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    Mid-Acts Presentations

    Both are really good, but I was thinking of specifically highlighting their shared ministry of death... There is a direct functional parallel in Scripture between the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Law of Moses. They share the same ministry... Genesis 2:16–17 “And the LORD God...
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    Mid-Acts Presentations

    You should make one that explicitly parallels the ministry of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil with the ministry of Law, including the Ten Commandments, and that contrasts that ministry of death with ministry of the Spirit. II Corinthians 3
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    the church

    I misunderstood your point. Sorry!
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    The Death Penalty should be applied equally to all ages

    There would never be any such thing as a five year old murderer in a society that executed murderers. Indeed, I can't find any case where it is clear that any five year old has ever murdered anyone at all, even in this near totally unjust society, much less in one that enforces the death...
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    the church

    You can list all of the individual translation problems you care to and it still doesn't overcome the fact the no one speaks the language that the KJV was written in any longer. If you want a perfect translation, forget it. It cannot happen - period. Just go get the Greek or Hebrew text and good...
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    Church and believers are not to judge, God and Christ will judge.

    Certainly. Its "handlable" but the cost/benefit ratio is way out of whack. You can simply read the NKJV and save yourself the internal effort of translating the KJV into modern English as you read it.
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    the church

    So far as the meanings behind the words used, there's not a dime's worth of difference between the KJV vs the NKJV. There isn't any such thing as a perfect translation so they all have their issues but the NKJV manages to avoid all of the really serious problems in the other modern English...
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    Church and believers are not to judge, God and Christ will judge.

    All of which are better than the Old King James, which might as well be written in a different language. (y)
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    Church and believers are not to judge, God and Christ will judge.

    From "Proving the Existence of God"... "Solving the Regress Problem Regress means every event is dependent on a prior event that caused it. Anything that can change or move in any way is subject to this principle. Regress does not affect choices that are “free” and not the result of a series of...
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    Church and believers are not to judge, God and Christ will judge.

    The New King James is the best in my opinion for several reasons but nearly any modern English translation is better than the Old King James. I will certainly read them. There's a good chance I already have. I've been on your website many times in the past. PM me your email address.
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    the church

    Well, that's true, but I don't think Idolater was thinking in those terms. Most Catholics do not seem to understand Paul's gospel of grace, which is the only one that will save you.
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    Church and believers are not to judge, God and Christ will judge.

    I never developed the skill of debating verbally. What I can do in writing, I'm not very good at on the fly and in person. I envy your skill in that area. "Hitler didn't kill anybody; he just recycled a lot of people into their new bodies." Total brilliance! By the way, I'm trying to write a...
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    Church and believers are not to judge, God and Christ will judge.

    First of all, I can barely follow the King James version of the bible. I can't understand why anyone uses it at all anymore. There are several better options. Ephesians 4:20 But you have not so learned Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in...
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    Church and believers are not to judge, God and Christ will judge.

    If I didn't agree with the sentiment that you've expressed here, you'd not aggravate me half as much. I was heart broken over the Flat Earth stuff. Not just because it all just so completely mindless but because one of my favorite people was getting sucked in by it. I was watching you destroy...
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    Church and believers are not to judge, God and Christ will judge.

    If you continue to be this responsive then I'm happy to continue the discussion. Go into jerk mode or unresponsive mode again and you're on your own. Why is that the doctrine you desire to cling too? How is it possible that that single issue is sufficient to falsify (in your mind) an entire...
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    Church and believers are not to judge, God and Christ will judge.

    They aren't false accusations and you cherry picking particular posts doesn't remove the reality that you know full well that I remember extremely clearly. It has nothing to do with arrogance or me playing God. It's simple common sense and first person experience and plain memory of the events...
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    Righteousness Apart from the Law: Why We Do Not Teach That Believers Can Sin with Impunity

    People throw this charge at us all the time, and it is pretty predictable. If we are not under the law anymore, if every sin is already forgiven, if our righteousness is only in Christ and not in how well we perform, then what is to stop a person from just doing whatever they want and calling it...
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    Church and believers are not to judge, God and Christ will judge.

    Our calling you a liar has nothing to do with our theological disagreements, it has to do with you saying things that you know are false and that we all know are false because we were there. We all remember the two year discussion where I BEGGED you to stop and to see reason over and over and...
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    Church and believers are not to judge, God and Christ will judge.

    I wonder whether Dave would have ever noticed, without me pointing it out here, that the one he accuses of teaching that one can "sin with impunity" was the one calling him on the carpet about lying? Probably not. In any case, I've been working on the following essay in response to this whole...
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    Church and believers are not to judge, God and Christ will judge.

    This thread is all the proof that is needed that both accusation are true. You flagrantly lied about not actually believing the Earth was flat, which you did, and probably still do, and the idiotic back and forth about "rhetorical questions" is proof that you're an intentional jerk. Live with...
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