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My philosophy is "their house, their rules", so I am respectful of the "house rules" wherever I go [irrespective of whether I agree or disagree]. That applies to visiting a church while out of town, or participating on a FORUM. So if THEY have an "open table" and I am personally comfortable...

The Lord’s Supper: who should partake?

from Understanding Baptism (SBC Life) Christian Ordinances … or Church Ordinances? In the Baptist Faith and Message we state that baptism and the Lord's Supper are both Christian ordinances and church ordinances, exercised under the authority of the local church by those whom each church...

When you sit down with your family to have supper, you do not expect the next door neighbor to walk in and sit down at your table and start eating. That is not because you are judging the man that lives next door to be a bad husband and father, but it is because the man that lives next door is...

Does a person go off alone to be baptized in private as a special moment between just them and God (like a prayer closet) or is it an act performed before the entire Church community acknowledging the arrival of a new member into the Church family? Church is collective, not individual. God...

Sort of … is not “communion” an act taken by and for the “community”? Does Paul not speak of it as something done when we (the Body) gathers together? Were the letters that discuss the subject not written to the local Church (body of believers) collectively? If so, then it is not unreasonable...

Santa has a "Neo-Reformed Beard" ;)

If western Canada breaks off and forms a new country, I wonder if they are looking for Commercial Architects/Land Planners to immigrate? My country seems determined to “jump the shark”.

Those who murder in the name of Christ have misunderstood the clear message of Jesus. Those who murder in the name of Allah have correctly understood the clear message of Mohammad. You are foolish to draw equivalence between the "Lord God" and the "god of this world". 2 Timothy 3:1-9 [NIV] 1...

So answer my questions about that ... when a Muslim murdered people at a music festival because God commanded it ... was that the same God as the atheist and Christian? A simple YES or NO (as Joe requested). [You have 2000 years of Christian thinkers to fall back on ... I only have the "word of...

I am prepared to entertain the very real possibility that a Catholic offering prayers to an icon of Mary and a Muslim offering prayers to the "Allah" that Mohamed invented in the Quran are both praying to the same "god", however, that god is not Jesus Christ ... the One True God incarnate ...

"Appeal to authority" fallacy. Hinduism predates Christianity by more than a thousand yeas, so they must be correct and we must be wrong according to your argument.

I have invested 40 of my 60+ years examining the existence and nature of God … and what He asks of us. So, there is nothing “hasty” in my conclusions. The Apostles John and Paul were also highly intelligent people who have explained the answer to these questions and I place more faith in the...

The first question is a logical fallacy (“excluded middle” or “false dichotomy”) that assumes a binary “YES/NO” answer exists when one does not. There is only one GOD, however, the question of “What is worship?” is more subtle and complex. As I asked, when an Israelite offered their child in...

That’s not a real beard, that’s one of those “sissy beards”. ;)

I agree. My comment was more a commentary on the first video in the OP where a man named Joe asked a “yes/no” question that cannot be answered with a simple “yes” or “no”, then quotes Christian leaders offering honest answers that Joe mocks for not being a simple Yes or No.

Paul said no such thing, read it again and read ALL the words, not just the words you like. Is "worship in ignorance" actual "worship"? What does Paul say about their worship and God's "need" for anything? Is God really just another "UNKNOWN GOD" among the pantheon they worshiped? You assume...

You have a low opinion of the truth of God. :(

Matthew 12:33-37 [NKJV] "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by [its] fruit. Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good...

Acts 17:22-31 [NASB] 22 So Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects. 23 "For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.'...