The Book of Revelation has been the source of controversy for many centuries. There have been several interpretations and different views on Revelation. Many have argued whether the Book is a symbolic or literal interpretation. While reading through Revelation the reader must consider these two inte...
The Book of Revelation has been the source of controversy for many centuries. There have been several interpretations and different views on Revelation. Many have argued whether the Book is a symbolic or literal interpretation. While reading through Revelation the reader must consider these two inte...
They emphasized a personal and direct religious experience of Christ, which was acquired through both direct religious experience and the reading and studying of the Bible. ... I do however respect the rebelling of governmental forces by this group, as they were starting to bring light of religious freedom to the homes of newly settled American's, which in turn came to be years later down the road. 4. ...
Some years ago a German scholar came under a terrible attack for describing the poor condition of the church. His article was titled "The Babylonian Captivity". In it Martin Luther pointed out that the church had fallen so far away from truth that it had spiritually become Bablylon: Apostate! ...
Here we have our requirements for baptism as laid out by the Bible: 1) You must repent of your sins 2) You must be immersed in water 3) You must come to be baptized (not be brought) Later in Matthew 28:18-20 Jesus adds to these requirements that the believer: 4)Be baptized by another believer 5)Be baptized in the name of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit According to the scriptures "John the son of Zechariah i...
I must warn you that reading this may put in danger the view you have of God and his relationship with mankind. ... A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, and there he squandered his property in dissolute living...
I call the theory temporary disembodiment because it envisions the following scenario: We human beings are born, live for a time as psycho-physical beings, and then die; after death we exist in an incomplete state as immaterial souls; and some time later in the eschaton God miraculously raises our bodies from the ground, transforms them into "glorified bodies," and reunites them with our souls, thus making us complete and whole again.Now temporary disembodiment has several theological and philosophical assets. ... The explanation (which naturally goes far beyond Jesus' simple statement) i...
