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Still think some of the greatest Gospel singing ever heard was from Elvis

My church for awhile had 4 different worship leaders, and one had Sunday church hymnals, another Contemporary, another classic, and last Sunday was Youth take over, so Christian rock. Pastors just stated if you have a preference and conviction, just show up at the style you like, and let others...

Now there was 'real" instant of that in Bible when Jesus stated to them that he was I Am, but He is God

There are also very dubious things such as Holy laughter, barking as dogs, jumping pews, doing "jericho" marches around inside of the building etc

Think he is referring to Rapture and Second Coming as held in Dispy pretrib teaching

This topic reminded me of the fact that years ago was friends with a local Christian book dealer, who was a church of Christ elder, and every week he would get some elders of fellow church of Christ come into his store and get him in a corner and ask if he and his church had yet repented about...

have seen it on TV, and its a sham, as its combo of mass hysteria, group pressure, and at times demonic forces

When Wright stated that water baptism is the entry way into salvation, that God will judge our good works to see if merit still having salvation, and that Reformers totally misunderstood Paul theology and he has the true way, marks him out as a false teacher on this issue

Good works are evidence/fruit of are now saved, but NOT part of causing that to happen

Wright seems to be wanting to get us back to "mother Church Rome"

Acts 20:21 I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus

Ties into eternal rewards based upon quality of good works NOTHING to do about eternal life itself

neither that passage not Acts 2:38 states at all that water baptism saves us, as Peter very clear to link that Baptism being the turning and trusting in Jesus as being our savior and Lord what saves us period

When NT Wright stated dogmatically that we have totally misunderstood paul since and during the reformation, and he now will correct us, that shows you that its very bogus, and when he stated that water baptism is the entry way into salvation, and that God will use our good works to see if can...

Basically its a 'biblical" attempt to not believe in the doctrine of Pauline Justication

was talking to the father, as he was the Son tasting physical death there

Galatians 5:24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus (the Messiah) have crucified the flesh (the godless human nature) with its passions and appetites and desires. IF we no longer had our old sin nature, as some have held, why these commands then?

Think a lot of this depends on how one views worship i the Assembly, as in is it just as defined as allowed in bible alone, or it is it allowed if not excluded specifically? The Regulative Principle of Worship (RPW) is the Reformed doctrine stating that corporate worship is authorized and...

Yes, as we would see all saved as being under and part of the NC, but the OC still existed towards Israel, as it did bring material and physical blessings based upon obedience

Yes, as saved under the basis of the Cross of Christ, but the Old Covenant relationship was works based, in order to get physical and material blessings from yahweh