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Blaze Readers: Tell Us About Your Faith
- Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:23am by
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With the debate over the Catholic Church‘s reaction to the Obama Administration’s healthcare mandate making front page news for the past two weeks, the topic of “faith in America” has found the spotlight.
The Blaze editorial staff was curious to learn about the various readers of this website and how they view their faith, the faith of others, and the roles of government and faith in their lives. Faith Editor Billy Hallowell and I have collaborated on a short, online poll designed to help us understand who you are and what your relationship is with God.
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Blaze Readers: Tell Us About Your Faith
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Comments (477)
SGT Rock
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:22amI do not beleive the word of God is being taught anymore, I have explored all the Christian faiths and find them lacking. I have an itimate relationship with God, he answers my prayers and provides guidance in my life. I do not need to go through a member of an organized church to talk to God. There is only one God, do not practice idolitry (spelling) and try to live by the commandments and you will be amazed in the changes that will take place in your life. Beware, evil walks the earth cloaked in the bodies of mankind.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:48amI believe in God, thank him each and every day for all my blessings, ask forgivenesss and stength to be a better person tomorrow than i was yesterday…. Organized religion, nope….. Not for me, seems like a control thing and a money thing…..but i dont begrudge it for others !!!
Report Post »churchdog
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:59amWho made you the expert on “all christian faiths?” How do you know the Word of God isn’t being taught anywhere? Your arrogance is sinful. If you read The Book regularly, it will teach you how to spell “idolatry,” since it is one of the major topics therein. BTW, holding a personal interpretation as supreme is idolatrous. c.f. 2 Peter 1:20
Report Post »neverending
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:00amAnd to all of that I say Amen.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:05amSort of comical to see The Blaze “works” as they prepare for their future articles based on public opinion.
The fabric of which this world is made is ever passing away; like a stream of water, drops are running away and others are following after, keeping the river still full, but always changing in its elements. But God is perpetually the same. He is not composed of any substance or material, but is spirit—pure, essential, and ethereal spirit—and therefore he is immutable. He remains everlastingly the same. There are no furrows on his eternal brow. No age hath palsied him; no years have marked him with the mementoes of their flight; he sees ages pass, but with him it is ever now. He is the great I AM—the Great Unchangeable. Mark you, his essence did not undergo a change when it became united with the manhood. When Christ in past years did gird himself with mortal clay, the essence of his divinity was not changed; flesh did not become God, nor did God become flesh by a real actual change of nature; the two were united in hypostatical union, but the Godhead was still the same. It was the same when he was a babe in the manger, as it was when he stretched the curtains of heaven; it was the same God that hung upon the cross, and whose blood flowed down in a purple river, the self-same God that holds the world upon his everlasting shoulders, and bears in his hands the keys of death and hell.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:06amHe never has been changed in his essence, not even by his incarnation; he remains everlastingly, eternally, the one unchanging God, the Father of lights, with whom there is no variableness, neither the shadow of a change.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:14amI find it strange that many claim to have faith and believe in God, but seem to have no use for Church.
I believe the Bible to be the inspired and living word of God. I know about God from what I read in the Bible.
My Bible clearly tells me that the local new testament church is ordained by God – Matthew 18:20
The Pauline Epistles lay out how the local church is supposed to opperate. There were church problems back in his day, and there are problems today. I do not find in the Bible any overriding church government like the Roman Catholic Church, or even the Southern Baptist Convention.
Too many of the modern day Baptist churches stopped Bible study ,and went the way of the big Rock and Roll worship services.
Being military, I move often. I have found that generally every place I move, I can look in the phone book, and find that one or two Independent Baptist Church, that still uses the good old fashion King James Version, still supports missionaries the world over (Matthew 28:19), still uses old fashion God honoring hyms, still run busses into the poor neighborhoods, still feeds the poor and takes care of the widows – James1:27.
No local Church is perfect, but plenty of good ones still around.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:23amHaving Faith in a church leads to many of mans destructive ways. A Christian has his faith in Christ Jesus as does the Gospel informs us on how to develope that relationship. A church assists in ways to fellowship with others in faith, always be hesitant and question their motives and their works. Too many people poses guilt and are compelled to works for salvation. Only through faith in Christ will you be saved, then you wil be compelled to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that is our purpose in life, I serve Him.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:24amFor those of you that say my church is full of hypocrites. I looked around yesterday during the service, and we had some empty pews. Looks like we got plenty of room for one more, so come join us.
Report Post »SPKnarr
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:28amActs 2:38…
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:42amThree specific sources to research in order to understand “Faith in America” begins with the Holy Bible,Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
The Roman Catholic Church is governed by a separate nation, unamerican, hence their troubles.
Report Post »Flashdancer
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:49amI too have a problem with people that say organized religion is bad. As a Christian you have to do your homework. 1 you have to read and study scripture. (if you do you will see that the Lord warns against false prophets), 2 Church is a place to worship together with fellow Christians (if you judge others on how they are worshiping, you have missed the boat) 3 In my Church we have a Litergy (the good works) we worship the Lord not just ask for what we want. 4 We are to work toward Theosis (becoming god-like) in order to be acceptable to the Lord on the great and final judgement day. We cannot achieve this without the mercy of the Lord. No we cannot compete with the rationalization of man. We must live on faith. We will stumble and fall short but we have avenues to return to Christ (prodigal son). Repentance is not just saying “sorry” but is the turning away from the lifestyle that creates the sin. My Church does not persecute people for sinning but does not alter the Truth either. Everyone can return to being in communion with the Lord. We don’t have guitars, drums, and rousing sermons to motivate people like a pep rally, it is up to the individual to supply the true motivation to become more like our Lord. It is real and lasting and very hard. The problem is that it does not easily fit into todays secular world. Its not magic, dry, or dead works, its just true, meaningful, and very difficult. Visit us and talk to our Priest, learn and explore and you will find peace.
Report Post »Plan B
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:59amSgt. Rock,
Report Post »I felt alot like you about religions. When I asked the missionaries of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints into my home and started reading the book of Mormon I found exactly what I had been searching for. All the questions that were not filled by other religions quickly had answers . I know the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints is the True restored Church of Christ. If you have not taken the time to investigate I invite you to visit LDS.org and just take the time read the Book of Mormon and see how your life will be blessed by having these Truths opened up to you.
rush_is_right
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:07am“I know the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints is the True restored Church of Christ.”
yeah the REAL church is built upon false prophets….sure.
Report Post »Michael
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:11amSgt Rock, you hit the nail on the head. Satan is walking the earth now in tn arnate as a man. MTter of fact, the anti-Christ & the Messiah are also in the flesh as men as well. Revelations is now, children of G-d, please keep faIth in G-d’s love & justice. This life is about suffering so that we may be tested & prove our worth to G-d. If life were easy, what would be gained. Beware the lies & misleading of the wicked. Pray for strength & wisdom.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:13am@Plan B – revert back to Plan A, repent to Christ Jesus for only He Saves. The “Works” of the LDS serves only them and not The Gospel of Christ Jesus, as you so eloquently admitted t’was the book of morons that got your attention, not the Holy Bible.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:14amOur holy and loving God, when Plan B sins, give him the grace to repent quickly (2 Tim. 2:24-26). May he confess his sins, commit to walking in holiness, and forsake that particular sin. Father, may he not merely feel guilty, but sorrowful enough to turn from his sin (2 Cor 7:9-10), and bear fruit that proves their repentance (Matt. 3:8, see NET Bible; cf. Rev. 2:1-7).
