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There is a "continuous action" sense in the Greek verbs that are present tense and active voice. In English translations (remember, English is a poor receptor language contrasted to Latin or Greek) the verb structure "I sin" or "I am sinning" is used. In Greek NT, this is often "I am sinning...

Since the actual Greek compilation used by the Anglicans is NOT available today, the KJVonly sect is obligated to rely on the English translation. Sadly, I do not know ANY who say the 1611 is perfect and use it. All I know use a later KJV (there are more than 100 various KJV out there) as the...

Great concern. Great God. Will pray.

Since there is no "law" to help make food choices (what/where to eat/drink) I would use the "wisdom" principle for making this sort of decision. I make my wise decisions on . . . What food is best choice? (healthy, not chemical-laden, over-processed, gmo, sugar-saturated) Where food should be...

I live in a Moravian community at The Marquardt in Watertown, Wisconsin. Sadly, Moravian Church left the evangelical zeal of John Hus (my home is on the corner of Hus and Comenius) and Count Zinzendorf and are now more liberal than typical Lutheran. I preached 5 times last year by invitation of...

Do they quote the KJV? All Mormons I know are KJV (and I pastored 33 years in strongly Mormon country in the West). Like any drama, they add dialog and thoughts as character development that are NOT verbatim in God's Word. Expected, since not all four Gospels combined are a full biography...

Mother had been saved as a teen in First Baptist church mission station (Samuel Moyer Gospel Lighthouse) in the poorest of the poor streets of Minneapolis. Dad was nothing but his mother had been Jewish (culture, not religion in Bohemia/Czech). Neighbors were all Irish or Polish Catholics and...

For 16 years in the last church we founded, I carried my AV1611 old Scofield Reference Bible to the pulpit. Why? When I was baptized (Easter 1958) I was given this type of Bible. When ordained 15 years later, that Bible was "worn out" so I replaced it with an identical. Now I still have one...

Just letting you know that if you want NON-Baptists to comment, then post in the "All" forums, not the Baptist-Only sections.

I always translated God's Word myself and printed the verse(s) in the bulletin so we could "be on the same page". For corporate reading, we used a hymnal with 100+ Scripture readings and 50 psalms (and 3 creeds). We could read in unison or responsively (varied weekly)

Funny!!

It is the function of the holy Spirit of God to give repentance and faith, regenerating and changing the dead will and fallen spirit (totally incapable of doing anything right like repenting and believing the Gospel) into a new creation! It takes the new birth by the Spirit. 100% HIS action on...

Great overview can be found at Christian Missionary Statstics Careful, focus on "evangelical" missionaries - those who teach/preach the real Gospel of God's grace alone. The stats of missionaries include at the cults like mormons, the Roman Catholic Jesuits, etc. THIS forum is for welcoming...

Anyone touting "free will" is sadly, eternally mistaken. Often "willingly" mistaken. Man is not God last time I checked, especially in regards to the soul's salvation. "If it's going to be, it's up to me", is the bumper sticker of hell. :( If anyone wants a discussion on the bondage of the...

A "one point" calvinist is an arminian deceiving himself. :rolleyes: Not sure what "one" point can be held while rejecting the other "four". Lots of good discussion on that forum if interested. Here is a simple thumbnail (NOT meant for discussion here) in lay terms about my salvation: Role of...