Recent content by Ekklesian

What He said was not one little letter of the law or the prophets would pass away--not one--till all be fulfilled.

So you agree that And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee is fulfilled in Christ and His chosen people, the church, the Christians, and not of racial or national Israel? Welcome to the Reformed doctrine. It's only a small and logical step to Amillennialism. ;)

They are the nations...the goyim...which, incidentally, includes the descendants of Abraham, because when God called him, he was uncircumcised.

To the father of faith ( in Christ ).

...and the utter irrelevance the passages cited have to the pastorate.

They crossed over when they allowed gay leaders.

Genesis 12:3 Is this about the Jews, or about Christianity?

I do take issue with Zionism, though. It is a tenant of Judaism and makes its boast in the law, and the darkness of the Old Dispensation and the assertion that Messiah has not yet come. In short, Zionism makes Jesus a liar.

You conspiracy theorist you! ;)

Architecture is one of the classical fine arts.

Perhaps in respect to this conversation I am.

It's hard to deny attempting a coup against God's authority when you come right out and say your wishes don't align with His, and you think you're a more appropriate candidate for justification than others, because your sins aren't as bad as theirs in your eyes.

And I would expect nothing less of self-righteousness. Certainly. You're judging the egregiousness of a sin primarily by the physical attributes of the perp and the victim. And that's fine for meting out justice in the earth. But it's quite another thing to place yourself on God's throne and...

That's because you judge by the outer appearance and are obviously plagued with a streak of self-righteousness.