Lord, I pray that Plan B would know the joy of having a clear conscience (1 Tim. 1:18-19; 2 Tim. 1:3), and that by keeping short accounts with You, he would be protected from a corrupt (Titus 1:15) and seared conscience (1 Tim. 4:2).
Father, I thank You again for the promise that when we confess our sins, You are faithful to forgive us (1 John 1:9). Lord, Your Word says: This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1:5-7).
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:15amHeavenly Father, may Plan B repent like David in Psalm 32 and Psalm 51, humbly and truly seeking Your mercy and grace when he disobey You, experiencing Your washing and cleansing of their souls. May he ask You to create in him a clean heart to empower him to change, and may he know the joy and blessings of Your forgiveness through the work of Christ our Savior, Amen
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:30amChurch of Latter Day Saints is simply another political party with elected officials, now in attempt to attract the Catholics to vote for Romney. The LDS needs works for money to sustain. The LDS official admit they prefer “Working” behind the scenes of political issues so not to be seen as offensive.
Christ Jesus works in us when we have faith in him, not the other way around.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:50amYou believe the Bible is the Word of God? Well, the Bible clearly says, “…not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh” (Heb. 10:25).
God wants us to assemble, because his ministries, the gifts of the Spirit, and the ability to grow in the fruit of the Spirit have been given to the Body/Church, not to lone rangers. We can’t “exhort (admonish) one another” unless we walk together; we can‘t have each other’s back either, and we ARE an army at war with a deadly enemy. We “come together” to partake of the bread and wine (1 Cor. 11). How wise is it then to walk alone?
You don’t have to attend a mega-church or any specific denomination. You don’t even have to meet in a church building. But you ARE supposed to assemble, if you can. Jesus is the Head of a Body, and that Body is honed and perfected when we assemble. You can do it your way — at your own peril — or God’s way. Isn’t that the choice placed before us from the beginning?
Report Post »JimL
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:55amPrayer the quickest way to charity, service, neighbor, community (Church, your borthers and sisters).
Report Post »Favored93
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 12:09pmGuys….Iron sharpens iron….do not forsake the gathering of yourselves together….will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed ME in tithes and offerings (the me there is God talking) … I think I read these in an old dusty book somewhere.
Report Post »Going to church is not “required” for salvation that is through Christ ALONE by Faith not what you “do” however if you don’t you are robing yourselves of a MASSIVE blessing. I urge you guys to rethink your position on this issue.
Faith1029
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 12:30pmRANGERP: “For those of you that say my church is full of hypocrites. I looked around yesterday during the service, and we had some empty pews. Looks like we got plenty of room for one more, so come join us.”
Of course the church has hypocrites. If we were all perfect, we wouldn’t need God or the church. Christ came for the lost. God wants us to gather together to worship Him and be uplifted by His people so we can go out into the world and share the hope we have. Iron sharpens iron. If you are a Christian, you will want to be with God’s people. Yes, there are some churches that are nothing more than a social club. I used to belong to one of those. But I asked God for wisdom where to attend and He did show me and I have been fed the Word of God there. Many of my family members did the same. Not wanting to go to church because of the “sinners” there is a cop out and an excuse not to go.
Report Post »Favored93
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 12:44pm@Plan B
Report Post »let me preface this by saying … I have found Mormons to be kind, generous and to have good strong families and I pray the body of Christ emulate most of their behavior as I have seen it. There are many things the LDS faith has right but utterly fails on the keys to Christian faith.
Now that being said I have some foundational questions for you. Who is the Christ? Who’s son is he? Is he God? Does he have a brother? Can a man become a god and create his own planet to rule? If so who created this God?
I do believe that there are some Mormons that have found salvation through Christ. I do not hate or even dislike Mormons. It is however a polytheistic cult.
I do not have the room here to go over all the facts about the LDS faith but it is NOT the “restored” church nor is it by definition a christian one. It is in a category of it’s own and has a similar story to how the religion of Islam got started. An “angel” told a man this is the truth.
It’s doctrines are diametrically apposed to Biblical truth. There is ONE God and ONE God ONLY!!! The doctrine of the trinity as found in the bible does not contradict this.
I wish I had more room and your full attention on this matter.
Look up what I am saying it will do you a world of good.
rangerp
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 1:31pmFaith1029
go back and read my first post. Second post was sarcasm directed towards people who stay out of church because they claime there are too many hyporcytes. You are correct though in what you said.
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:06pmGalatians 6:10
Report Post »As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
godlovinmom
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:09pmNeed I say more!
Report Post »4XGrace
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:11pmAll Christian “Faiths” (so called) should rightly be defined as cults and religion. There is no true church of God on the earth today that centers around a building, a man (living or dead) that is not Jesus Christ, a place or anything earthly (statues, and all that trash). The only true Church on earth is the body of the believer in submission to God through his WORD made flesh and the witness he has left for us English speakers in the King James Version (a.k.a. Authorized Version) – other languages I don’t know where the true Word of God lies else they threw away their witness and trod upon it with some catholicized perversion of the Bible just as English speakers are doing today with all the trash they call a bible beginning with the Revised Version. The Holy Spirit bearing witness in the believer that God’s Word is true, powerful and living – a two edged sword. If your heart doesn’t convict you when you read the AV then your conscience has been seared. If you rebel against the Word of God and say it‘s too difficult to understand and lean on the writings of other people in order to understand God’s Word, then you have turned away from God. Ask in faith for wisdom and be prepared to do what he tells you when you read. The Bible is a book of faith and as such cannot be comprehended by the dead.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:14pmGod indeed looks at each an every one of us, that’s why the path is narrow. Since the begining of our civilization, those who fail to seek Him, become deceived by those who are involved in schemes. Such as denominational churches and religious radio hosts who proclaim what they say is the only way to salvation. When in fact the Holy Bible states what is Truth, God does not lie, the only way into the kingdom of Heaven is faith in Jesus Christ. No amount of works or kindness will substitute.
Report Post »tworollcharlie
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:20pmNot sure this is a reply to Sgt Rock – but like our votes, religion is or should be completely personal and private. As a 20+ year cancer survivor I could share some insight from a perspective of what it’s like to be given a death sentence by one physician and a 50/50 survival rate by another…need I say more?
At issue is not what your individual beliefs are – although today more people could probably recite the 7 deadly sins as opposed to the 7 heavenly virtues – what is missing in the debate is that if you can truly say you try to ….”do as you would be done by…” That’s all that is important and whether you believe in God or a deity of some kind.
I live in one of the most beautiful deserts on this rock. At any time – I can re-charge my spirits, my composure and collect my thoughts by walking out my back door and taking in what my God has created. The collective quite and calmness is overwhelming and I thank, that God, everyday for allowing this ‘deadman’ an extra day.
All of the noise coming from all directions regarding this country’s survival or demise is being presented by sophists from all sides and is just that…noise.
Isn’t it one of the consequences of agression that it hardens the conscience, as the only means of quieting it?
And, isn‘t it also true that an opinion is worth exactly what you’ve paid for it?
Report Post »BarbieBabe
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:39pmI am a believer of God and try to live in a Christian way. I have found that the Churches have moved to a new agenda. Away from the teaching of the gospel and more into raising money. Since I have not found a church that I can accept, I have tithed to charity and the needy in my community. That way I know that the money is well spent.
