Evidence for God from Science

Cyclist, I'm not sure you can really separate the two with regards to salvation Sure. I think I better expressed by question in this post: I can see that the two can't be separated. I guess I'm asking a 'when' question. Before Jesus people couldn't accept him as their saviour, and since Jesus every...

Most Christians believe Jesus was the son of God and/or God, so they would say yes.. Yes to his birth 'or' his death being the source of salvation? Interesting to hear the perspective of a self-defined 'cultural Christian', too. Did Jesus' sacrifice have any functional or symbolic purpose in your v...

Dispensationalism is definitely a strong attempt to answer these types of questions as well. Aha! A keyword! (I struggled to home in on my specific question when I tried searching myself which is why I ended up posting it here). I got this from wikipedia's (always to be taken with a pinch of salt, ...

Thanks both for the thoughtful posts. I'm getting a general sense of yes, Jesus could be accepted during his lifetime, albeit there may be technical differences amongst Christians. I'm not saying it isn't a valuable question or that the Scripture doesn't have more to say on it that that. Likewise I ...

Thanks Canuckster1127. I can see that the two can't be separated. I guess I'm asking a 'when' question. Before Jesus people couldn't accept him as their saviour, and since Jesus everyone and anyone can. But I'm unlcear whether Christians believe people could accept Jesus as their personal saviour du...

I don't know much about the Bible and I don't know many Christians so sorry if my question is naive or stupid... I understand Jesus spent much of his life preaching that he was the way, the light, and the life (or something), suggesting he offered salvation before his persecution and death. On the o...