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Hugh, you are missing the point. Exodus 21 offers no condemnation of taking another wife. It only regulates the practice by demanding that the first wife not be deprived of her due. For easy reference, here's the passage: If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and he...

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Hugh, you missed the point. In fact, you surrendered your position. "Furthermore, if as Hugh as suggested, man's 'oneness' with one wife has no interference or dependence upon his 'oneness' with a second wife, then how can marriage to one woman ever prevent marriage to a second? According to Hugh, t...

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If marrying an additional wife is acceptable in the New Testament, then why did Jesus say that divorce followed by a second marriage was "adultery" or "fornication [/b]? "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another , commits adultery ; and whoever m...

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It does make you wonder. ... Along this vein, I have often wondered if the centurion at the cross was Cornelius of Acts 10 ... I guess it is not too important... This is just speculation on my part, but I think the absence of "important" information is simply evidence to the fact that God thinks dif...

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The Bible does not tell us his name. He is simply referred to as a "thief" and a "criminal". Out of curiosity, why do you want to know?

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I am involved with a just beginning church (whose leader .... does not require strict adherence to his "reformed theology" ... He does not boldly preach Calvinism at the pulpit(but brushes up against it) ... Can there be unity,one body with diversity in doctrinal thinking? He seems to be a better m...

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In addition to the excellent, previous answer, please allow me to add another passage with comment: Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. ( James 5:13 ) Please notice that this instruction is specifically directed to the individual , not the collective...

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based on these thoughts, a new article was recently posted:

Cursing, Swearing, and Vulgarity

Feedback is always welcome...

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I am personally unaware of any reference to the exact scenario you described. Generally, prophets did not turn to music to help make decisions, since they served as the mouth of God. However, music was used "therapeutically" to help sooth distressed individuals: But the Spirit of the Lord departed f...

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Hello, Thanks for taking the time to complete our online correspondence course, "God's Sovereignty and Man's Free Will". The original questions, followed by your answers, are included below. Occasionally, I will provide a comment or follow-up question after your answer. I pray that you found the ori...

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You are reading this! Just stop to think all of the evidence embedded in the simple truth that you chose to read this !! For some reason, you care about things that transcend life. Far greater than the animal's concern, you are not satisfied with this mere life and the security of it. The satiation ...

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I do not know if you friend would make this argument, but when I have heard people express this concern in the past, it has usually been based on the assumption that a boy becomes a man, when he becomes a Christian. Since women are forbidden to teach over a man ( Titus 2:3-5; I Timothy 2:13-15 ), wo...

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My thoughts on this are very similar to our previous exchange: http://forums.insearchoftruth.org/about193.html In short, I believe it depends on your heart. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with martial arts any more than aerobics, jogging, cycling, etc. If however, one performs martial arts as ...

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You say you strictly follow the Reformation principle of sola Scripture. Well, I have to be honest about something here: Sola Scriptura often proves to be a facade behind which all sorts of extra-biblical authorities are smuggled in. Certainly that happened with Calvin, who based this doctrine of G...

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These are kind of off topic, but remotely related:

http://www.insearchoftruth.org/articles/self-image.html
http://www.insearchoftruth.org/articles/music.html

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You have asked a lot of interesting questions here. Please allow me to answer them one at a time: I'm a drummer who is fascinated by the topic of self help. I have read the two leading books on the suject: "Psychocybernetics" by Dr. Maxwell Maltz and "Unlimited Power" by Tony Robbins. After reading ...

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I believe your passage from Luke is one of the best, because it clearly states that Jesus was not a spirit alone, but was also flesh: 36 Now as they said these things, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, "Peace to you." 37 But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed ...

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I am sure you already know this, but the ancient Jews were very careful and reverential in their treatment of God's covenant name, Jehovah, or YHWH in Hebrew. The oft repeated illustration is that a scribe would be dilligent to dip his stylus in the ink well immediately before writing the Lord's nam...

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Why isn't the quality of being a submissive wife really emphasized? It would really cut down on divorces and marital problems. Just my 2 cents, but the American culture and mindset is one of independence. Compare it to countries who don't want democracy, even if its handed to them. Americans will g...

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Again, I believe we are focusing on the tangential issues, while overlooking the fundamental issues. At the risk of losing focus and detracting from the real questions... You cite Leviticus 10:9; Proverbs 20:1; 31:4, 6 as negative uses of sheker. Again I say how very convenient. All of a sudden it d...

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1 Peter 4:1-4 does not forbid drinking wine but it's overindulgence as it's use of drunkeness and what occurs because of it. Admittedly, overindulgence is clearly condemned in this passage. However, the last word, "banqueting", or "drinking parties", refers to something less than indulgence. It may...

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Molesting children is doing physical harm to them and would thus be wrong. Again you can not prove that drinking alcoholic beverages is evil. The Scripture warns against its overindulgence not its consumption. Yes. I agree with the first part of the statement. The key however is that you could not ...

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Since sheker may have various meanings we cannot tell for sure if it means that it is alcoholic. But the original post asked "Is drinking wine wrong biblically"? Since you can not be sure of it's meaning you can not be sure that it is wrong and therefore it falls under Christian liberty. This is te...

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It seems to me that you have still avoided answering my question, "What is the basis for determining if a word can have more than one meaning?" Although you have quoted one reference to the meaning of shekar , you have primarily asserted your position again, while ignoring the primary arguments rais...

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First, let's get clear about how I view divine inspiration. I believe that God works from within, out. ... God's decisions are always consititutive of our being, his feelings always flow within us, because all entities are mutually sensitive to one another. So, yes, it's automaticv that we have to ...