Report Post »I also believe that the next few months are going to be very unsettling and have spent the last 6 month preparing for it. Hopefully it is all for nothing. Right now my focus is making sure that we get our government back to Conservative, God fearing individuals. If not the second coming is inevitable.
izukiddin
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:53pmSarge, what “Christian faiths” are you referring to? And does the conflict of your “itimate” (sic) relationship with God and your smugness cause you any need for introspection?
Report Post »FreedomPurveyor
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:54pm“Now that being said I have some foundational questions for you. Who is the Christ? Who’s son is he?”
Christ is God’s only begotten son.
“Is he God?”
Nope. He is God’s only begotten son.
“Does he have a brother?”
Not by God, as he is, once again, his “only begotten son.” Mormons do NOT believe that Satan is Jesus’ brother; they believe that everyone is a son or daughter of God in spirit and therefore they are all brothers and sisters in spirit. Common misnomer.
“Can a man become a god and create his own planet to rule?”
NO! The LDS church does not preach anything like this and there is no mention of it whatsoever in the Book of Mormon.
“It is however a polytheistic cult.”
That is patently false. It is easy to see how you believe that, as I am well aware this type of anti-Mormon propaganda and how it is derived. I assure you, every practicing Mormon is well aware of the 1st commandment.
“It’s doctrines are diametrically apposed to Biblical truth.”
Be careful when replacing the word “interpretation” with “truth.” If it were so easy to come to a perfect knowledge of the truth, there would not be so many denominations. In fact, we would all still be Catholic.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:55pmI concur!
Report Post »MittensKittens
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:26pmDitto!
Report Post »Osaka
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:32pm@Favored93
Report Post »To answer your questions about what Mormons believe: **Who is the Christ? Called Jesus in the New Testament, Jehovah in the old. The one who suffered in the garden and on the cross for all of our sins. The only begotten of the Father. Whose son is he? God the Father’s. **Is he God? Yes, but I‘m guessing the clarification you’re asking for is: is he God the Father? Mormons see Father, Son, and Holy Ghost as members of the Godhead, separate individuals, but all equal in power. We pray to the Father as Jesus instructed (”Father in Heaven, hallowed be thy name”) in Jesus’ name (since he is our advocate with the Father). We worship Jesus since Jesus says glorying him is glorying the Father. We don’t worship the Holy Ghost, nor pray to the Holy Ghost. As far as whether the Holy Ghost is a God, I don’t know, nor do I know of any doctrine that necessarily states the Holy Ghost is a God, just that he’s a member of the Godhead. The worship, again, is focused on Jesus (the Son). **Does he have a brother? Only a billion+ or so of them. Mormons see every man, woman, child who has ever lived on the earth as sibling to Jesus (”joint-heirs with Christ”). We also see the fallen angels/spirits/whatever you want to call them as siblings to us and Jesus, all coming from the same Father. So if your worry is that Mormons see Lucifer as a brother of Jesus’, well, he’s our brother too. **Can a man become a god and create his own planet to rule? In the offi
scarebear83
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:12pmI believe the Bible to be our guide. If we deviate from it we are deviating away from what God has commanded us. Christ built only ONE church, not many churches or many faiths. In order to be a part of the church Christ built and died for one must hear the word of God (Rom. 10:17) One must believe (Mark 16:15-16) You must repent (Luke 13:3) Confession must be made (Matt. 10:32) and it is essential that one be baptized into Christ. Baptism isn’t an affirmation of you being saved it is FOR the remission of sins (Acts 2:38, Mark 16:16, Rom. 6:3-4, 1 Pet. 3:21). These aren’t boastful works, these are commands we find in the Bible that we are told to do in order to be saved. If we do not obey the commands given by God we cannot be saved. After we have been baptized we must be faithful unto death (Rev. 2:10).
Report Post »RedeemedWench
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:44pmI agree with Sgt Rock. The Word of God is NOT being taught these days in MOST (not all) churches.
It‘s mostly man’s traditions and doctrines. It’s one or two (or five or so) verses used in a sermon, with a lot of fluff and psychology. There are many so-called reverends and preachers who are not teaching at all.
As described in Scripture (Revelation), there were only two churches that were found to be doing what they were supposed to, which is symbolic of what you see in most churches today. And those two churches (Philadelphia and Smyrna) had something thing in common that is not taught in most churches today. Most people cannot tell you that one common thing either.
The famine in these last days won’t just be for food—it will be for the Word of God. And the truth. You don’t get that these days.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:57pmI am a Mormon and I find my faith to be very fulfilling.I do not know what you are looking for, but in order to find fulfillness in any church you must apply yourself. None of us are perfect Only Jesus Christ was perfect, we are sent here to become more like Him, when we fail, then we ask for forgiveness and then try not to make the same mistake. If we fail again we just keep trying to become better. Jesus died so all mankind can return to Him. God is our Heavenly Father, he is the same as our earthly fathers, He wants us to succeed, He wants us to have joy, He wants us to be obediant. And when we disobey then he chastises us. Faith is things we cannot see but we know they are true. We cannot see God but we know he is there!
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:05pmArchaeological finds have contradicted the picture drawn by the Book of Mormon.
You cannot be saved if you have one hand on self and the other hand on Christ. Let go, sinner, renounce all dependence in anything thou canst do. Cease to be thine own keeper, give up the futile attempt to be thy own Saviour, and then thou wilt have taken the first step to heaven. There are but two, the first is—out of self, the next is—into Christ. When Christ is thy all, then art thou safe.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:08pm@poverty.sucks
The Roman Catholic Church is governed by a separate nation, unamerican, hence their troubles.
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The root problem of the Catholic Church is that they became institutionalized, and that led to heresy and sin creeping in, e.g., idolatry, Marxism and homosexuality. There are Catholics who love the Lord and they are my brethren, but the Vatican is headed south.
I think Obama underestimated the Catholic Church, because although they HAVE protested birth control rulings in some states, overall they have supported the liberal agenda.
If a prez demanded I cover my institution’s religious symbols (in my case an empty cross), so he could read trash from his teleprompter, I would disinvite him, period.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:15pmI wish they had a few Monk questions. Also, a “I don’t know” selection instead of just yes and no.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:22pm“When the Worldly wise, advise, on Spiritual matters; they always suggest a compromise.”
Sri Ramakrishna
Report Post »jaswalt
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:25pm@RangerP I admire your faith and share it, most of it anyways. But you should know that the King James version of the Bible is the admittedly by Bible scholars the most errored translation of the Bible is wide circulation and the most common version to cause misinterpretation of the scripture. Niether Jesus nor God or any other historical figure mentioned in the Bible, spoke with thees, thys, thous, walkeths, talkeths, speakeths, etc. as there are no translations for such words in either Hebrew, Greek, or Arabic. No translations for such words. The language used in the King James version of the Bible was strickly a language of entertainment during the time King James had it translated to English. Besides, it was never widely spoken by anyone for that matter. And since neither you nor I read the Bible for the purpose of being entertained, but rather for instruction on how to live, it makes sense to read a Bible that is written in the spoken language of today. Afterall, Jesus spoke in the popular language of the day, not just because he was raised speaking that way, but in order to reach the widest number of followers. The King James version is beautiful for its flowery prose, but not if you really want a deep understanding what’s being said by those we hold so dear. Look for a Translinea Bible that has the original text translated word for word and you’ll be able to find a version of the Bible that is more correct in translation. God Bless.
