brideofjc

NO TAKERS YET??? ALAS!

Well, I will still read my Bible to be sure. Universal truths insofar as the One True God has written for His followers to follow, i.e. "Wherefore put away lying and speak truth with your neighbor." There should be modern day writings and there probably are...but they will never be canonized, simply so that the modern day problems do not overshadow the originals of the Apostolic writings. I believe for sure that the Word of God is still being written, especially in your own life (if you are a born again, Holy Spirit filled Christian). Yes, they would be historical documents, but they were penned by the Holy Spirit, so they rate an AAA+++ in the Christian's life. So they would take more of a prominent place than just regular history.

Why read them? Hmmm.... Because they do contain UNIVERSAL TRUTHS. But the portions that are for the specific churches should be noted in your study of them. It doesn't mean that you cannot learn from the other church's problems, but to realize that perhaps they do not apply to you. For example, 1 Corinthians 11 and the issue of the veils. Outside of the RC orthodoxy that may perhaps still utilize veils...what church really uses veils today? Just one example. Can we learn from this? Oh yeah. In other words...if your church practices a particular thing...if you wish to belong...you will have to adopt that practice.

OOOOHHHHH... Are you sure it wasn't French???? Like..."Excuse my French??"

Hey, Ham.... I have my Master's Degree. Plus, I have taught this course before and I taught it for free....Started out with 11 students and ended up with four... I guess it really is true...people place more value upon that which they have to pay for. At the time, I didn't feel led by the Lord to charge a fee....but the Lord has since released me from that premise. I didn't charge before because I was unsure if it would be considered as the Gospel and the Gospel should be taught for free. However, I have since come to terms with that....and I am teaching a language class, not the Gospel. Thanks RumRunner and GarthP, I hope so too.

Talking about Greek and TEACHING Greek are two fundamentally opposed positions.

I do not know if anyone here would be interested, but I will make it available anyway. I am now offering to teach Koine Greek classes this summer. Willing to travel and teach classes within a 200 mile range of my area in all four directions, the class being taught on a particular day or eve of the week. If over 200 miles, I offer an Accelerated Class format so that the classes are taught three (2 hour) sessions three times per day for four days. Tuition within the 200 mile range is $755.00 including your books. Tuition for the Accelerated Class is $1000.00 including your books. I do not offer college credits for this class, but you would be prepped for taking a Clep exam. In any particular area, there is a minimum of 10 students required so as to make it feasable. For more info, you can contact me at my email addys: newcovenantchristian@gmail.com or J.Ro@whatagod.zzn.com So for those who go to church here at the cafe, I would be blessed if you would take this to your churches and make it available for those who don't visit the cafe. For more information: http://www.newcovenantchristianministries.org/bible-greek

Yeah WG... I did that ONCE....LOL When it comes to making sure you're entering into the right door....the FIRST TWO LETTERS ARE VAAARRRYYYY IMPORTANT! Oh, well...I was 3/5ths correct....... The equipment on the walls were a dead give away though. It is a shame that the Word of our Precious Lord has been so misunderstood that even the small things such as recognizing that the epistles in the NT were written to specific churches with their specific problems and they are not always to be taken as universal commandments. I know that this will not go over very well with any Fundy's, and believe me, I am very conservative in my doctrinal beliefs, but this is why these letters are called INCIDENTAL LETTERS, i.e. they were prompted by specific INCIDENTS.

Did you write that, Roy? How lovely if you did!

That's how control freaks do it! "This is how we do it....nahhhh!" (no tunes available for GS)

That's what's wrong when submission is done without the full knowledge of the Scriptures. Like you said....submission....or else. I know back then we would have been totally undone to be banned from our euphoric source....but I wished when I quit the first time, I wouldn't have been sucked back in the for the second. At least I didn't go down for the third time....I might never have come up!

How would I know???

No, but outlaw chauvanistic and minimalistic doctrines that affect either gender, ....humbly....IMO.

I'm all for personal accountability when it comes to relationships. It has been too far left undone, to just state that submission is only for the wife, when all along it has been the responsibility of both parties to make the marriage work. Sad, but true, unbelievers sometimes are wiser than Christians when it comes to wisdom....would be different if they asked God and not their church leaders. Especially, when the leaders only want to parrot what they have learned and not what they have personally discovered.

Wowser-roos! What a tongue lashing!!!! Slowly, ever so slowly I have moved away from pre-millennialism because of the things that I have seen in the Scriptures themselves. You can see current events in the book of Revelations or things that have been in progress for some time and realize that most likely we've already been in this triulation...maybe not the BIG ONE, but the birth pangs so to speak.

If it were only JUST a mental fight, then women would be wearing "the pants" all of the time But it's harder when you're heels are dragging on the ground and your hair has a new doo in the hands of your beloved. :blink: Where are the ghouls and goblins, Dooj???? Submission is for both parties, not just a one sided affair.

I know what you mean when you question the "what if" when she retires. It happened to me and the next one REMOVED me from all programs because apparently he didn't get along with me, yada yada. I'm no longer there. It was never the same.

Not all the fault of rvery man, it started with Adam. He refused to take the blame for what happened, pointed at Eve, she pointed at the serpent. God started with the serpent and went back the way it came and ended up with Adam, apparently where the blame belonged for the most part. But because in all honesty, since men have more muscles, yup...it doesn't take a Ph.D. to figger out who has won the tussle.

Is there a Reader's Digest available for this?

As a result from not only TWI, but others, I will never sign anything again either. If the HS agrees with what is said, then fine....

Unfortunately, it predates then as well....even Augustine was a mysoginist...and Jerome, the author of the Latin Vulgate was so brazen that he actually changed the case ending on Junia's name to JUNIAS - i.e. from female to male. Need I say more....????? Then I forget which one....could be Augustine....who BLAMED some woman for causing him to get aroused at the sounds of her skirts swishing in the hallway of the monastery that he was staying in at the time. Like she knew he was in that particular room and so deliberately walked by causing her skirts to SWISH!!! OMG! Seems to me he should have CONTROLLED HIMSELF, do ya think?

LOLOLOLOL I'm really not looking over my shoulder right now..... I hope it's not a conspiracy :unsure: just as I said before...if you can see to it that you come out on top....Charles in charge, etc... All the men...without exception..... Muhawhahahahahaah!

I do believe, although I am not 100% :) that Abraham predates the Tali-banned!!!! I will, although I have to go to Panera to do my net thing and so often as it is would be, I do not have my Biblos with me at the same time.

Sheol is Hebrew and Hades is Greek. Usually, if you see the original word simply transliterated, it is because the translators had a difficult time of trying to bring into the host language.