Recent content by theophilus

Ezekiel 36 is telling what will happen to the nation of Israel when Christ returns and they finally acknowledge that he is their Messiah.  It isn't speaking of the individual rebirth we experience today when we believe in Christ. During the present age regeneration and the baptism of the Holy...

Shim was planning to shut down his forum but now I think he is considering a way of reducing the expense of running it instead.  I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens, and pray that God's will be done.  I hope he is able to keep his forum going.

This is certainly a surprise.  I just logged in for the first time in several months and found that you had joined today.  It has been a long time since we were on the same forum.    :)

In the controversy about same sex marriage there is one group whose views have received almost no publicity.  There are gays who believe the Bible and agree with its teaching that marriage is only between a man and a woman.  Some of them have started a blog to publicize their views...

The town council of Greece, New York, opens its meetings with prayer.  Recently two residents of the town filed a lawsuit to end this practice and the case eventually reached the Supreme Court.  Here is the Court’s decision as reported by Fox News. At first glance this seems to be the kind...

Scientific data alone can't tell us the age of the earth.  We need historical information as well.  For example, one method scientists use is radiometric dating.  Radioactive elements break down and form other elements; one example is uranium breaking down to become lead.  The rate of the...

The earth is not young.  It is over 6,000 years old!

Did they really fulfill it?  Jesus told them to go into all the world.  Did any of the apostles go to America? The last part of the commission was "teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you."  That includes the command that he was just giving to them.  The commission applies to us...

Why should we study the Bible?  Second Timothy 3:16 gives us four reasons. {insert link to original article here}

It is easy to see the reason for many of the commands God gives but there are others that don’t seem to make any sense.  For example, what about this one? What difference can it possibly make what our clothes are made of? There is another place in the Bible where wool and linen are...

I will pray that you find a place to live.  I've been praying that you find a job and God has answered that prayer.  That encourages me to believe that he will answer this prayer too. 

I used the plural, relationships, in the title because God is a trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and Christians are related to each of these in a different way.  Ephesians 5:22 to 6:9 gives instructions regarding three kinds of human relationship which also serve as illustrations of our...

Philippians 3:20 says of Christians, When someone is naturalized as a citizen of a country he gives up whatever citizenship he previously had and no longer has any allegiance to his former country. So does this mean that when we became Christians we gave up our citizenship in our earthly...

Two brothers named Bob and Bill decided to get medical examinations.  Neither was aware of any health problems; they simply wanted to make sure there was nothing wrong with them. Bob went to Dr. Smith.  When his test results came back the doctor discovered he was suffering from a fatal...

I agree and I thought I made that clear in the last part of my post.  I pointed out that a model elephant would only show the blind men what an elephant looked like but Jesus has the power to transform us so we can actually know God.