“Jesus is my blessed redeemer and I am willing to share him with all that accept him as their Lord and Savior.” Why limit yourself to those of like mind, my Friend? Jesus certainly didn’t! He associated respectfully & humbly with everyone (except hypocrites, of course) – he touched lepers (see Matthew 8:3), he […]
“I trust that the Holy Spirit of God will do the convicting and correcting in both of our lives. I am so thankful that God’s Spirit is Love.” That is a fine sentiment, my Friend (though the Holy Spirit is pure & perfect LOVE, and as such cannot “convict” anyone – only convince them), […]
Thereafter you go on to quote Romans 5:8, stating, “God demonstrates His love for us, that while we were stlll sinners, Jesus died for the remission of our sins.” Actually Dan, aside from the fact that this is a Paulinist concept and not a Christ-based one [refer to pages 582-584], it still means that […]
“The Holy Spirit raised [Jesus] from the dead so that we may have eternal life with him.” Actually, whether he was literally raised from the dead or not, Jesus himself proclaimed quite clearly and quite often that we are not to worship him to attain eternal life in the hereafter, but are rather are […]
“The Bible reveals God’s attributes. It tells us that He is holy, sovereign, righteous, and just; that He is loving, merciful, and kind; that He is gracious, patient, and faithful.” I personally choose to agree with this assessment of the Divine, Lucy – and Jesus would as well (see Matthew 5:48 + Luke 6:36 […]
“God’s Word teaches us how to live holy lives and to be fruitful witnesses for our Lord.” Yep, it sure does! Let’s take a quick look at what that Word says about how your Lord & Savior wants you to “bear witness” for him, my dear: “If you keep my commandments, you will abide […]
“I don’t know how many times we have stated that we have not condemned anyone, and yet you keep on insisting that we are. HOW???” Well for starters, my Friend, you have done so by clearly embodying & enlivening every single one of the primary definitions for the word “condemn” … Please consider the […]
“You are the arrogant one! You are judgmental of God’s Word and of Christians for believing in the whole truth of God’s Word!” (sigh) … Lucy, we have already covered the incredibly important distinction between the “judgment” of Matthew 7:1-2 (that Jesus denounces) and the “righteous judgment” of John 7:24 (that Jesus endorses), and […]
“How can we listen to you Scaughdt, when you take away the death & resurrection of Jesus? How can we listen to you when you believe that he faked his death?… The Jesus you speak of was a deceiver and a liar.” Well, first of all, while I have indeed presented you & yours with […]
“The Word of God is what we try to live by, and it is the inspired Word of God.” Fair enough, my dear Lucy – I just so happen to wholeheartedly agree. And it is because I wholeheartedly agree that I ask you this very important question: If you & yours truly believe that […]
“The writers [of the Bible] were inspired, moved by the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:21), and their resultant writings were inspired ones, as if breathed or spoken by God (2 Timothy 3:16).” Well, as far as this claim is concerned, I would once again listen to the Bible itself on this matter – a […]
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