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how conservative or liberal are you? Considerably.

Why Italy? Why Spain? Nothing to do with Columbus, I'm sure.

Grayson County Community College, A.S. University of Texas at Dallas, B.S., Mathematical Sciences--Statistics Option

Do you really want to know?

Make plain what you're saying-- does God still 'rest' every sabbath?-- Yes or No.

Do you not know THAT is past tense?

I asked the question in present tense. And where was that? In the area known as the "fertile crescent," perhaps?

If God observes a sabbath, what is his time zone?

"Context!" is what everyone shouts who wants to say, "this passage doesn't mean what it says, but what I say it says!" Romans 14:5-6 and Colosians 2:16 are definitely 2 of such passages where the language is too clear to be true... or so says Pope Hobie and one or two others.

Is that true of Paul for arguing there is now no need of circumcision of the flesh?

God says each man is to be persuaded in his own mind whether to regard one day above another or not so [Romans 14:5-6], and that no one is to be the judge over ceremonies or new moons or sabbath days [Colossians 2:16]. Yet the Roman church has traditionally enforced one day above another. Will...

How does the recent performance of the financial markets affect 'tithing?' If you've lost tens of thousands in your IRA's and 401K's, does that have anything to do with tithing (assuming you're not retired)? The answer should be No, as it's not income until you draw it out, and presumably you...

It would seem you definitely should get one. Why would you dare to wear a plain, nice suit when you could go formal before God? In the meantime, you better wear the very best of the suits you have, or you ain't giving him your very best! And be sure it's cleaned every week, too!

Do you wear a tuxedo to church? Did you to your wedding (if you had one), or as part of the wedding party? If you did, are you giving greater respect to the couple than to God? Besides, if anyone has a tuxedo and does not wear it to church, is he holding back from giving his very best to the...

I don't know any scriptural instructions about how one dresses for church other than the already-referenced James 2 passage, which warns against showing favoritism toward someone who does dress up. So the answer-- scripturally-- is No. As for the correlation between dressing "up," or "nice,"...

Our church has now officially declared that we will have an "online only" service this week. I will probably be in the Dairy Queen with my morning coffee, as usual for every day day except Sunday, trying to get it on my phone. If I can't, I'll just work my sudoku puzzles. Ain't this biblical?

Their view of eschatology is that prophecy is entirely symbolic-- there is no rapture, no millennial kingdom, no third temple-- because the Kingdom means the churches of Christ and the temple is that body. Meanwhile, they want to make the point so strongly that the first churches were C of C's...

That was done in the early church. Romans 16:3-5