Report Post »drst4scss
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:29pmAmen Brother!!! I am with you… If anyone asks me if I believe in God the anser is YES! Do I sin and miss many sundays in Church… Yes! But I admit it!
Report Post »jaswalt
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:33pm@ RangerP — That should read Translinear, not translinea. It has the original text in the original characters in one column. Directly below each original line of text is the direct English word for word translation. In the next column there is another popular version of the Bible (we chose the NASB) of the exact same passage. You get to read the original text and see what the author wrote and then see how it was translated and you get to decide for yourself if that translation does justice to what the author said. It really is worth the investment and really eye opening when it comes to finding out the true meaning of the scripture.
Report Post »God Bless.
The-Monk
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:38pm@FreedomPurveyor and others,
Report Post »Jesus was His first name, Christ is a state of Being, You cannot be Jesus but, you can be Christ.
It’s Jesus the Christ, not Jesus Christ.
Fire Them All
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:43pmI agree, I have been to many different services within my own faith, and fell frankly there are going to be many very disappointed preachers on judgement day.
Report Post »acovenantinblood
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:48pmHere is one for all the people who are so sold on “Church”. wondering why the pews are empty and the country is goin to crap?
Brethren, our preaching will bear its legitimate fruits. If immorality prevails in the land, the fault is ours in a great degree. If there is a decay of conscience, the pulpit is responsible for it. If the public press lacks moral discrimination, the pulpit is responsible for it. If the church is degenerate and worldly, the pulpit is responsible for it. If the world loses its interest in religion, the pulpit is responsible for it. If Satan rules in our halls of legislation, the pulpit is responsible for it. If our politics become so corrupt that the very foundations of our government are ready to fall away, the pulpit is responsible for it. Let us not ignore this fact, my dear brethren; but let us lay it to heart, and be thoroughly awake to our responsibility in respect to the morals of this nation. –Charles G. Finney, December 4, 1873
Report Post »joongoon
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:53pmi am sorry people but seriously?! if you don’t believe in god you wont go to heaven! you don’t recognize Islam as a true religion? if you are a good person you will go to heaven! atheist or not. a massive portion of the world believes in Islam. its a real religion. and my favorite, evolution. listen people, don’t take the bible so literally. the Old testament was oral tradition passed down 4000 years. that’s why they say Goliath was a giant, he was 6 foot 1, that was massive back then hint the word “Giant.” mosses was a military leader from a harsh war tribe. he lead the Jews out of Egypt and the “parting of the seas” was a strategic move by mosses, it was a shallow river but he knew floods were coming so when he crossed the water raised making it impassible. the moral to the story is, i believe there is a god, but the old testament is a mixture of facts with past down exaggerations. trust me, evolution exists and there is a god. by the way i am catholic, i am 15 and have gone to a catholic school for my entire life.
Report Post »FreedomPurveyor
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:54pm“Jesus was His first name, Christ is a state of Being, You cannot be Jesus but, you can be Christ.
It’s Jesus the Christ, not Jesus Christ.”
Buddha is also a state of being, but most people don’t distinguish between Buddha and Siddhartha.
Since there is only one Christ, and he is Jesus, I fail to see the problem with referring to him as Christ. At least, I’m not aware of any other Messiah.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:58pm@acovenantinblood
Report Post »…. Let us not ignore this fact, my dear brethren; but let us lay it to heart, and be thoroughly awake to our responsibility in respect to the morals of this nation. –Charles G. Finney, December 4, 1873
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Finney is proof that even a lawyer can be saved. He is just not living proof.
PATTY HENRY
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:20pmI do believe in GOD. I believe that HE created Heaven and Earth…the Universe. I don’t know HOW He did it, I just know HE did and someday we’ll all learn how it was done. I believe He created people to LOVE.
I believe that He gave people FREE WILL. Who wants someone to “love them” if it’s forced?
I believe that we do really well, then we forget GOD and we fly on our own and start failing, then we fall down, become scared and start crying out for GOD again (think of a Clock) and we humans go around and around that clock. HOPEFULLY each time around we learn to trust GOD MORE.
HE loves us so much more than we can comprehend. THIS life is just a test, just a starting point maybe…When you spend time with GOD, you get to know Him. IT is simply put, the best thing a person can do for themselves. Satan was a prideful angel who must have been corrupted or something and stalks the earth trying to corrupt. PEOPLE who refuse to try to know GOD are only cheating themselves.
Report Post »I am a Catholic. IT is a complete CHURCH. IT wrote the BIBLE; IT has the Magisterium – the best, most complete library of humanity that exists. I was born something else. I found my way to the Catholic Church, it’s a great blessing. GOD is real. GOD is in charge. GOD loves us. JESUS is amazing and HE came to earth to die for our sins. I pray for people who are so stubborn or prideful that they miss GOD. THEY miss life.
Wilbur Longshank
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:07pmI have faith in Me, myself, and I. no more no less. I do think their is a god I don’t go to church have not been in church for 30 years. it’s a long story, the short is my mother when my father got remarried and he had twin daughters with his new wife got a form from the catholic church that my mom had to sign in order for his two new babies to be baptized. the form said something to the effect that in the eyes of the catholic church me and my sister where never born. can you believe that.
My grandmother who said the rosary everyday taught me that if you are a good person in life when you die you will go to heaven. well I guess I’ll find out in 30 years.
Report Post »SPKnarr
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:19pmHave you tried the United Pentecostal Church? http://www.upci.org.
Report Post »We are apostolic and Holy Ghost filled.
Right_on_the_Left_Coast
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:30pm@SGT ROCK,
Be careful not to get too puffed up in your pursuit of holiness. It is good be ardent in your pursuit of holiness and truth, but not if it causes you to hold other believers at arms length. I would generally agree that the word of God is not being accurately taught throughout much of the “church.” But there is always a remnant of real believers everywhere you go.
I live in Oregon, a state that is overrun with liberals and liberal churches, but I still have many brothers and sisters in Christ here. And though no two of us would agree in every detail about the interpretation of God’s Word, we are united by our common love for Christ and our hearts desire to follow him and spread his gospel.
A demand for biblical accuracy is good. But if your passion causes you to divide from your brother over minutia, you are doing a dangerous dance with pride. It is better unite under Christ than to divide over secondary or tertiary doctrine.
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:33pm@ABBYGIRL1994
I am also a Latter Day Saint and I enjoy your comments (and testimony).
I wish more people would testify concerning their religion instead of belittling other peoples’ , but it’s not to be so.
Don’t listen to the haters, just keep filling your lamp with oil – we’re going to need it soon.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:35pm@Wilbur Longshank
Report Post »Hey, man, “the Catholic Church says, my grandma says, I say…” but never mind what the Bible says. You have even decided you are going to live another 30 years. Death is no joking matter, dude.
Favored93
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:15pm@joongoon
Report Post »Ya when I was 15 I also knew it all.
Even the Egyptian historians found evidence of the exodus story.
A shallow river….REALLY???? YA THAT DROWNED THE ENTIRE EGYPTIAN ARMY!
Keep studying kiddo you have a lot yet to learn. :)
REPUB1
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:12pmyou are RIGHT all man needs is JESUS CHRIST!!!!!
