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Let's be perfectly honest here, organized religion of every form has been used to manipulate the masses pretty much since the beginning of time! The modern Roman Catholic papacy emerged due to the power vacuum that existed when the seat of the Roman Empire transitioned over to Constantinople...

And how do we know which "Traditions" are ordained of God and commanded of God's people to follow and which "Traditions" were fabricated by men and ought to be discarded?

If someone says they are "not saved," I tend to agree with them. Let me rephrase here: I believe it is proper to say that anyone trusting in their own works to save them are not saved. This is a blanket, doctrinal statement of fact and I believe that a believer cannot nor should he or she ever...

I know that the indwelling Holy Spirit is very much a distinction of New Testament believers. In the Old Testament, you had the "Shekinah Glory" presence of God in the temple and it was for this reason that OT Believers prayed toward this temple because they were praying towards the very...

I know that this is a policy of the BB and I agree that one should not do so in a deragotory, disrespectful, or confrontational manner but we need to give absolute clarity to the understanding of the gospel and what it entails! If someone believes or proclaims a false gospel, they ought to be...

Thank you for accurately stating the Roman Catholic position on the matter. You and I have gone a few rounds regarding this and this perfectly illustrates the key difference between you (a Roman Catholic) and myself (an Evangelical Baptist Protestant) is our understanding of the doctrine of...

There may be a priest or two who would declare that they are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, that their hope is Christ alone, and basis of their hope is found in the scriptures alone and to God alone, they will give the glory for their salvation. They would also declare that their...

I look at the reviews as well but often go straight to the "One-Star" reviews as they are the ones that truly tell the story or perhaps just plain hilarious! Regarding theology books, often the reviews turn into people disagreeing with the theology and turning into a theological argument -...

My seminary major is in Systematic Theology. We begin with Biblical Theology as the starting point. Biblical theology is understood from the perspective of the author and the prevailing culture whereas systematic theology examines how everything harmonizes together. Both have their uses.

If modern translators still used the word "conversation" to translate πολιτεύομαι in Phi 1:27, you would make a good point. However, this is simply not the case: Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. - NIV Above all, you must live as citizens of...

Regarding Phi 1:27, the underlying Greek word for "Conversation" (KJV) is πολιτεύομαι (poli-teu'-o-mai) meaning "to behave as a citizen" which is far more reaching than mere "words" one may use. It is easily understood in its context but the word "conversation" is not used in such a manner in...

An excessively critical spirit will prevent you from being part of any body of believers. Worse yet, it affects your family and everyone else who is looking to you for spiritual leadership! It is sinful behavior plain and simple! No church is perfect and you will never agree with everything but...

Seems that any Democrat who is truly moderate and separate from the radical leftist thinking is quickly given the left foot of disfellowship from the Democrat party. Just ask Alan Dershowitz, Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr., and John Fetterman! The Democratic Socialists have taken over the Democratic...

In many Baptist Churches you have the Deacons functioning more like elders by default because they do not have actual elders. Worse yet, you often have Deacons functioning as elders who are, truth be known, biblically illiterate!

The doctrine of immutability is a good thing to bring up in discussions such as this. The nature and character of God does not change between the Old and New Testament. God would not inspire Psalm 150 where we are instructed to "Praise him with stringed instruments" and to "Play skillfully with...

What is your point here and why the confrontational and argumentative tone? I do not doubt that anyone here disagrees with what you are saying. Based upon the scriptures you have cited, we perfectly understand the reason for using singing in our worship. The scriptures in the NT does not...

Jon and I may disagree on a few things but he seems rather level-headed and fair. Questioning someone's salvation or saying flat out "you are not saved" is a big no-no and the BB staff would likely have some words with you.;)

In all fairness, I do not think I have heard anyone on the "Critical Text" side say anything about a "Lost text being restored." Textual variants exist due to copying errors or whatever and one thing I appreciate regarding such work is that they have proven that the text is largely preserved...

Thank you for your clarification. It is my understanding that you take a Syriac-Byzantine priority of the original Greek texts? This is a vestige of my former KJV-Onlyism that I somewhat hold onto although it is not a hill upon which I would choose to die. It is my understanding of those on the...

You do raise some good points here among which I have heard as a staunch KJVO but still valid nonetheless I believe we ought to acknowledge that with a cultural and moral decline of a society, the quality of language declines as well. I think we can all agree that saying that the English...