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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...

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...

This passage has been dubbed the Great Commission: Matthew 28 18 ;And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20...

Does anyone use Zoom? I used it a few weeks ago, and it wasn't me to accept version 6.6.6. If elevator companies skip 13 or numbers with the digit 4 in it (in Asia), then why can't Zoom skip version 666. That could be the result of a computer program adding a number... but still. The...

The idea that 'that which is perfect' in I Corinthians 13 refers to the Bible does not fit the passage or the book. I Corinthians 13 5 That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; 6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 7 So that ye come...

The forum used to use that mark-down language for quotes. Now, it has a terrible interface where it replies can easily be put in quote boxes, and it is difficult to properly handle quotes. Was this a 'downdate' in a software (a falsely named update that actually destroys useful functionality)...

Dear Pretribulationists, May I ask you to answer specifically the following questions. These focus on problems I see with the prtribulational stance. If Revelation 20:5 calls the resurrection after Christ’s return the “first resurrection,” how can there be an earlier resurrection at a...

These seem to be the instructions many pastors follow to lead people in a "sinner's prayer". 1. Preach a message on some topic that isn't particularly evangelistic, such as marriage, end times, etc. 2. Do not explain Who God is. 3. Mention Jesus, but do not really explain who He is or what...

I was at a relative's house last month, an older man. We noticed a water spot on the ceiling. He, myself, and a son in-law were going to go take a look in the ceiling. When he pulled the string on the door thing that has the ladder in it to walk up into the attic. When he opened it, the...

It seems like it is taken as a given by many Americans that owning slaves is a sin. I had a conversation a few years ago with a man with a theology degree... not a pastor... and a law degree. He said something about slavery being a sin. I disagreed with him. Abraham and Isaac owned slaves...

James 5:13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. Now, I suppose 'psalms' might be broad enough to refer to a number of Christian songs. There is a lot of rejoicing in the Psalms, and one way to praise God is to take a psalm and read, repeat, or sing it...

I heard that inventor(s) of the Kellogg's corn flakes, the Kellogg brothers, made them in an SDA 'sanitarium', before they went into business selling the bland breakfast cereal. I suppose it was an innovation for a quick breakfast (and they aren't too bad with honey.) But the theory behind...

I read that the sinner's prayer ritual is about 70 years old. Billy Graham had people who responded to altar calls go back to prayer counselors in a separate room who would walk them through a booklet that explained the gospel, that had a prayer at the end designed to function as a confession...

I notice that ___some___ Charismatics seem to think that any kind of problem has a spirit or demon behind it, and to hear them talk, the solution to problems is to cast out or rebuke a demon named after the problem. There are certain occasions in the Gospel where Jesus cast a demon out of...

Protestants have a tradition of singing songs having one man called the pastor preach the sermon which is a long speech followed by more songs. certain individuals praying and collecting the offering are intermixed in there and there's also Holy Communion which could be weekly or monthly...

One of the arguments for KJV onlyism is supposedly that God can't preserve His word in a body of manuscripts, but there has to be just one... and not only that... a translation into English. One of the problems with that argument is that in the centuries leading up to 1600's, the Bible is in...

I got married before the close of the 1900's. Things were different back then, but fornication was still rampant in the US. A friend of mine recently got engaged. I heard some of his dating stories. One woman he was phone or online dating with that he flew hundreds of miles to go visit, on a...

Jude 3:4 says to earnestly 'contend for the faith once delivered to the saints.' When the apostles passed on the teachings of Jesus and their own teachings as led by the Spirit, and when their teachings were written down in gospels and epistles, they did not write them in Late Modern English...

When I was a child, 'religion' was not a dirty word at church. If someone sked what my religion was, I would say I was a Christian. If you asked someone at church about that, they wouldn't go into a speech about how they aren't religious, they have a relationship. I didn't hear it much, but I...

Is it a sin to lie to your own little gullible children, who trust you, and convince them that a magic fat man in a read suit flies around the world on a sleigh pulled by reindeer, goes down all the chimneys in the world and delivers all the children gifts over night? Is it wrong to teach your...