Report Post »its_time_to_arrest_our_government
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:07pmi believe in God and boy does he got to be forgiving to deal with us. his word has been twisted and warped into something that makes everything okay. God wants us to return to him but its going to take one hell of a fight to rid our nation of this cancer that’s destroying us.
Report Post »its_time_to_arrest_our_government
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:27pmim not as good of a Christian as i should be but im working on it.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:28pmI’m a Catholic.I believe in the words of the apostle’s creed.Without the catholix church -christianity would be a free for all where every pastor or person interprets how he wants the faith.Catholicism contains the most truth about Christ and his relation to man.
Report Post »scarebear83
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:52pmRose-Ellen- “Catholicism contains the most truth about Christ and his relation to man.”
I have to ask then, where in the Bible will I find popes, rosaries, and confessional booths?
Report Post »punyhuman
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:33amSgtRock;
Maybe you haven’t asked the right questions. There are thousands of christian denominations around the world. Which one is the best one to follow? Is it the same as all the other ones, or are they different from each other? How do I know which one is the best for me? Do they all follow what the Bible says? If they do, then why are there so many of them? If they do, then why are there so many wars? If you’re looking, keep looking. If you’ve quit looking, I can’t blame you.
Report Post »mcsledge
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:54amFreedomPurveyor – I can’t tell whether you believe to be a Christian. Your position is contradicted by one would know – John the Beloved.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”…..“All things were made by him”…..”And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,”…
Jesus Christ is a God!
Report Post »FreedomPurveyor
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:09am“‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.’…..‘All things were made by him’…..’And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,’…
Jesus Christ is a God!’”
I interpret it a different way, though I do not begrudge you for your interpretation.
Report Post »mcsledge
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:25amJohn was pretty clear on his teachings about Christ being both the Word and God. Paul and others were pretty clear in identifying Christ as the Creator of Heaven and Earth. Even Christ acknowledged that He was the great “I Am” noted by Moses as the God of Israel (or Jehovah).
Report Post »Cat
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 9:30am…
Report Post »In this church;
Great grandma said, “God is great, you don’t need another.”
Great grandpa said, “God had a son for good reason, now go figure it out.”
Grandma said, “God helps those who help each other.”
Grandpa said, “Grandma’s right about God.”
Mom said, “God helps your dad, he needs it.”
Dad said, “God asks your mom, so go ask her.”
The wife said, “God is within me, even without me.”
I say, “Thank you God.”
eric6161
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 11:39amWhere two or more gather in my name… Of course I believe in God AND His Son, Jesus, the Christ. More importantly, God believes in us too whether we like it or not.
Report Post »scarebear83
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 3:25pm@ punyhuman- I suggest looking into the Churches of Christ. The Bible is our guide and we do not go outside of it. No man made creeds no central earthly headquarters, our headquarters is not on this earth. Each congregation is autonomous with an eldership (Acts 20:17, 28, Titus 1:5, Heb. 13:17). If you want to know which church is the “right one” look to the one that bears it‘s founder’s name (who purchased it with His blood) and who uses the Bible (the written word of God) as it’s guide.
Report Post »watashbuddyfriend
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:22amDo you believe that the only way to get to Heaven is through Jesus Christ? Just believing in God will not get you there!
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:44amThat’s because what man can walk a straight-line to God? Jesus advocates for those who can not walk the straight-line. What grandson can walk a straight-line to the grand-father, and so the son in the middle advocates his son to the grand-father.
Report Post »sparkspeaks
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:53amThat’s right….John 14:6 Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man comes to the Father except through me.”
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:14amThe rain falls on the just and and unjust alike. It seemed the more wicked a person was, the more he gets. Now, I understand (finally) what it means. I have to constantly tell the Satan to get behind me in the name of Jesus. Times I cry because I feel I’m not good enough, but I know in my heart I could never live without belief in Jesus, and I ask Him daily to make me a better person.
Report Post »The anti-christ is fooling American people, and it hurts to see what’s happening to our Country.
Plan B
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:25amFaith without works is dead.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 12:12pm@Bluebonnet
Report Post »Times I cry because I feel I’m not good enough…
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“There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,” provided you walk with him daily, get back up when you fall, and confess any sin the Holy Spirit brings to mind (that’s what IN Christ Jesus actually means. If the stinking devil makes you feel unworthy, that’s when you MOST have to tell him to get behind you. Jesus made you worthy. The heavenly Father sees you worthy through Jesus. You HONOR the Lord by believing in what He has done for you. He bought you “at great price,” so make him proud. “Come boldly to the throne of grace,” Bluebonnet!
Faith1029
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 12:33pmKRYPTONITE: “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,” provided you walk with him daily, get back up when you fall, and confess any sin the Holy Spirit brings to mind (that’s what IN Christ Jesus actually means. If the stinking devil makes you feel unworthy, that’s when you MOST have to tell him to get behind you. Jesus made you worthy. The heavenly Father sees you worthy through Jesus. You HONOR the Lord by believing in what He has done for you. He bought you “at great price,” so make him proud. “Come boldly to the throne of grace,” Bluebonnet!”
Your post gave me goose bumps. Beautiful reminder!! Thank you.
Report Post »Manchurian.Candidate
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 1:00pmHere’s a question: (for anyone)
Report Post »Do you believe that if a person says they believe in God (or A God) or have their own idea of what God is (like LOVE for example) but that person also feels that organized religion(s) are responsible for much, if not all of the conflict and disharmony in the world, do you believe that that person is wrong or perhaps possessed by Satan? Or doesn’t really understand what God is? According to your beliefs?
Just asking.
Thanks.
Upaces
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:48pmI took a class in Aramaic at SMU/Dallas. What Jesus had said originally is misunderstood by the translation. He did NOT say, “Believe IN me and you will have eternal life.” The ORIGINAL words were : “Believe me, you have eternal life.”.
I know I will get blasted for saying it but I was a searcher of the EXACT truth. I have always been a Christ Centered Person and always will be.
Report Post »Upaces
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:51pmI took a class in Aramaic at SMU/Dallas. What Jesus had said originally is misunderstood by the translation. He did NOT say, “Believe IN me and you will have eternal life.” The ORIGINAL words were : “Believe me, you have eternal life.”.
Now that eternal life is up to the individual. It can be eternal hell or heaven.
I know I will get blasted for saying it but I was a searcher of the EXACT truth. I have always been a Christ Centered Person and always will be.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:16pm@Faith
Report Post »I am blessed that you were blessed. Ain’t it great to belong to the family of God?
The-Monk
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:28pm@Manchurian.Candidate
Report Post »I don’t believe in belief… or talking snakes.
mcsledge
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:14amBelieving in God is a great start. However, man’s sins will not be washed away by mere sorrow. The only way man can return to the presence of the Father is by making himself/herself pure through the atoning blood of God the Father’s Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ.
