Protecting God’s Word From “Bible Christians”

Crisis Magazine ^ | October 3, 2014 | RICHARD BECKER

[SampleMan]

Build shrines? What translation is that? They asked about setting up tents for the night. And it’s certainly not clear that they were rebuked. Interrupted and over shadowed, yes.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

I was responding to SampleMan’s post #610.

Comments on post #711 above the line were his.

Those below the line were mine.

[SampleMan]

Seriously, where do you get this stuff? What brand of Christianity are you signing off on?

[Religion Moderator]

Satanists would be gone, red tooth and claw.

[Elsie]

Would you have a better guess that the opening verses in Hebrews 12?

What am I supposed to guess about; what the WITNESSES are?

Hebrews 12:1-2

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.

[Elsie]

She gave birth to the Christ at considerable risk of being divorced and stoned to death.

What risk?

Joseph had already come to grips with the situation.

Who was going to stone her?

Deuteronomy 17:6
On the testimony of two or three witnesses a person is to be put to death, but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

[Elsie]

You need a laugh occasionally.

[Elsie]

I’m sure Mary felt silly... explaining her story about an angel appearing and the Holy Spirit coming upon her.

Why?

Joe already had his visit:

Matthew 1:19-21

And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly.
But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
"She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins

[Elsie]

We are told however in 2 Kings 2 that Elijah was "taken up" into heaven.

Didn't St. Paul mention a THIRD heaven??

How we gonna keep them all straight?

Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know.

[Elsie]

Can you explain, please?

[Elsie]

No.

But a beeper IS required on commercial vehicles.

[Elsie]

Your English is sub-par.

I know my audience; and you are still wrong.

[Elsie]

I see nothing has changed over the past few years, so I withdraw from this discussion.

Dang!

And I was SO hoping to have my questions answered.

[Elsie]

I thought you were leaving?

[Elsie]

I can explain well enough that a reasonable person of normal intelligence could understand.

Like a

LACKWIT?

[CynicalBear]

Yeah, I don’t imagine any one of understand how that is or works. One day!

[Elsie]

I said ***those*** lackwits, in the context of a discussion of the behavior of the fang and claw protestants. It was clearly a reference to ***those*** people, the fang and claw protestants, and no one else.

Strange that I cannot find ANY reference to FANG until reply #620.

And I was commenting on #556.

No WONDER you are, as you said, baffled!

[rwilson99]

Where does it say in the bible that we should disregard those who according to John 3:16 in the KJV “shall not perish and have everlasting life?”

Where is this prohibition, especially when it emulates the servants at Cana and Jesus at the Transfiguration?

[Elsie]

I have managed to do that many times, through the grace of God, but I thought we had agreed that I am not a saint.

A person is s'posed to be a SAINT before they can turn their cheek?

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I notice that many others here seem to be in a similar position.

So?

[rwilson99]

Joe was the only person who noticed her baby bump... there was no gossip in this society?