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So from that, it seems I wasn't mistaken after all. The fact that angels serve Christians does not make them "cosmic waiters", ready to take orders from us.

Sorry, I seem to have misunderstood. I really thought you were saying that angels take our orders. It seems you meant that waiters do that, so I humboly apologise

I was replying to you, not Anthony. Anthony had written: You replied: "Yes it does. “ May I take or orders “ is the first thing they say." Therefore I replied that nowhere in Scripture do we read that we are to give orders to angels.

I agree about the word "Trinity." However, the teaching or doctrine embodied in the word "Trinity" certainly is in Scripture. The idea that human beings should give orders to angels is not (as far as I know) found anywhere in the Bible. Yes, I do believe that angels are sent forth by God to...

Where, in the Bible, do we read of any angel appearing to somebody, and opening what they say with words like, "May I take your orders?" Just a few examples, in which I have highlighted the angel's first words: (Luk 1:11-13 NKJV) Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the...

I am certain Martin did not mean that someone can be born again and then reject the gospel.

I think we need to be careful here, because elsewhere in the psalms we read: (Psa 148:7-10 NKJV) Praise the LORD from the earth, You great sea creatures and all the depths; Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word; Mountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars...

Thanks. I thought that what you wrote before, "New Zealand Baptist churches also part of the UK Baptist union." didn't seem correct.

I didn't mention any UK Baptist union. I linked to a website of a group called "United Baptists", but that is in the United States. Their site says: " "The United Baptists are predominately small groups of churches and associations found largely in the southern U.S. " Here in the UK there is...

Steve Chalke was the person who described the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement as "cosmic child abuse." Eleonore Stump has similar views. In her book Atonement, she re-examines Christ’s sacrifice, moving away from harsh retributive models of punishment. Instead, she emphasizes...

My prayers assured, Tony. My dear wife Jean went to glory in February this year. Although I do of course miss her very much, she had become so ill with multiple sclerosis (MS) that towards the end, she was totally bedridden and unable to do anything for herself, so it was a merciful release...

The impression I have, not only from the site I linked to, is that the early General Baptists almost died out because of the f8all into Unitarianism. Have we got any history buffs here who know for certain?

That may well be true. Certainly that doesn't mean that all Particular Baptists are/were Hyer-Calvinists.

Yes, and I think I am correct in saying that most of those early General Baptists were led astray into Unitarianism. Perhaps somebody who knows history better than I do could confirm or deny this. I found this website The Future of Baptist Theology with a Look at Its Past which includes the...

Indeed. Here in the UK, at one time, most Baptists believed the doctrines of Grace. The 1646 and 1689 London Baptist Confessions of Faith reflect that. Nowadays, the majority of Baptist churches in the UK are part of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the very...

Agreed. I have never heard of such a thing, probably because I am in the UK. We do have Baptist churches that get involved in planting a new church, but once that new church has its own elders and deacons, then it too becomes an autonomus Baptist church. Thanks.

Although individual Baptist churches differ from one another on some things, all Baptist hold to certain distinctive beliefs, including: 1. The Bible as the final authority in all matters of faith and practice. 2. Baptism as an ordinance for believers. 3. The autonomy, under God, of the local...

I find it a false argument to say that because light from stars, novae, etc. takes so long to reach earth, therefore the earth must be at least as old as the time light would take to reach us from the farthest stars we can see. God's stated purpose for creating sun, moon and stars is stated in...

Those Christians I know who believe the doctrines of grace don't view sin lightly. They realise that sin is so serious that God sent His Son to take on human flesh, and to die in order to save sinners.

I doubt that pay would have been his concern. This website: https://judsoncollege.com/for-the-cause-of-christ-a-biography-of-adoniram-judson/ says of Judson: "He sacrificed everything for the cause of Christ, influencing modern missions with a legacy marked by great sacrifice." About the...