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If he were older and had been married in the past (I.E., widower), this would not be an issue. If he were a "Whippersnapper" fresh out of Bible College, I would say that he is not yet qualified due to so much of the qualifications for the "Office of a Bishop" being connected with one's...

If I were at my church and took this call, I would be like this pastor telling her to meet me at the church and if she had a legitimate need, I would pay for the baby formula out of my own pocket! I would not be happy to find out she was just calling in order to "See" if I was willing to help...

Yeah, I'm aware of that! Rabid Anti-Calvies love to jump on Augustine's seminal view and blow their gaskets over "Unbaptized babies burning in hell" Most reformed folk hold to Federalism (as do I) and many (such as myself, the good Baptist that I am) don't believe in baptizing babies at all...

You kinda piqued my interest here! I cannot read a lick of Arabic but I do know that it reads "right to left" as does Hebrew. With such being the case, wouldn't your Arabic text be "right Justified" rather than left?

I do not know enough of Islam or the Qu'ran in order to respond here but I would ask this: Does Islam teach the "Simplicity" of God, That God is not composed of parts? Does Islam believe in and teach the "Immensity" and "Infinity" of God? That God is infinite in his being and equally present...

Reformed folk just LOOOOOOVE Augustine! That is, ..............until they read what he actually believed and taught!:oops: Same with ol' "Thomie Boy" too!:cool:

Matt Slick is the founder of Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry or CARM for short. He is someone who will typically come up on a Google Search whenever you are doing research or looking up theological information or whatever. Why should we care? I guess we should care when someone has...

Thank you for the clarification. Hagee certainly is a loon but I was thinking of mainstream Dispies who would also consider Hagee as being a few bricks short of a full load! As Ransom stated, there are some Dispies who believe the Temple will be in operation during the millennium as a...

Yes, you do have some real whack-a-do "Dice it, Slice it" dispies (especially the dry-erase marker sniffers) out there who insist that many of the New Testament books are not suitable for formulating doctrine for the "Church age." I was exposed to a good bit of this during my early IFB days as...

This is where I must push back! I am no dispensationalist but what credible dispensationalist can you point to that actually believes this? Pretty much all I know of (including myself back when I was a Dispy) see Christ's coming as the coming of Messiah of whom the Jews largely rejected. I...

I was thinking there was a "Third Temple" built after the Maccabean Revolt but it was more a renovation and "Building Expansion" by Herod of which was recently completed during Jesus's day when he declared that "One stone shall not be left upon another" in Mt 24. I know that the...

I am growing more and more "Fluid" in my eschatology these days. Where exactly in the scriptures does it speak of a "restored temple" fashioned after the one that was destroyed in 70 AD? Did Jesus ever make mention of such? Was the "Abomination of Desolation" prophesied for this 'restored'...

And how is the "buzzard count" these days in the valley of Megiddo?

We haven't even begun to scratch the surface regarding our understanding of everything God has revealed to us of himself through the written scriptures. The sum total of everything God has revealed to us in his scriptures is a mere drop in the bucket concerning his wonder and glory that shall be...

I am not sure of the context of your thoughts here but I will run with mine nonetheless. I think we should look at that passage "not greedy of filthy lucre" (1 Tim 3:3) and recognize that one of the desirable characteristics of a good pastor is that he cannot be bought! He is to be faithful to...

Three distinct persons - one essence The Father is God - Singular The Son is God - Singular The Holy Spirit is God - Singular The Father is not the Son The Son is not the Father The Father is not the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit is not the Father The Son is not the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit...

That is the big problem here. You think just "Changing Religions" has to do with intellectual persuasion and mental assent. To become a Christian - a real one (not just in the cultural sense) - requires a spiritual rebirth. Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. I will...

I would think that such a church would have difficulty calling such pastor but if they did, I am certain such a pastor would have no intention of keeping the church at such a level. I believe good Bible expositors are worth their weight in gold especially of they are pushing back against the...

A salary on par with that of those in his congregation seems fair. One should also take into account what he may have sacrificed in order to get a decent Seminary education so he could be adequately equipped for the job at hand? Seminary degrees are not cheap and they require a significant...