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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...

'Study' comes from an old French word that has to do with applying diligence or being zealous. Paul actually told Timothy to hasten to show himself approved. When people read this in the KJV, they reinterpret 'study' from 1611 English to mean what it means in Late Modern English, to read and...

I don't remember which poster or posters it was who argued for pretrib based on the idea that the only supposed mortal survivors of the Second Coming were supposed to be Jews. For those who hold to that view, how would you explain the references to these nations? Revelation 20 7 And when the...

I have encountered Christians who say that they sin every day. One preacher did not think it was possible to live without sin. Can a Christian live the rest of his life without sinning? Can a Christian go a day without sinning? I Corinthians 10 12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take...

Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal to a sacrifice, to see which God answered by fire. He wasn't a priest. The Jerusalem temple had been established, and they weren't there. Yet he cut the animal, etc. there on Mt. Carmel. Was that in line with the Torah? He said he had done what he...

I have a friend who was raised in a conservative Fundamentalist household with lots of kids. He was around 40 and not married, and he was looking up Doug Philips daughters online, and following them. Doug Philips is a really right wing conservative who got into some trouble a while back...

If you had a boyfriend or girlfriend who you were willing to marry how long would you wait before breaking it off? Ladies, how long would you date a man for if he doesn't propose before you break it off? Men if you propose and she says sh is not ready would you keep dating her? If so for...

I am also aware of some damaging false teachings going around that make much of the use of the words there. He tried to argue that a woman who was 'put away' was not legally divorced. Does that fit Matthew 19? Clearly not. A while back, a website promoted the teaching that Jesus was merely...

Would you date or marry someone who had been divorced? If so, under what conditions? Would you date someone who was separated from their spouse? If so, under what conditions? Some scripture for discussion and consideration. Mark 10:11-12 11 And he said unto them, Whosoever shall put away...

I'm married, but I have single Christian friends who are looking for spouses, and I know it's tough. I was thinking about this forum, and I thought I'd just create a thread for people to post a personal ad for other forum members interested in finding a Christian spouse. I don't know all the...

I'll make a confession. I've seen some reality TV shows about marriage, where people get matched up in unusual ways, meet on the wedding day, etc. Something I have noticed on these shows is that some of the couples want to keep their finances separate. Some of them women want talk about...

Do any of you know of any university that do Bible college for the first two year gen-ed, followed by the major? It may not be purely that way. There would probably have to be some math, English 101 and 102, a history or constitution, etc. Or gen-eds could be Christian--- like creationist...

I read a quote from John Darby that angels do not sing in scripture, but rather stand and praise God. I realized some time ago that Luke 2 does not say that the angels sang to the shepherds, though I have heard this idea in old Christmas songs. Some of the lyrics I have sung that angels spoke...

Growing up, I read the Bible. I read the Old Testament as well as the New Testament. I went to church. I remember at about 12 or 13, the youth pastor gave a series that seemed like it lasted for weeks or months on love, sex, and dating. He went into a lot of detail. I learned about stuff...

Is it okay to teach your kids to pray to a dead saint... like by writing a letter to one and asking for a bunch of toys. Is it acceptable to lie to your own children and tell them-- using the same mouth you use to say that God split he Red Sea and raised Jesus from the dead-- that a magic fat...

Some people think that _the_ way to get married is to have a preacher declare you married. That's part of our culture, but it isn't Bible or doctrine or anything like that. If we read in the Old Testament, to get married to a virgin, and Israelite would pay the bride price for virgins. We...