This letter was to a church, so these characteristics are ones that represent behaviours that can show up in a church when they are living according to the flesh and not according to the Spirit.
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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:45 am
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Works of the flesh observations
- Replies: 4
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Re: Works of the flesh observations
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Works of the flesh observations
- Replies: 4
- Views: 63
Re: Works of the flesh observations
Dissensions - implies strife or discord and stresses a division into factions. Sounds to me like what has happened to many Anabaptists. Perhaps the most fragmented group in church history. The city and vicinity where I live in southern Ontario has many Mennonite groups that at some point in time app...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:49 am
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Works of the flesh observations
- Replies: 4
- Views: 63
Works of the flesh observations
In Gal 5:19-21 NKJV Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell ...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:04 am
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: The Danger of Reactionary Theology
- Replies: 19
- Views: 585
Re: The Danger of Reactionary Theology
I believe it is a good thing our salvation and our rewards won't be judged someday on what other Christians believe is sinning and what is not sinning based on their interpretations of scripture. Jesus sure put the Pharisees straight with their high opinion of themselves and their religious ways. Th...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:12 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Churches, Dealerships, and Franchises
- Replies: 81
- Views: 1391
Re: Churches, Dealerships, and Franchises
I also don’t see it working to try to compose a church / school of people with wildly varying practices. It seems such a congregation lacks unity at a fundamental level. I don't know what you mean by wildly varying, but as I said earlier, there needs to be parameters of course. I'd rather be in a c...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:48 am
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: The Danger of Reactionary Theology
- Replies: 19
- Views: 585
Re: The Danger of Reactionary Theology
This all brings me back to what is the essential belief(s) that keeps one from ending up in hell ? What is one going to believe that will get them to heaven ? Isn't that what really matters when all is said and done ? Your final question is the most important, and the answer is "no". Jesu...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:24 pm
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: The Danger of Reactionary Theology
- Replies: 19
- Views: 585
Re: The Danger of Reactionary Theology
Menno even excommunicated the Swiss Brethren for not accepting his strict views on excommunication. MattY, I just want to say that thus sentence made me laugh out loud. Luther also "excommunicated" Zwingli and the reformed church in Geneva because they couldn't agree on the metaphysics at...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:50 am
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: At the time of death?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 405
Re: At the time of death?
I have read many NDEs (Near Death Experiences) and there certainly is some commonality in these experiences but also much uniqueness. Death is a subject that some don't care to talk about but it's gonna happen. NDEs of professing Christians I find especially fascinating. So far I haven't personally ...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:45 am
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: At the time of death?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 405
Re: At the time of death?
I'm curious why you 'didn't think someone in a conservative setting would be so bold in sharing this'. Why would she need to be bold to share her experience in a conservative setting ? I'm missing something here.
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:24 am
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Which evangelisation method is most effective?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 412
Re: Which evangelisation method is most effective?
“Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thoug...