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Actually, it is not a Baptist belief. I just this week taught the Baptist distinctives to one person, and then discussed them with another person. What one believes about Lucifer and Satan has absolutely nothing to do with Baptist doctrine. I've taught Baptist doctrine in two Japanese Bible...

I have no trouble saying the King of Babylon in his self glorification exactly describes the activities of Satan (called in English "Lucifer" in many contexts, following the KJV) when he fell. Charles Ryrie, as do many theologians and commentators, considered Lucifer ("Morning Star") in this...

Here is a list of US megachurches: List of megachurches in the United States - Wikipedia Many of these are Charismatic, which means they are doing great harm on the mission fields of the world. I have been to Africa to train nationals in Bible translation, and the Charismatics are all over the...

I was supported for my 33 years in Japan by a megachurch and then about 27 years by another. Not a single pastor or staff member from those churches visited our ministry in Japan. One pastor from a church of about 1000 did, but then he was my uncle. :) Many other individuals visited us, but not...

I completely disagree. Of course Gentiles were saved before then! There was even a name for them: proselyte. One such was "Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch" (Acts 6:3).

Tonight in our prayer meeting we had three missionaries which we support. One from S. Africa finishing up his furlough, one from Cameroon starting his (I've been there), and one from the Middle East who spoke and informed us about what is happening in Iran (which he knows intimately). I wonder...

When Jesus preached to 1000s it was technically mass evangelism, and certainly not a mega church. This is not to say I'm against mega churches, but they must: 1. Give the clear and certain Gospel of Christ. I know a mega church in our area where the Gospel is never given. I've talked to people...

We've gotten far away from the OP, but hey, we're having fun, aren't we? ;) I'm reading A Romance of Song and Soul Winning, the biography of Charles Alexander, by Helen Alexander and J. Kennedy MacLean. Alexander was the song leader for J. Wilbur Chapman and the founder of the Pocket Testament...

I'm with you on that. Even after Obama the Democratic party has gotten more radical--think "crazy"! Yeah, we always rented, though I had a missionary friend who bought a home. It's complicated. For one thing you have to have a permanent resident visa, hard to get, before you can get a loan...

Just in passing, Robert Heinlein's classic SF book, Starship Troopers, only military veterans were allowed to be citizens! (BTW, don't watch the movie. It's absolutely awful, and massacres the story line of the book.)

Very correct. While in Japan for 33 years, I had to carry an "Alien Registration" ID wherever I went, and the police were empowered to ask me for that ID at any time or place. Our missionary visa had to be renewed promptly every 3 years, or we would be shipped back to the US. And you'd better...

I apologize for seeming to ascribe a position to you. I was trying a technique to get an answer, not to ascribe anything. So I phrased it that way. And we're all busy. :Coffee I know I am. Had three visa issues presented to me as the PDSO (in charge of such things) of our college. God bless...

My impression was that you emphasized the English over the languages on the mission fields of the world. There is nothing sacred or special about the English language. I often think and write in Japanese (also not a special language), and this morning I taught a Japanese lady in that language...

I've heard that there is an effort to revise the Union Version to fit the texts of the KJV.

I've heard that there is a project underway, but I have no details.

Do you actually think people in Japan can read the Bible in English, and don't need their own translation? And I am positive that I did not witness that God is "done with" the Bible in the original languages. You are completely wrong. The book of John, for example, is a tract to lead people to...

I wish I could have been there with you! I haven't been back to Japan in 11 years, but Brother S., a former Japanese CEO now called to preach, is planning to have me over to teach in his proposed Bible college, perhaps next year. :)

The problem with this theory is that "Holy Ghost" (89 verses) is much more common in the Bible than "Holy Spirit" (just 7 verses). Also, "Holy Ghost" occurs from Matthew to Jude, suggesting that it was a normal translation choice for the KJV translators. (Neither term occurs in Revelation.) On...