The only way one can enjoy such purity is:
1) Having faith that Christ’s Atonement can make them clean
2) Sincere repentance (recognition of wrong, stopping the sin, sorrow for wrong doing, confession to the proper priesthood authorities if necessary, restitution, obedience to commandment(s) violated, endure to the end)
3) Baptism in water by immersion (taught by Paul as symbolic to Christ’s death, burial and resurrection) by one with authority for the remission of sins*
4) Receipt of the Gift of the Holy by one having authority by the laying on of hands*
* Requirements for entering into the Kingdom of God
By the way, this life is the time to prepare to meet God.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 8:57amEveryone can come to Jesus Christ even if they do not believe. One cannot help what one truely believes but Jesus is present to those who do not believe yet live good lives and try to be moral[God's laws are written in our hearts].hence everyone can go to heaven.Not all who say lord lord are pleasing to God but those who do his will-says the Lord.The pope is the vicar of Christ and is infallible in matters of faith and morals. Otherwise we have a jo smith talking about an angel named maroni speaking of extraterrestrials and adding to the gospel of jesus Christ..Rosaries ,statues are sacramentals used to draw peoples minds and hearts to God. The church in her wisdom recognizes we are sentient beings and our senses are used to draw our hearts and minds to God.The whole person is engagd in catholicism-not everyone can read and interpret scripture.The pope keeps the purity of the Revelation of Jesus Christ intact.
Report Post »4truth2all
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:36pmYo Rose Ellen:
What you say comes from the teaching of you’re “church” … not the bible, which I and others are quite capable of understanding on our own with the help of the Holy Spirit. My “church” does not control me by saying that only the pastor has the correct understanding of scripture, any church that would attempt that on me would lose me completely and quickly. My FAITH is in Christ not my church.
Report Post »AzSage
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:20amDo you believe that modern organized religion is corrupt and being used by corporatisit, statists, and the worlds elites to influence and control the masses?
Has this been going on for 100′s of years?
Yes and Yes.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:33amwell ask the question above….in the ask your own question box.
Report Post »qzak491
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:19amI may be wrong but I think the Pharasees corrupted the Jewish religion into what they thought it should to control the people. Yes that is always here, it’s called “false prophets”
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:42pmI tried to sum up my faith best I could on this thread… http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ellen-degeneres-thanks-bill-oreilly-for-defending-her-in-jcpenney-debate/ I have been finding God’s Easter eggs for a while now…I can’t find away to meet Glenn to share my story…People that have listened to my story all say I should write a book…Why should I write a book when I have it all in the #1 comedy TV show in the world…I just need to narate
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:53pmGod gave me this story…but has given me noone to share it with,I feel as God has foresaken me…I will knock on Glenn’s door again…Knock Knock Knock Glenn… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2vejrqKspg&feature=related
Report Post »TrulyJen
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:18am“Do you believe that God will hold each of us accountable for our actions/inactions when we die?”
That is not actually a yes/no question. I mean yes God will hold us accountable, but Jesus cleanses us from all unrighteousness, so I will stand before God with no guilt, no regrets, because Jesus makes me new. Does that mean I will do whatever I want? Of course not, I will still live my life to please my ABBA, out of love and gratitude.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:13amI believe in the Bible – Our Heavenly Farther – Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and the Holy Spirit.
Report Post »I use to have some doubts – but the more I read and study the bible my doubts have gone and I now KNOW!
qzak491
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:23amIt’s amazing what you learn when you actually study the Bible and not depend on others to tell you what it means.
Report Post »conservativejon
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:12amwhenever you say God, somewhere a liberal loses its wings.
Report Post »The Jewish Avenger
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:51amI have it looping on my loop pedal right now… Die liberal wings Die! BWAHAHAHHA!
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 12:35pm@conservativejon
Report Post »whenever you say God, somewhere a liberal loses its wings.
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“It” in the Bible is used only to refer to demons, not angels. Libs make up silly sayings, because they never read the Bible.
Guttersmack
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:10amLove your neighbor as yourself….encapsulates the Chriatian faith in a nut shell.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:26amJesus’s 1st commandment was to”Love our Heavenly Farther with all of our heart, with all of our soul, with all of our mind and with all of our strength”.
Report Post »The second is like this
“Love your fellow man as you love yourself and as I have loved you”
DarkStar50
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:54amIMHO, Colossians 2:8 is the entire Gospel in a nutshell-
“See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.”
Report Post »tzion
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 12:14pmAs someone who isn’t Christian, the one aspect of Christian faith that most worries me is the idea often held that only faith in Jesus can save you. This belief, coupled with the Christian ideas of mercy, has often been used to justify extreme methods for encouraging belief in Jesus since, from the perpetrators perspective, they were saving their victims from a fate worse than death. Fortunately this belief is less widespread today and many of those who hold it also hold that one must willingly come to have faith without being subjected to such extreme methods.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:26pm@TZION
the one aspect of Christian faith that most worries me is the idea often held that only faith in Jesus can save you.
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Well, nobody else has died for your sins.
=> “This belief, coupled with the Christian ideas of mercy, has often been used to justify extreme methods for encouraging belief in Jesus…”
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The only extreme method that can “encourage” someone to believe in Jesus is God’s love. Man cannot fathom God’s love. God’s love is, by all human standards, extreme. That is why Jesus was willing to pay for your sins on the cross. You obviously meant “forcing conversion to Jesus,” but that practice has always been antithetical to Biblical Christianity. God’s principle has and always will be “whosoever will.”
=> “from the perpetrators perspective they were saving their victims from a fate worse than death.”
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You said it: from THEIR perspective, which was distorted and evil. Imposition or indoctrination does not produce faith; only fear and religiosity, respectively. God abhors both, because only faith enables a person to know God and walk with Him.
=> “Fortunately this belief is less widespread today…”
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Indoctrination is still very much alive in all organized religion. Imposition, OTOH, is only practiced UNHINDERED by Islam.
1unwashed
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:08amThe church was designed to take care of the poor. We have let the government take over our jobs.
Report Post »governmentCorruptionDestroysAmerica
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:50amI couldn’t agree more. Perhaps if the churches (i.e.,Us – the congregants) could unite in a powerful movement to truly ‘love their neighbors’, we could tell the government to leave us alone. Alas, unless we all earnestly seek God and trust in divine providence more and more, we will continue down this destructive path. See Hebrews 11:6.
Report Post »SageInWaiting
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:06amDo you believe we are entering “the last days” as prophesied by the Biblical prophets?
Report Post »skiz
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:34amYeS!
Report Post »momrules
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:46amPerfect question……….yes.
Report Post »GERATMO
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:51amIt sure feels like it but anyone who says they know for sure doesnt.
Report Post »churchdog
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:00amGlenn sure does!
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:05amYes
Report Post »SPKnarr
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:18amYes.
Report Post »qzak491
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:34amI think we are. The individual signs have been here for a long time but now they all seem to be happening at the same time and getting worse. If I’m not mistaken the Bible says the generation that sees the return of the Jews to their homeland will not taste death. This started in 48 but it wasn‘t possible for the Jews in the USSR to go home till 89 so I’m not sure which generation is meant.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:35amEvery day is one day closer to the End Times. :-) We are to recognize the signs though. It doesn’t seem like we have quite hit all the markers as spoken of in Revelation. The trigger I’m waiting for is a world peace agreement with Israel…..and that one seems like it could happen any day with Iran’s nuclear capability.
Joel Rosenberg has great insight and balance in understanding current events and how they tie-in to Biblical prophecy.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:43amAlso, God is the only One who knows when the End Times occur. As such, the question “is the anti-Christ walking the earth?” has only one answer. satan know more knows than the rest of us when the End Times will happen. He can do no more than we do which is to study God’s word and watch the signs of the times. Since satan doesn’t know, he has to have an anti-Christ in every generation in case it happens in that generation.
