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Thank you, Brother. I usually try to consider audience relevance, especially when it comes to prophecy. However, I must confess that I had not considered audience relevance when it came to these "be baptized" verses. Guess I haven't shaken off all my former Dispensationalist views. Anyway...

There are so many examples from Scripture to show why baptism does not save us. What scriptures do these guys use to "prove" that baptism is required?

Paul is using the same language that we find in Psalms 63:4 and Psalms 141:2. I think the Jews and the early Christians were more expressive than modern Christians. I don't think this is a command to literally raise our hands in prayer or in worship. Having said that, I have always felt...

I believe essential, non-negotiable doctrines are: Monotheism (one God) Deity of Christ Jesus, God come in the flesh, born of the Virgin Mary Crucifixion, Death, Burial, and Bodily Resurrection of Christ Jesus Man fell from Grace in the Garden of Eden, and all people are born in sin...

Agreed. Weird doctrine. Thanks.

I am not familiar with this view. Do Modalists believe in the diety of Christ Jesus?

For me, the conversion to Reformed Theology (Calvinism) started when I studied the Reformation. I wanted to know what views Luther, Calvin, Knox, and the other Reformers held. This led me to Ligonier.org, where I read a lot of material from R.C. Sproul. As I came to understand the five...

Welcome to the forum, and congratulations on your recent marriage. May you and your wife have a lifetime of wedded bliss. You will find a lot of really good discussions here, and you may find some that just make you want to scratch your head. For the most part, the discussions are friendly...

I've never really thought about it, and don't want to become legalistic about this question. Addressing him as "Father" is just a form of respect. It's more like a title, as I would never refer to a priest as "Your Eminence" nor any other "intimate" title. Not so different from referring to...

I changed my views to that of Reformed Theology (aka Calvinism) a few years ago, but I still have trouble wrapping my mind around some concepts. Your explanation helps me understand the concepts of free will vs predestination. Thank you for expounding on regeneration vs the new birth. Still a...

Well said, good sir. I especially like your point that we are actually resident aliens. While Paul did appeal to his Roman citizenship, he primarily wrote about how we are to live as citizens of Heaven.

We are temporary residents of this world. It's a sinful world, so we are not "of the world" in that sense. Yet, we are residents and citizens of this world as long as we are on this side of Heaven. Our Heavenly citizenship should be the model for our earthly citizenship. How would you view...

You make a good point, Brother. Many will say that Jesus is Lord but He won't truly be their Lord. I should have said that we become citizens of Heaven when Jesus truly is our Lord. Still, my point was those who follow Christ are citizens of their country on Earth and we are citizens of Heaven.

We are automatically citizens of this world, and especially citizens of the country where we were born. We become citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven when we confess Jesus as Lord, effectively swearing allegiance to our Heavenly King. We are sojourners and exiles from the fleshly system, not...

While our citizenship is in Heaven, this world is our home until such time as either we pass from this world to Glory, or until His return. Romans 13 tells us that we are to obey civil authorities as good citizens. Jesus tells us we are to "occupy until I return" (Luke 19:13). While I look...

Not that I really care what you think, but why do you believe my views are un-Biblical? I suspect we have different views of what the Ecumenical movement entails. I am opposed to the extreme view of suggesting all religions are of equal value. On the other hand, I see no problem with unity...

I don't place much stock in your views or opinions, so I will not bother watching your video. Especially since you have such a negative view of David Barton, a man of God whom I highly regard.

David Barton was a guest speaker many times at a church I used to attend in the Dallas area. I've met him several times, and have always been very positively impressed with him. Yes, I knew that Barton got his degree from ORU. No problem. I don't pronounce Barton guilty by association by his...

Disclaimer - I did not watch the "Hidden Faith" video. Having said that, I wanted to point out that David Barton, founder of "Wallbuilders", has a couple of excellent video series where he teaches about the faith of our founding fathers. They are "The American Heritage Series" and "Building on...

In my view, it is not so much that Spiritual Israel has replaced physical Israel as that Spiritual Israel is the fulfillment of physical Israel. There has always been only one "people of God" - those of the household of faith.