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Episcopalians refuse affirmation of Christ
Virtue Online ^ | June 20, 2006 | Hans Zeiger

Posted on 06/21/2006 5:15:34 AM PDT by MountainMenace

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To: Blessed

When St. Paul wrote those words, the New Testament was not in existence.


181 posted on 06/21/2006 9:43:07 AM PDT by nanetteclaret (Our Lady's Hat Society)
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To: MountainMenace

Matthew 10:32-34 (New King James Version)

32 “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. 33 But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.


182 posted on 06/21/2006 9:47:07 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: nanetteclaret

When the prophets of the OT wrote about Jesus, he was yet to be born of a woman but when God shows us his finished product we stand amazed how it all fits together in ways we could not imagine and can take a life time to begin to appreciate.


183 posted on 06/21/2006 9:49:06 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: randita
In Pittsburgh, one gorgeous stone church has been converted into a restaurant/brewery (The Church Brew Works). These old churches will be nothing but stones around the corporation's neck.

In New Haven, Connecticut, the beautiful church I was baptized in is now a "gentleman's club"

Very sad!!

184 posted on 06/21/2006 9:49:30 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: DaveTesla

see second paragraph of post 78.


185 posted on 06/21/2006 9:54:38 AM PDT by nanetteclaret (Our Lady's Hat Society)
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To: meandog

It's the spotless Blood of The Lamb that saves. Jesus shed that for all on the cross. one cannot proclaim Jesus is Lord after death - because that is where one gets it's just rewards. We decide our own fate by our choices here and now. Besides, if they didn't want to serve and praise Our Savior here, why would they want to be with Him for all eternity!

Don't be misled, as you can see there are many false doctrines out there to deceive. Stay the course.


186 posted on 06/21/2006 9:55:22 AM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: fish hawk

"God will judge us as individuals not as churches or denominations"

Read what He says about the Churches in Revelation.


187 posted on 06/21/2006 9:56:17 AM PDT by nanetteclaret (Our Lady's Hat Society)
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To: Texas Patriot
knowing this I think that this situation can be extended to all those incapable of rational thought.

Good, that's part of it. Infants, small children and those with mental difficulties would not be expected to be able to show or use "knowledge" of Jesus, yet we don't believe they are all cast into hell for this deficiency.

however if your inquiry is about the proverbial bushmen.

Something like that.

The Bible says there is enough in God's creation (i.e. nature) to cause a person to seek after Him and that if anyone did that he would honor it (I believe by bring him to a saving knowledge of Jesus as Lord and Savior).

Exactly. But I believe that there can exist circumstances where a person is being honest and open to God, He leads them to have the faith necessary for salvation. Even if they have no way of knowing the details of Jesus.

Knowledge is not faith and ignorance (when not in the person's control) is not damnation.

SD

188 posted on 06/21/2006 9:57:22 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: Raycpa
One is that if there are other ways to heaven, Jesus's death was not necessary.

His execution certainly lends an importance to his teachings that other religious teachers don't have. According to the gospels, Jesus was executed for having the audacity to heal people on the sabbath, and in general for being a threat to the dominant religion of his place and time.

The second is based on the whole reason for Christianity, namely Jesus rose from the dead.

After reading the gospels I got the impression that the whole reason for Christianity was to rebel against the corruption of Judaism during Jesus' time and to spread the spirit of truth.

189 posted on 06/21/2006 9:58:51 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: SoothingDave

"My question, basically, is are we allowed to read Scripture and then think about it, or must we limit ourselves in belief to only those thing which are stated in a simple fahsion in Scripture?"

Of course we can think about it. I never said we are to believe in only what is stated in simple fashion.

There are plenty of things in the Bible that aren't plainly stated. But they're not so loosely defined or declared, that you can twist the words and somehow for example, find a basis for a pope that rules the church and that he is another Christ who doesn't make mistakes. "For ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"


190 posted on 06/21/2006 10:00:00 AM PDT by Veeram (why the does the left HATE America ?)
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To: guitar4jesus

You grew, they retreated to the enemies camp.