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I think it's pretty arbitrary and prejudicial to point to one group and say they're all inspired and then these others aren't and so should be dismissed, and how convenient it is when the "inspired" ones are all on your side. ... I know this persistent thread was not the point of your original post...

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In your interpretation of what it means to be an elder and the qualities they should have, is there any solid foundation in this concern. This is a very good question, one which I cannot fully answer, because I am not present to judge the situation. However, here are a Scriptural requirements that ...

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Wasn't Phoebe in Romans 16:1 a deaconess? This is not only a bad English translation, but is an uncommon one too. Please compare a few other versions: KJV Romans 16:1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: ASV Romans 16:1 I commend unto you Phoeb...

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Think of this. When you pray to the Father you pray to Jesus because they are one in the same. ... Ahhh that is the question isn't it? I suggest they are they same but are not the same. Its kinda like water. Water has three forms, Solid, Gas, Liquid. Each has a different properties but is in fact s...

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who are we to define what God is? yes I agree these debates should take place about God, but how can we with our finite minds grasp the nature of infinite God? In some measure, I agree with your observation. How can the lesser comprehend the greater? Moses' statement seems apropos here: The secret ...

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I have believed that women are not allowed to preach based on 1 Timothy 2:12. How can a women preach in light of this passage? Depends on who you ask... Like you, I look to the Scriptures to answer this question: Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. And I do not permit a woman to teach...

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Your posts contains two interesting and related points of discussion, but I would like to separate them for clarity. God Hears, Answers, and Responds to Prayer how do we reconcile the fact that God knows all things, including any decision we may make in the future, with the fact that God changed his...

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Hello Hugh, I respect your views of "Hyper Calvinism", because I believe it more self-consistent than the position of the hybrid 2-, 3-, and 4-point Calvinists. However, I believe that neither Augustine nor Calvin were consistent with Scripture. The following article introduces the series focused on...

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Though there is no word for it, it is the last form of Polygamy, a Polygyny, is the only form of Polygamy practiced in scripture. ... Only Polygynies and Mongamies though again I repeat there is no concept of either in the scriptures, only that of marriage which it broadly defines (by our terms) to...

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I take all your references to "Polygamy" or "Polygamists" to be a reference in fact to Polygyny and Polygynists. There is a difference. Polygamy includes the practice of several forms of marriage not even mentioned in scripture, if in fact you can call those sorts of relationships "marriages". Poly...

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A previous post stated that those in Acts 19 to whom Paul baptized were not Israelites for they did not know of the Holy Spirit. However, as my NASB 1977 states in their footnote in relation to "there is a Holy Spirit" (Acts 19:2) it says, "Or, the Holy Spirit has been given." They simply didn't kn...

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What I was pointing out is that being a man is on the list. Thus if the list is considered a list of things that are "blameless" then being a woman is considered to be substandard. There are two sorts of people that are excluded from being a deacon on the list. Neither sort of person is "substandar...

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where is it that under the New Covenant that one must ask for forgiveness? :?: Requirement for Conversion: But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in yo...

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And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples he said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" So they said to him, " We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit ." ...

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Think of this. When you pray to the Father you pray to Jesus because they are one in the same. Are you suggesting that they are the same being? If so, we should probably ask the moderator to spin this off into another thread. :-) Before responding, I would encourage to look over the following artic...

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I will have to chanllge your claim about revaltions. None of us have the authority to dismis cannonized books. Not one person on earth has that authority. Doug, I believe you read too much into my statement. I am not dismissing the book, not its cannonization. I am however dismissing a literal inte...

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Also, please notice that David's punishment was supposed to be his execution. In fact, unwittingly, David spelled out his own punishment. Please recall that Nathan, the prophet, tricked unrepentant David into facing his own sins by using an illustration of an anonymous rich man, who stole a poor man...

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Deacons must be "The husband of one wife" which requires all deacons to be males. Now no one jump all over me and call me Sexist but it cleary states a deacon must be male, hence husband. Agreed. More on this here: http://www.insearchoftruth.org/articles/female_leadership.html Thus brings up anothe...

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Thank you for your points of clarification. Although I better appreciate your ideas and position, and am even somewhat more sympathetic to it, I still disagree with some of the fundamental premises. You asked who were the classical theists. They were the church fathers, the movers and shakers, Augus...

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So, basically you find the story of Ghandi personally more satisfying and appealing; therefore, it is real? Is your decision based on evidence or personal desire?

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how do you maintain your "New Age" philosophy, since it is admittedly in contraditicion with the Scriptures? Don't you end up kind of "picking and choosing" the parts out of the Bible, which you think are important? What is the basis of your arbitration? For example, how can a person thow away Jesus...

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So, men who have divorced their wives for the cause of their wife's adultery or fornication are Elder/Overseer material in your estimation? Although it may "look bad" in some people's estimation, the Lord gave allowance for divorce, only if it was for the cause of fornication ( Matthew 5:32; 19:1-9...

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Please excuse me if I take exception to your post. It seems to me that you did not answer the last half of my question; and moreover, you are assuming the thing to be proven. If a word can have more than one definition, how can one ascertain to the exact definition to be applied in any given usage? ...

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Classical theism, the reigning doctrine of God in Christendom, affirms that God is void of body, parts, passions, even compassion, wholly simple, wholly immutable, independent, immaterial, the supreme cause and never the effect. What creatures have, God does not. I would agree with some aspects of ...

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That raises two other questions. Does it mean any men who simply have just one wife, whatever the path they took to that state or are divorced men excluded? A person that divorces his wife for any cause, other than fornication ( Matthew 5:32 ), cannot be considered blameless and therefore, cannot f...

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