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First it is not a tiny sect. Second, you associated "Presbyterianism" with my wife, drawing her into this conversation. Third, "this tiny sect" is the "sect" of Presbyterianism that she was involved in commonly known as the "Bible Presbyterian Church," in America and throughout the world. So...

No, I don't find any moral obligation to keep the Sabbath day. It raises too many questions. What does it mean "to keep the Sabbath Day"? If one follows the OT injunctions, as some Messianic Jews do to this day, they would not drive their cars, use electricity, natural gas, gasoline, etc. They...

Then the law had to be broken, for it was a law of man and not of God. They were to leave their false religion of Judaism and follow Christ. They no longer would be Israelites but rather followers of Christ. At first they would be called people of that "Way," and then later "Christians." This...

Why Anders? Who is he? And why do you think he is more authoritative than the Bible itself? Please do this one thing for me. Here is a link for you: http://www.equip.org/article/a-defense-of-sola-scriptura/ In this site, Christian apologist Norman Geisler gives a defense for sola scriptura. I...

And do you agree with this Presbyterian statement of faith since you are the one castigating them: http://www.freepresbyterian.org/beliefs/

I stand corrected. :) "Older" English then. We don't speak Shakespearean or Elizabethean English either. Our KJV was written over 400 years ago, and I just don't hear people speaking like that any more.

Thanks Martin, As an aside, my wife's previous association (she is a fundamental Baptist now) with Presbyterianism was loosely associated with church whose statement of faith is posted here: http://www.freepresbyterian.org/beliefs/ Note the one article of faith: Realizing that bitter...

Many of the Baptists on this Board are of the Reformed Baptists or Calvinists. Most of them adhere to the Westminster Confession of Faith. They can explain something they have studied far better than I have hardly read. You should ask them. But this one thing I know: There is not a single...

Not big enough to believe in superstitions, Nor to go against his own truths as stated in the Word of God, Nor to agree with the traditions of men as stated in man's own Creeds whether right or wrong. Nor to go against anything that is against his nature, His Word, or His promises. He could...

And this is the crux of the matter. First, early believers did not change anything that Christ and the apostles had already taught them. Second, Reformers protested against the corruption of the RCC. Remember Luther's testimony of what he saw in Rome, and then his 95 theses? Third, there is...

It is all in vain Bob. You won't find a command in the Bible that commands the NT believer to keep the Sabbath. It is not there. You can make your typical appeals to Moody, Spurgeon, and others until the sun goes down and cows come home, but you won't find that one single command for the NT...

There is no church in the OT. There will only be a universal church when believers assemble in heaven. Until then we can only assemble in local churches. The word for church is ekklesia, or assembly. It is impossible to have an unassembled assembly. Thus all assemblies or congregations are local...

I have already given you some statements such as Isaiah 8:20; 2Pet.1:20,21; 2Tim.2:15; John 5:39; Acts 17:11, etc. The problem is, you make a statement unverifiable by scripture, history, or any other authority. Your statement: It does not make sense. As applied to the RCC it is totally...

Again, just because there were heretics at that time doesn't mean sound biblical doctrine couldn't survive without a Council. This is simply an assumption on your part. Even the Jews of Christ's day knew of Christ's miraculous birth. They refer to it in John 8, although in a veiled and and in a...

I see you are trying to keep me focused on the trinity. I will try to do that. Hindsight is usually better than foresight. But in this case we don't know. Constantine never became a Christian in the first place. There is no evidence in history to say that if said Council never took place that...

We tend to move fast around here. :), at least some of the time.

It is called the priesthood of the believer. It also fits in with the other distinctive so important to us that the Bible is our only rule of faith and practice. Thus God has given each person with a relationship with Christ the Holy Spirit that gives him light to understand the Bible. There is...

One can see that the "trinity" that is, the word, not the doctrine, is not relevant. Christ, the apostles, and the early Christians did not speak English. The Word came from Latin. It was an early doctrine that existed before the RCC by other terminology. Of course it would not be in the Greek...

First, the point is not that everyone "can." Everyone does, and they can't help themselves. They will sin. There is nothing they can do about it. What does the Scripture say: Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; --No one is excluded. Jeremiah 13:23 Can the...

At the time of the Ascension there were 120 disciples praying. The next day was Pentecost. 3,000 were saved. This was not “The Church,” but a church, a local church in Jerusalem. It would be one of many, but it was the first. “But over time as the churches grew, confusion and disagreement worked...