply to antivax comments. I won't argue with folks about it. To each his own. My post was for the pro booster crowd.

Triple boosted. I think I finally got it. Haven't been tested yet. If it is, I am already on the mend after 24 hours. I will get tested and find out. You could tell that it would have been a real humdinger. Very powerful virus. Nasty on the lungs and nasal passage. Fever mild but real...

There is no difference. Reading from a scholarly elder who is anointed by the Holy Spirit is the same thing. We don't have to go to formal schools I agree. There is profit in learning. Whether you enroll in a school to read good books or read them on your own there is always profit in...

That is not that hard to avoid.

There is no contradiction in learning and being anointed by the Spirit. And Paul could read and write in Koine Greek so there is that. :)

Great post. I love you my sister. And not just because you agree with me. :) You would be the kind of sister I would ask about something because you have both the Holy Spirit and the background of exegesis on that text. I am 59 and I serve full time in a church. I have a two pronged...

I am going to guess that most nondenominational churches will have similar beliefs that are like an existing denomination. A Bible Fellowship has a particular culture that you can pick up on when you go to a non denominational church where the pastor has a Bible Fellowship background. The same...

Because most people, non scholars, do start with their pet doctrines. But not those who have read a book on hermeneutics and put it into practice. The solution is exegesis and hermeneutics. You will never persuade a person to abandon a traditional view until you can walk through the...

Before I respond, what is "the issue?" Unity? The AG has 70 million members and is the largest missionary organization in the world, all in agreement and one mind and continuing the book of Acts. They seem to be an excellent modern day example of unity and agreement and preaching the whole...

Not learning makes one ignorant. Learning can be achieved by several paths.

Yes, I do believe it is God's method for us to receive from other members in the body of Christ. It is God's method to use our brothers and sisters to speak grace to us and edify us. I would not suggest that anyone waste their time reading from scholars with mere head knowledge. Read from...

The average evangelical believer argues more about them than the evangelical scholars do and so far all of the commentaries I have from authors from different denominations say the same thing about 1 Cor 7. So this idea that they all differ is an accusation I am not finding to be as common as...

I would agree with most of that. The statements are not optional for the minister to hold credentials. If they don't agree with them then why are they pursuing credentials with the AG? There are other groups they could go to that believe the way they do. This is not a problem, it is a...

So now you see the reason for the statements. It helps people who agree, and those who dont agree find the church they think fits their theology. This is not a problem it is a good solution. Unity without standards is not unity, it is universalism and not pleasing to God. Sometimes you have...

No. Because it would be incomplete without "we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God" See. This is why we have different churches. We don't agree on interpretations.

That is pretty much how most websites do it. Plus a couple of verse for each. The fewer words the better. There is a need because you want to know what you are walking into. If they believe women should wear head covering you want to know that so your wife can tell you, you must be crazy...

Well that would be a sin. An idol of denomination. Lets hope they repent of that before the judgment.