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    Ascetic X replied to the thread The . . . good wine . . . ..
    I have always been bothered by the first miracle of Jesus. Turning water into wine seems sort of inessential, unless it was a metaphor...
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    Ascetic X reacted to John of Japan's post in the thread The . . . good wine . . . . with Like Like.
    Amen to that! The Bible says that when Jesus acted, people had already "drunk freely" (v. 10). The word is methuo (μεθύω), to be a...
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    Ascetic X reacted to 360watt's post in the thread The . . . good wine . . . . with Like Like.
    I have heard also, not about the wine Jesus made, but the wine of the day was often mostly pure grape juice with a small amount of...
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    Ascetic X replied to the thread The Lords Prayer.
    You are deflecting from the examination of 1 John. The word “we” is not in the examples you mentioned. Moving mountains can be seen as...
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    Ascetic X reacted to JonC's post in the thread Would you lie to Nazis about Jews hiding in your house? with Like Like.
    I knew there had to be something wrong with Judo. You could make an honest version. Shout "I'm going for the outter reaping throw!!"...
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    Ascetic X replied to the thread The Lords Prayer.
    1 John is written to believers who are in the body of Christ. Follow the use of “we” throughout the epistle. 1 John 1 6 If we say...
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    Ascetic X reacted to JonC's post in the thread The Lords Prayer with Like Like.
    We do not (this was Jesus teaching His Disciples how to pray). But the principles are important and influence how we pray.
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    Ascetic X reacted to Anthony Pritchard's post in the thread Legalism and Pharisaism with Like Like.
    Logos, this article concerns New Testament Christianity, not Judaism. The Pharisees of the Gospels are addressed as Christ presents...
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    Ascetic X reacted to Anthony Pritchard's post in the thread Legalism and Pharisaism with Like Like.
    Legalism and Pharisaism: Climbing Up Some Other Way Legalism is not a careless accusation to throw at anyone who loves Scripture or...
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    Ascetic X replied to the thread I Will Build My Church.
    It is sad to me that you cannot understand that the church exists simultaneously as a spiritually assembled totality of believers seated...
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    Ascetic X replied to the thread I Will Build My Church.
    We belong to the universal church, the body of Christ, called out of darkness, whether or not we are physically together in a specific...
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    Ascetic X replied to the thread I Will Build My Church.
    The Greek word ekklēsia (ἐκκλησία) translated church literally means assembly, gathering, or "called-out" ones. It combines the...
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    Ascetic X reacted to Martin Marprelate's post in the thread I Will Build My Church with Like Like.
    Oh, sorry! I'm really not too fussed about when that church started.' Pentecost seems right to me, but I won't get in a fight about...
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    Ascetic X replied to the thread The Lords Prayer.
    When I was a teenager, I attended a Mennonite church, where I got baptized. I was invited to act as a pastor and preach a sermon of my...
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    Ascetic X reacted to David Lamb's post in the thread The Lords Prayer with Like Like.
    Certainly. God doesn't have a special way of dealing with Christians who are Israelites by birth, requiring them, but not Christians...
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