Posted on 01/14/2011 5:57:52 PM PST by topcat54
Evangelical book catalogs promote books such as Planet Earth: The Final Chapter, The Great Escape, and the Left Behind series. Bumper stickers warn us that the vehicles occupants may disappear at any moment. It is clear that there is a preoccupation with the idea of a secret rapture. Perhaps this has become more pronounced recently due to the expectation of a new millennium and the fears regarding potential Y2K problems. Perhaps psychologically people are especially receptive to the idea of an imminent, secret rapture at the present time. Additionally, many Christians are not aware that any other position relative to the second coming of Jesus Christ exists. Even in Reformed circles there are numerous people reading these books. Many of these people are unaware that this viewpoint conflicts with Scripture and Reformed Theology.
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On second look, depending on which phrase I use, that part shows up on a number of different websites.
Caww — how come we don’t see any concern for medication for this post?
Gamecock: "This goes to what the Reformers taught; that is the "enthusiasts" or what we call today Pentecostals, are really no different from the Roman Catholics." |
Now, now, Dr. E you were warned for your post #2001 and your post #2168 was pulled
But the word of God grew and multiplied. Acts 12:21-24
This is a terrible, terrible insult to the Blood of Christ.
And for that reason I never allow an atheist or agnostic to control the rules of engagement, including the dictionary and I always begin my reply with my testimony:
I am the good shepherd, and know my [sheep], and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. John 10:14-15
[Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. John 14:17
Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. John 8:55
A childs faith is simple, trusting, and it is both treasured and protected by God.
And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Matt 18:16
If we can give you 50 from Esphigmenou monastery at Mt. Athos, you’ve got a deal!
Why do you want to know?
Thank you, DrE. So few truly understand "the perseverence of the saints".
Why in the world would anyone assume that a serial, rapist murderer was a heart believer in the Good Shepherd in the first place?
"Persevering" means "continuing as saints" not just in their destiny but in their walk. Not continuing (abiding) is a sign they never were with us in the first place.
Apparently you're ignorant of the fact that the 39 Articles are the Anglican confession, which I posted.
Earlier, you tried to make the point that Luther believed in double predestination. My point was that Luther never did. It was brewed in Calvin's cauldron, not Luther's. Early Anglicans drank that brew - including the ones who helped settle the US. Within a century, all that poison started to leave the system, which brings us to the point in the US where there are so few actual Calvinists, finding data on their numbers is increasingly difficult.
What you said.
You may wish to find out why. The early US had state churches in most of the colonies. But that never stopped the US from having antireligious activities. The 1800s and early to mid 1900s saw extravagent antiCatholicism, for instance. But the point is that the results of whatever policy of the last 30 years the US has pursued, has been to decimate the Catholic population of the Middle East. And we see no evidence of concern. Have you?
Nixon had a Quaker background and Kennedy was Catholic but Viet Nam, for example, was neither A Quaker or Catholic war. So the truth of the below......well, views may vary. I don't do policy analysis's for the U.S. government.
Nixon was a profoundly bigoted and obnoxious individual, doing nothing to show the ideals of the Quakers. Eisenhower got us involved in Vietnam after the French withdrew. It is true that Kennedy sent the first large numbers of soldiers, but held back from full scale war. It was Johnson that escalated it to full on warfare. So I do not consider the Vietnam war to be tagged religiously - it was a reaction to Communist agressions.
But it does have the stamp of approval of Catholic authority and agrees with Catholic authority so would the Vatican web site say something contrary?
It does not have full authority - the stamp is of a local bishop which says that he can find nothing wrong with it. As I said, I find it useful but not completely authoritative. Many of the articles are a century old and the site is a private one, not a Church one.
Mt. Athos — are non-Orthodox men allowed there? I probably want to get there sometime in the next few years, but right now the only plans outside Poland are to Bulgaria later this year. Athens, was a disappointment for me 4 years ago, it doesn’t quite have any atmosphere — but the islands, wow — they are heaven (and I’m not a beach or sun-n-sand kind of guy).
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