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Again, not a valid comparison, because of the meaning in Matthew of "Kingdom of Heaven."

As I said, it's not correct to include "Kingdom of Heaven" in the study, because that was Matthew's way of referring to what the other Gospels called "Kingdom of God," and it was referring not to the place called Heaven, but the influence of God on earth. This is helpful.

It's not a myth to me. I did my own study on the subject. That phrase in Matthew is simply the Matthaen version of "Kingdom of God," designed to help the Jews understand "Kingdom of God." It rarely if ever actually refers to Heaven in Matthew. Not exactly fair to throw in "General Mentions."...

Here is what many mistake in their doctrine of eternal Heaven and Hell. When you go to Heaven you lose your sin nature. But other than that, you have the same soul you had on Earth. You are the same person. You do not suddenly have a different personality. Hell is the same. When a lost...

Along that line, Hell is not for believers only. In fact, Jesus taught, "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matt. 25:41). If Hell was not created for humans, but for demons, how is it not...

Very sadly, yes. If you have not heard it said, it is absolutely true that Jesus talked more about Hell than Heaven. His word for Hell was Gehenna. That was a word for the permanently burning dump outside of Jerusalem where the garbage and the dead bodies of poor people were flung. Here is the...

Go back and look. The verse was in 2 Corinthians, not Romans. The Romans passage was about the Great White Throne Judgment, not the Judgment Seat of Christ. P. S. Thanks for the passage. It basically proves my point: " the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;" That...

Funny. You are using sarcasm here, but you didn't recognize my sarcasm. :( (Please call me not great. Only God is.) Of course, the Judgment Seat of Christ for believers, not unbelievers, since this was written to a church. And your point is???

I see, so you believe in a works salvation, don't you? As for salvation through the proclamation of Christ, I invite you to interact with the Romans 10 passage above. Rom. 1:20 "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that...

I'm glad to have this recommendation. I suppose I was thinking of events under the previous leadership. As the founder of Tennessee Temple U., Lee Roberson, used to say, "Everything rises and falls on leadership." For a fully accredited Baptist U. I recommend Maranatha Baptist U. in Watertown...

Revelation 20: 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead...

Romans 10 covers this subject perfectly: 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how...

Florida Bob Gray is dead and his legacy very tarnished. Texas Bob Gray, after reading his book, has tied himself completely to the memory of Hyles, judging from his book. I'll stick with Jesus and John R. Rice, myself. :) Sad to think that they don't uphold the founder's legacy. They have kept...

Rom. 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." I was talking about missionaries. If you don't like that I was a missionary, it doesn't bother me in the slightest. So let's...

On the other hand, according to your doctrine we should never give the Gospel to anyone, because if they did not know it before, they would have gone to Heaven. However, when they understand the Gospel through our witness, they are now headed for Hell. So according to your doctrine my life was...

Add to that 3000 languages which still do not have a single verse of the Word of God in the language.

I've noted the same thing. Had some good friends in Japan from the early days of the college. On the other hand, an HAC grad missionary to the military in Germany, who was a good friend, decided to support my ministry so he sent me a 7 page questionnaire. When I saw it I knew the friendship was...

I wrote in my biography of John R. Rice that Hyles himself had those 100% buttons made, but later learned it was actually Bob Gray of Texas from his book, When Principle Was King: The Life Principles of Dr. Jack Hyles. Hyles could not have a more loyal acolyte than Gray! Both Hyles and Smith...

Only God can judge, and I think he was born again, but the fame of building large churches, a college and all that, got to him and made him proud. Then when John R. Rice died and he was free to go his own way, he went off the rails. When Rice was sick and nearing Heaven, Hyles got in trouble...

Good plan for your trips to the Philippines. Guitars are tailor made for the mission field! I took a Conn classical guitar to Japan in 1981--made in Japan! Loved it, but when I took it in for repairs once they were astonished. Didn't know Conn ever made guitars! My classical guitar here is a...