Report Post »jwt
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 12:00pm2 thessalonians – 2, 3-10. The man i am sits in the temple of God. The restainer seems to have been removed and the lawless one revealed
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 12:02pmMan was living under the Law of moses for 2000 years
Christians have been living under the new covenant for 2000 years.
When you sit back and take a 20,000 ft aerial view of of where we are as children of GOD – what do you see?
I see world leaders trashing religion
I see the masses being indoctrinated with secular progressive ideology
I see god being removed from all sectors of society(Schools etc)
I see religious leaders not speaking out or leading their flocks
I see christians cherry picking their religions with what THEY want to believe.
I see American politicians like Catholic Polosi actually at war with her religion – why has she not been excommunicated??
I see the greed in man in all sections of society.
But mostly I see the complete apathy of man to his faith and principles
Is it the beginning of the end – Only the Farther knows – but my inner voice is telling me to be vigilant
Report Post »For Jesus will come as a thief in the night
jaxson
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:57pmyes,
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:45pm@copatriots
Report Post »The trigger I’m waiting for is a world peace agreement with Israel…..and that one seems like it could happen any day with Iran’s nuclear capability.
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No matter how much some RP supporters want to deny it, the end times ON EARTH centers around the nation of Israel (in heaven it will be the Bride/Church), so the end times was set in motion when Israel became a state, i.e., in 1948. That’s a few minutes ago, according to God’s clock.
Country
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:13pm@copatriots Doesn’t Joel Rosenberg believe and teach the false teachings of the rapture theory?
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:06pm@ Country
Is there a correct rapture “theory”?
Joel doesn’t seem to focus as much on prophecy not yet fulfilled as he does linking current world happenings (signs of the times) to Scripture. I don’t know his position on the rapture. Personally I have studied the numerous theories…….several have sufficient merit to me that I would not claim any of them are the absolutely correct “theory”.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:30pmI apologize, COUNTRY, I did not intend for that to sound snarky. I was trying to emphasize that there are many theories of the rapture prophecy……how and when it will occur in God’s timeline. Since it is a possible future event and God can do whatever He wants, I tend not to get dogmatic on the timing of a rapture. Some doubt a rapture will take place at all. I wouldn‘t find that debatable subject matter sufficient to discount Joel’s studies otherwise.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:37pmI agree, KRYPT. The very fact that Israel became a nation again after over 2,000+ years is stunning and prophetic. These are, indeed, incredible times we are living in.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 1:15am@Country
Report Post »Doesn’t Joel Rosenberg believe and teach the false teachings of the rapture theory?
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The Rapture (Greek “harpazo” meaning “to seize upon with force, to catch up, to snatch away from danger, to take out) is not a false teaching or a theory. It is in the Bible (1 Thess. 4:17). All Bible scholars believe in the Rapture, but they differ as to WHEN it will take place: pre-trib, mid-trib or post-trib. I am pre-trib, so IMO the difference between you and me is not that you are saved and I am not, but that I will be celebrating the Marriage Supper of the Lamb while you decide whether to renounce Christ or be beheaded by Islamists.
circleDwagons
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 11:41amthe “last days” began when Jesus ascended into Heaven. He will come again in Glory, but He is with us now and was with us from the begining. Isn’t God GREAT?
Report Post »expatinontariocanada
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:05amAll praise, honour, and glory be HIS and His will be done…!
Report Post »momrules
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:03amIn too many churches today the Word of God is being taught to reflect the will of the people. I stopped going to church when His teaching stopped being taught.
Thankfully I discovered John Hagee and I would happily attend his church if I could but I do attend via TV every week.With the help of Hagee, J.Vernon McGee, my own study of the Bible and constant prayer I feel like I go to church each and every day.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:42amCalvary Chapel teaches from the bible, one book at a time till they finish the entire bible and then they start over…I find when they read and teach from the bible how the verses apply to us today to be refreshing.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:56amHey MOM, are you familiar with Beth Moore? You may be blessed by her women’s-based teachings as well.
Report Post »qzak491
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:47amIf you want added meaning to the Bible you need Holman’s Bible Atlas. It has all the maps you need to follow what happened. Seeing the places on a map and knowing where they are somehow makes it more alive.
Report Post »ALSO As you read let the Spirit interpret, HE’S the only one that knows for sure what it means.
SamIamTwo
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:02amI believe in having a relationship with God. If you don’t know your spiritual Father in heaven while on earth, how are you going to know Him in Heaven…it is not that there is no God, but it is to KNOW God.
people get ready…
Report Post »junior1971
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:58amDo you believe that progressivism could be perceived as a religion and liberalism is the observance of that faith? If so, an ancient religion has taken over our government.
Report Post »qzak491
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:11am.
Report Post »Christians beleive in GOD. The world wants to believe in anything but GOD and take GOD’S place. If I remember right the last time that was tried Satan was kicked out of Heaven. Having said that there is the possibility we are being punished for going away from GOD. Look at all the times the Israelites were made captive for going against GOD. Maybe Progressivism is our Babylon. The nations that made the Israelites captive killed a lot of them but didn’t claim to want to destroy them, islam does. This is where GOD draws the line. They could be made captive as punishment but GOD will not let them be destroyed. That’s why this time is so dangerous, islam is pure evil, followers of the devil.
copatriots
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:53amThe below question is poorly worded. It should read “any denomination or non-denomination” or should be asked without any parenthetical qualifiers.
Are you a Christian (Catholic, evangelical — any denomination)?
Report Post »qzak491
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:23am.
Report Post »All it needs to say is “Do you believe in JESUS”, unfortunatly JESUS was left out, funny how that seems to be happening more and more.
kryptonite
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:38pm@qzak491
All it needs to say is “Do you believe in JESUS”, unfortunatly JESUS was left out, funny how that seems to be happening more and more.
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“…wherefore, I give you to understand that…no one can (factual present) say (factual present) Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit. “(1 Cor. 12:3)
“Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses (or profess;hold to be true) that Jesus Christ is (present tense) come in the flesh is of God” (1 John 4:2-3; 2 John 1:7) .
I bet if we put Obama to the test, he would start hissing, writhing and foaming at the mouth.
Report Post »dukeofpaducah
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:53amThere is a definite reverend wright flavor to this administration. obama has to be thrown out of office in November. There is no other way for our country or for that matter the world to survive. Do I believe that obama is an anti-christ? YES!
Have you ever noticed how all the top guns in this administration seem to be in a trance?
All of them, could have come right out of central casting for a horror movie.
Unfortunately OUR horror is real.
Report Post »qzak491
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:17am.
DUKEOFPADUCAH
Is you a KY boy???
Report Post »hi
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:51amYou are a Christian if you asked Jesus into your heart to forgive you of your sins. If you have not done that, do it right now!! If you have done that, you know that when you die, you will go to heaven and be with God for eternity. Christians are saved by God’s grace by believing in Him, not from works.
To grow in your Christian walk, read the Bible and pray.
God’s greatest command is to love others. It is really, really, really hard to do. But, by reading His Word and praying, the Holy Spirit will make it easier.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:49amI believe in God and often ask for His guidance….I also ask for strength for any situation that may arise and most of all I thank God every day for all he has given me.
