Recent content by Deacon

A key Protestant doctrine is the perspicuity or clarity of Scripture meaning that the Bible's main message is clear and understandable. A person is not put in the position of denying the whole by the uncertainty of some variant words. Just as there have been countless interpretational...

The habit of adding modern concepts into Scripture is very common. It's something we should guard against. While an argument can be made that cremation "promulgates violence against the human body", the point cannot be biblically supported. Cremation while generally not the usual practice of...

So where exactly does the Bible say that what happens after I die effects my eternal security?

“Then Joseph fell on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him. And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him...

Praying for your wife too. Yep, the week of chemo is rough. I usually only share the happy pictures... some of the others are hard to see. My wife is there this week to help out. Rob

The insurance companies backed off their threat to withhold the oral chemo. PTL, thanks for your prayers. Kylie will have her next round of IV chemo at Children's Hospital in Pittsburg today, followed by 5 days of the oral chemo at home. Rob

I mentioned Acts 7 for two reasons, 1) because you mentioned Stephen's burial in the OP (Acts 8:2) 2) because John Walton mentioned Acts 7 in support an interpretational observation. Walton's observations relate to our own cultural assumptions which may cloud a proper interpretation...

TRUE: The passage is describing a historical event that reveals what godly NT believers did with their own who died. TRUE: The Spirit has inspired that revelation for our profit (2 Tim. 3:16-17). TRUE: The Spirit never commends cremation in any way. Also true - The passage in no way expresses...

You've brought a meaning into the passage that was not intended. The passage is describing an historical event. When people died in NT times, a common practice was that they were placed in a catacomb, a place where over the course of a year, the flesh decayed. After a year or so, a family...

I guess the phrase, Better Late Than Never applies here. Major League Baseball on Tuesday lifted a permanent ban on the legendary player Pete Rose, making him eligible to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. {Justthenews.com link} Rob

The claim is that 1 in 6 children have "food insecurity." The programs ideals: 1) Children are better able to learn when they are not hungry 2) The program would eliminate the stigma of poverty among those receiving food from the state 3) It would reduce the grocery costs for families of...

According to atheistic activists, taking the phrase “under God” out of the pledge makes it more inclusive for the wide ranging beliefs of the people in our country. Atheists and polytheists (Hindus) could recite the pledge without a problem. HOWEVER, what are they going to do with the...

Were I attend church we have the chance to participate in a food co-op program and can purchase food items of almost any type for about 10 cents on the dollar. During the last year the church here was recognized as one of the top two providers to the needy in our area. Members (then attenders...