191 posted on 06/21/2006 10:00:53 AM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: Stashiu
I am not a Christian and believe that there are many paths to God. Having said that, I think it is well within the purview of any religion to define itself. I grew up in the Lutheran and Church of England traditions. It would seem to me that the Episcopal Church in America has gone off on a serious tangent here. Of course, that is their perogative, but are they really still a Christian Church? Not being a Christian explains your idea that there are many paths to God. There is only (one) way. If you don't know that by now there is only the hope that you will wake up and relearn "what the requirement are for redemption" and "who" God accepts.
192 posted on 06/21/2006 10:02:38 AM PDT by jongaltsr (Hope to See ya in Galt's Gultch.)
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To: presently no screen name
Besides, if they didn't want to serve and praise Our Savior here, why would they want to be with Him for all eternity!

I cannot imagine anyone wanting to spend one millisecond in hell...Christ was all about forgiveness, yea, even for the stupid. Only one sin is mentioned unforgivable: blasphemy of the Holy Spirit (denial of God existence, or atheism)

193 posted on 06/21/2006 10:05:04 AM PDT by meandog (If I were to draw the odious Islamic prophet Muhammad, he would have horns, a tail, and a pitchfork!)
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To: Veeram
Of course we can think about it. I never said we are to believe in only what is stated in simple fashion. There are plenty of things in the Bible that aren't plainly stated.

Good, I'm glad we agree. Now it's a question of whose interpetation of Scripture we find more compelling and not an argument about how one side "reads Scripture" and the other side "adds stuff."

So if Catholics want to take Jesus at face value when He says "this is my body" you should not have a problem with that.

But they're not so loosely defined or declared, that you can twist the words and somehow for example, find a basis for a pope that rules the church and that he is another Christ who doesn't make mistakes. "For ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"

Who put these ideas into your head? Are you interested in learning what Catholics actually believe or are you content in your ignorance?

SD

194 posted on 06/21/2006 10:08:16 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: MountainMenace

There's an Episcopal bookstore in Seattle that I sometimes go to, and I'll occasionally overhear the employees' chit-chat. They are all huge admirers of Bishop Spong, so this does not surprise me at all.


195 posted on 06/21/2006 10:09:31 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: nanetteclaret

"I Corinthians 11:27-29:
Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup."

Yes, I understand this part, I am asking you to point to a verse in the Bible that says a priest has the power to bring Jesus down from Heaven to become a peice of bread.

The Catholic church I used to go to, teaches children that is how they receive Jesus, by eating this little round peice of bread that the priest converts into the actual body of Jesus.


196 posted on 06/21/2006 10:10:27 AM PDT by Veeram (why the does the left HATE America ?)
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To: nanetteclaret

Minor correction: God made the world in 6 days, He rested on the 7th.


197 posted on 06/21/2006 10:13:31 AM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: meandog

blasphemy of the Holy Spirit (denial of God existence, atheism; or attribution of a miracle to Satanic intervention)


198 posted on 06/21/2006 10:16:30 AM PDT by meandog (If I were to draw the odious Islamic prophet Muhammad, he would have horns, a tail, and a pitchfork!)
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To: nanetteclaret
from the New Testament: How must we be saved? Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.

I don't see anywhere here about belonging to a church or denomination to be saved. It's talking about you and I as individuals. Yes it does encourage us to worship with other Christians but there are NO attachments to being saved. Like: Believe and give, believe and go to church, believe and get baptized, believe and go door to door. By the way, you will not be judged for any sin , if you are a believer, as Christ DIED for every sin you did or will ever do. Unbelievers will not be judged on sin either. He died for All sins. They will be judged on "did you believe on what my Son did on the cross"

199 posted on 06/21/2006 10:17:39 AM PDT by fish hawk
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To: SoothingDave
Well for the most part I agree with you except I believe that God being Who HE is will bring that person who is (by the prompting of the Holy Spirit)seeking after Him to a saving faith in Jesus. I have heard stories of Divers finding tracts in artifacts at the bottom of the ocean. Of bibles falling out of the sky only later to find out that it was tossed out of an airplane. of missionaries being blown off course and finding a remote tribe never before seen and leading them to faith in Jesus Christ as savior. If someone will follow God far enough he will lead them to a saving faith in Jesus.
however since God is Soverign He has the Ability to control any circumstances and change them.
So your supposition that there could be "certain Circumstances" is I believe impossible!
200 posted on 06/21/2006 10:18:00 AM PDT by Texas Patriot (Remember.... The Alamo, never forget HOORAHH!!!!!)
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