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:48amI delight in the Lord, and thank Him profoundly for his saving grace. I attend church services regularly on Sunday and Wednesday, and church functions when they occur.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:41amI am an Evangelical Christian. I believe the Government has no business in religion at all. Things such as DOMA should not even be on the table. That is for the Church to decide, not the Government. If two, three,four guys want to get married and they can find a Church to do it. so be it. The Government cannot and should not tell the Church what marrigae is because if they do, then it inflames those who are in opostition. Take the licensing away from the States, take the power to marry someone from the Justice of the Peace and Boat Captains too. Marrige is between the people and God, not the people and the Government.
I do not want any Politician legislating religion. Not mine (Christianity) or any other. That is called Facism. If he wants to be religious, then he can. If he wants to pray to Mecca, he can. If he wants to tell me to pray to Mecca or requires me to do anything religious…Then he should be removed from office.
If a politician wants to preach the Gospel in a Church he should be allowed to do so and even say vote for me. Same goes for a Jew or a Muslim. It is called FREEDOM. But he cannot put a law on me that says I can or cannot do anything regarding my faith. (Perfect example is making me pay taxes that will fund abortion)
Get the Government out of religious control. Allow us to have freedom of religion, not freedom FROM religion as the Atheist want.
Report Post »Go back to the Constitution and stop pretending you know what it says.You do not.
BMroxy
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:07amActually the bible says marriage is btween a woman and man.
Report Post »objectivetruth
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:21amPart of freedom of religion also includes freedom from religion, if one so chooses.Key word is one.Individuals have that right,They don’t have the right to shove it down anyone elses throat.Our country was founded on the individuals rights and responsibilities.I consider the freedon from religion to equate with not being forced to practice a religion you don’t believe in.Not necessarily atheism as some may infer or imply.
Report Post »Jackie Rogers, Jr.
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:23amBaddoggy,
“But he cannot put a law on me that says I can or cannot do anything regarding my faith. (Perfect example is making me pay taxes that will fund abortion)”
Report Post »This could be a slippery slope. I’m not a Quaker, but aren’t they pacifists? What if those of them who are truly conscientious in their faith begin expressing opposition to a portion of their taxes being used to fund the military?
I know I’ve seen stories of sincere people, (and some not so sincere), who’ve complained that the government is interfering with their religious beliefs by prohibiting them from using drugs. Snake handling also comes to mind. Medical treatment for minor children, polygamy. There will always be a tension between the state and religion.
kryptonite
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:46am@objectivetruth
Report Post »Part of freedom of religion also includes freedom from religion, if one so chooses.Key word is one.Individuals have that right
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That is an oxymoron and liberal lie, now being paraded to deny freedom of religion to Christians (not Muslims). Constitutional rights are legal rights, and the Constitution does not stipulate the right to not exercise a right. Refrain or waive if you like, but freedom from religion is NOT a Constitutional right.
kryptonite
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:08am@Baddoggy
Report Post »I do not want any Politician legislating religion. If he wants to pray to Mecca, he can.
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Here’s the problem: Islamo-fascists/Islamists don’t just “want to pray to Mecca.” Their primary goal is world dominion. Islamists are practically in control of the ME, in the process of taking over Europe, and have infiltrated our Republic and are spreading fast with the help of commie Hussein and liberals in the judicial system and the media. Islamists pray facing Mecca too. They masquerade as a religion (taqiyya) as a means to an end, namely, the subjugation of the free world to their iron-fist theocracy. How can you tell Islamists from so-called Muslims? You can’t, unless they belong to the fighting arm of Islamism (jihad). But there are some facts: 1. Muslim countries are Islamist theocracies. 2. Islamists proselytize, marry into the population and immigrate en masse, to destabilize and eventually overturn the free socio-political system in a given country. 3. Some Muslims in non-Islamist countries don’t follow the teachings of Muhammad, the founder of ISLAMISM or read the Qur’an, but if they attend a madrassa, go to mosque regularly or frequent Islamist websites, they can easily convert to Islamism and will sometimes join sleeper cells/become jihadists. 4. The Arab Spring is Islamist and their primary target is Israel. They will attack for sure if Obama remains prez (not that you care).
Country
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:39amI study the bible and believe it to be the Word of God. I don’t agree with organize religion because it is mostly about money and control, and traditions of men. There are many so called churches that are not of the word of God but pretend to be. There are a lot of prople who call themselves teachers, pastors etc. that don’t teach the Word. I get aggravated with people who say they are Christian and are so ignorant of the Word and/or not desire to learn it.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:50amSadly so many of them are nothing more than large groups with a large social calendar then throw in about a 20 or 30 minute sermon on a Sunday morning.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:42pmThen how can you tithe? 10% is God’s, and that isn’t for you to decide how to spend it for Him. So how do you work that out? Just asking.
Report Post »Country
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:57pm@Jenny Lind We tithe were we are feed, is your pastor feeding you the Word, or are you tithing to listen to a 30 minute sermon with 2 or 3 verses out of the whole bible. Tithing is also a personal thing between you and God, not you and the officers of a church.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:51pm@jenny lind – titheing is no problem at all. There are so many, Christ centered organizations to give money to – ones that we know for sure the monies go to the heart of the issue and are used to spread the message of God’s love and providing them with basic necessities of life and very little is used for administration. That just happens to be the choice for my family.
Report Post »Sippi Ma
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:35amThe Bible says many are called, few are chosen. We have to remember when it comes to any organized church that if we are not careful we will look to the man who is suppose to be teaching us and not to God. Matthew 24:5 says “For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am Christ’ and will deceive many” That means that there are alot of churches out there that are deceiving!! But who are we to say which churches they are. We must pray daily for God’s guidence to follow that very narrow pathway to his Kingdom. And, we must be careful about pointing our finger at anyone else and judging. It is not our job to do the judging, that will come later at the great white throne judgment. God bless us all and make us courageous and worthy for what is to come.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:35amI believe in God and I also believe that if you want to play adult then you should be able to buy your own pills, doctors appointments, and everything else that goes along with playing adult. Don‘t ask me to pay for it because I don’t ask you to pay for my play.
Report Post »kfrederic
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:06amWell Put! “Insurance” should be for the unpredictable and unavoidable expenses.
Report Post »v15
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:33amI finished the questionnaire, click “no” on “Are you Muslim?” and got a perfect red circle. haha. nice.
Report Post »marthasusan40
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:32amI believe that our Country and the principles that men and women are born free were based on Faith. We could not re-write history without the faith that inspired our Founding Fathers. We of faith are under attack. There is Evil in the White House.
Report Post »qzak491
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:50amIn the beginning of the contest with Britain when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for the Divine protection. Our prayers , sirs, were heard, and they were graciously answered. … And have we now forgotten this powerful Friend? Or do we imagine that we no longer need his assistance? I have lived for a long time (81) years and the longer I live the more convincing proof I see of this truth, that GOD governs the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it possible that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that “Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it.” I firmly believe this, and I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall proceed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel.
This is an excerpt from a speech given by Benjamin Franklin in 1787 “Speech to the Convention for Forming a Constiitution for the United States” In Philadelphia.
Report Post »loveoursoldiers
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:29amDo you believe you are a good christian if you don’t attend mass every week?
YES
Report Post »Slate
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:23amAre any of us “good” christians, Jesus replied ” why do you call me good?..no one is good except God alone.”–Mark 10:18 NIV
Report Post »The Jewish Avenger
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:29amYep.
And the trolling starts in 5…4…3….2…1…
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:58amToo funny, Avenger. We sure get a lot of atheist commenters for the comparatively small percentage they represent of of 5,200 responders thus far.
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