Evidence for God from Science

I understand it a little better now. So the word profane doesn't actually mean that the defective person is spiritually profaning the temple, but rather just unfortunately falling short of the physical standard that the Law required for proper sacrifice. It really helps one see verses like Romans 8:...

God chose one tribe because He is a God of order and He gives certain people certain positions just like He does today in the church body. My point was that it seemed odd that God deemed the defective descendants of Aaron as the kind of people that would "profane" His temple without any re...

I have come across some pretty challenging verses in the OT, but this passage in Leviticus 21:16-24 has really left me confounded. If you read it for yourself you'll see God explicitly prohibits any sons of Aaron with any birth defect(dwarf, hunchback, cripple, crushed testicles, even a broken hand ...

Your message on shame has really touched my heart and hit home with me in a very sobering way. It brought me back to when I had given up on my life as a christian because of my constant failure in the area of pornography. I became so frustrated and so ashamed that I decided to not even go to Jesus t...

Hi jlay By same type I meant that the two different groups of recipients were both still Christians, though of course Romans was written to the Christians of varying nationalities and Hebrews was to... well the Hebrews. You are most definitely right in establishing the identification of the recipien...

I also love verses about God's omnipresence. Some really good ones I looked up are Jeremiah 23:24, Psalm 139:7-10, Colossians 1:17, Job 11:7-9. I also appreciated your thoughts on omnipresence being in accordance with omnipotence. My definition of the idea would be that omnipresence entails that God...

Hello again jlay :wave: First, I don't quite understand why you say that I thought both writers were speaking on the same subject as to how one is saved. I know fully well that they were not, and I know fully well and made it clear through my paper that salvation comes by faith and God's grace alone...

jlay, I know salvation based on works is biblically incorrect, but the statements I made about living our lives as God's children centered strictly around scripture. The wording concerning "steps" and making salvation sound like a process was off kilter grammatically and conceptually, but ...

This a paper I wrote a little more than a year ago that I thought I could share with you all and contribute to the forum. My goal was to not write in favor of either side of the controversy but to show once again that there are no discrepancies in the Holy Scriptures. I love to hear your feedback, a...

I'm really glad i decided to keep the conversation going. At first I was a little disconcerted with the nature of the reply, but now that I know you thought I was just some crazy preacher you once knew, I am glad to see your much more personable. I also despise the abuse of Gods sacred word for sord...

Hey DRDS, it's me ManofGod :wave: I definitely can't say your wrong in your assesment. I can't name any organizations off the top of my head, but I would'nt be a bit surprised that there are some apologetic organizations who follow the same dreaded path of televangical pastor. Just like my dad says,...

DRDS, I'm a bit let down by your response to my post :crying: All I was trying to do was point out what I thought was wrong with the whole concept for the sake of biblical accuracy. I understand we differ in our viewpoints, but I think the rant about doomsaying pastors and giving money to false prea...

I don't mean to berate anyones efforts to share their beliefs here, but this concept of Nephilim and "sons of God" is an extreme misinterpretation both in the doctrinal and literary sense. First, if demons had actually filled the earth with people half demon half human, it seems only reaso...

I hope you get better soon. I appreciate you doing that for me. I have a lot more questions that we can discuss with the help of that book.

Thanks for the welcome and the feedback everybody. I have studied and found stark differences in the treatment of slaves as compared to chattel slavery in Ancient East cultures. God truly made slavery as humanitarian as possible within the Israelite culture. I have a question for Philip. You mention...