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False. The issue was speaking this idea out, not believing it. Yes, the Greek root for blaspheme contains a component that means to speak. The English verb "blaspheme" comes from the Ancient Greek verb βλασφημέω (blasphēmeō), which is built from two distinct parts: [1, 2, 3] The second...

None of our books of the Bible were written. That doesn't mean there was no revelation. I do recall some literature considered to have been written in the intertestamental time, but named the testament... of one of the patriarchs. It said something about the Holy Spirit coming down like a...

Anna was a prophetess during that time. The Lord revealed to Simeon during that time that he wouldn't die until he saw the Messiah.

Thank God for His redeeming grace. I Corinthians 6 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards...

When any foreigner speaks English, I am not generally amazed. But when foreigners speak Indonesian, even in Indonesian, Indonesians are amazed. I don't remember if I guessed or if something tipped me off, but I asked an Indonesian working in a Chinese restaurant in a small mountain town in the...

That doesn't even match the account in the passage. And they were amazed that they heard Galileans speaking in their dialects, and mentioned they were from Galilee. This was before Peter preached to them. It doesn't say they were amazed at any linguistic aspect of Peter's preaching. It...

They marveled at Galileans speaking their languages and dialects.

I was thinking of PCUSA at the denominational level. I realize there are same people who have morals who stay in some of these denominations that have moarally bankrupt stances because of history, tradition etc.

Btw, I appreciate living in a society that does not have slavery. The question of whether slavery is better for society is a different one from how individuals interact within a society that has slavery, and also different from whether it was immoral for patriarchs and early saints to own slaves.

I am going to discuss a controversial topic. From time to time, I see believers comment on the 'sin' of slavery. I had a conversation with this with a Methodist from the northern half of the US. I told him there is a problem with calling slavery a sin. For one thing, the Bible doesn't call...

Acts 2 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 5 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. 6 And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were...

Faulty logic. The scriptures teach that the Spirit gives these and other gifts as He wills, and hasn't cancelled the scripture. Where does the Bible specifically say that grace for salvation is available in the 21st century... and specifically mention the 21st century? Why does it have to say...

Show me a verse from the Bible that specifically says that someone who goes by the name 'Lamar' on the world wide web Christianchat.com is a genuine Christian first. How about a verse that proves that the United States exists while you are at it? The problem with my requests is similar to the...

Can you show any evidence from Acts 2 that what was being said 'in tongues' was 'sharing the Gospel' or that when Peter preached it was 'in tongues'?

Oops, the Bible verse says bless them that curse you, not beat them. If someone across the street threatens to rape your wife and grandchildren and kill them when you go out of town, do you have the right as a Christian, or as an overseer in the church, to go over there and beat the guy until...

False prophets prophesy falsely. That's different from teaching bad eschatology. EG White was supposed to be prophesying or sharing revelation, and the more radical SDAs take her mundane, flowerly writings as if they were prophetic. I don't know that Miller ever prophesied anything. I...

My understanding is that a false prophecy is when someone falsely claims God said something. If someone says, "Thus saith the Lord" followed by a message that God did not say, possibly including a prediction that does not come to pass, that would be a false prophecy. What Miller did might...

My understanding is that miracles occur from time to time that there are blind people who have been killed and occasional dead person who's been raised. Some speaking in tongues is real. Not every manifestation that claims to be of God really is. There are con men and there are people who are...

God told Abraham that it would happen.

Speaking in tongues translates Greek term that refers to speaking another languages. But in the context of scripture it refers to speaking in other languages supernaturally by the power of the Holy Spirit. In Acts 2 there is a list of languages ( Or regions associated with these languages and...