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Hmmm...a number of inaccuracies in the thread thus far. First off, I wouldn't trust much that comes from the pages of the Daily Heil; it's notorious for extremely biased reporting (not that other papers don't do that of course, but the Mail is infamous for this). Secondly, with a...

Er...I think most fundamentalists would take issue with you on that one!! Wot no miracles then? Jairus' daughter wasn't really dead but was just in a coma? The feeding of the 5000 came about because the crowd (some of whom secretly did have food on them but were unwilling to share it) were...

Forgive me, but you may well be conflating 'most evangelical circles' with 'here' on that one. It's a fairly widespread belief amongst Catholic, Anglican and some evangelical scholars. Oh, I don't know; Augustus, the first Roman Emperor lived until 78, and Tiberius his successor until 79, and...

Yep, let's stoop to the level of our enemies:rolleyes:

So be it. I don't have a problem with that. And while they're at it they can investigate our government's involvement.

I'm observing Lent: giving up alcohol, caffeinated coffee (massive headache with the latter last Thursday), plus we as a family are participating in Tearfund's carbon fast

:thumbs: Good to see Christians standing up for justice in the US!

Thanks, Jim; will check it out!

This is only a problem if one believes that the entire corpus of Johannine NT literature was written by the one John, the Apostle. Many scholars believe, for example, that whilst the Gospel and 1 John were written by the same guy, 2 & 3 John were written by John the Presbyter, and jury's out as...

No joke - Polycarp, Ignatius and Papias were.

Pretty much every day. It's fairly difficult with two children under 5 but I normally manage to snatch about 10 minutes or so each morning while Mrs B is in the shower and the kids are downstairs. I then meditate on the Scripture whilst I'm in the shower (well, in theory!). As to...

Threads like this make me very thankful that we have the NHS (and you don't often hear me say that!). I can turn up at our local ER and the only reason the hospital staff might want to see my credit card is to identify who I am if I'm unconscious.

Folks, we have to remember that it is just an allegory, not sound theology. I remember similar problems the best part of 20 years ago with Frank Peretti's books; many Christians found them inspiring but problems arose when some started treating them as the source of part at least of their theology.

Except that you belief system has to be molded by something in addition to Scripture, otherwise you would be in full agreement with everyone else who claims to be sola Scriptura. No, because you haven't been discipled by one of the Apostles or ann immediate successor of theirs. (I'm sure it...

I know quite a few. They're Christians who want to believe in an omnipotent, but all-loving God. As I said, I can see the attraction, even if I believe they're mistaken. There seem to be three main types of Reformed Christians: 1. Predestinarian with Particular Atonement: ie: God can save...

How come you've got such good savings rates after the Fed's cut the base rate to as good as zero? Our base rate here is 1% and you're lucky if you can get a savings account which gives you 0.1% interest, so nobody's saving here.

Is he a Calvinist Universalist? Whilst I disagree with that soteriology, I can kind of understand how those who hold to TULIP Calvinism and struggle to reconcile that with a loving merciful God can end up going Universalist. Not saying I agree with then logic, but I can understand it.

Time does not permit, but just two points to pick up on from your post: 1. As an Anglican I don't regard the threefold ministry of bishop, presbyter and deacon as being 'wrong teaching' (surprise, surprise!), so I don't particularly have a need to try to prove that this was 'leaven' creeping...

Nay, brother, tis a shambles!

Within 10 years or so, so not "well after". Though Polycarp in his letter (to the Philippian church) cites Ignatius with approval: he refers to Ignatius as 'blessed' (v.9) and refers to Ignatius' letters as being full of "faith and endurance and every kind of edification which pertains to the...