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by MattY
Sat Apr 11, 2026 6:03 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Is non-resistance a required belief to be a sincere Christian believer?
Replies: 23
Views: 2291

Re: Is non-resistance a required belief to be a sincere Christian believer?

I sat down on my couch and picked up a Christian magazine from my coffee table. The first page has a note from the president: "When I joined the US Air Force over 30 years ago, every military member I knew shared a unifying motivation: the deep conviction that the strongest in our society must ...
by MattY
Fri Apr 10, 2026 12:51 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Artemis II
Replies: 34
Views: 3711

Re: Artemis II

Artemis II is now less than 55,000 miles from earth, traveling around 5,775 mph and increasing in speed as it approaches earth. The return to earth is estimated to take place tonight at 8:07 pm Eastern Time. When it hits earth's atmosphere it will be traveling at roughly 23,800 mph.
by MattY
Fri Apr 10, 2026 7:26 am
Forum: Announcements and Introductions
Topic: Robert Martz by his wife Sherry
Replies: 30
Views: 2765

Re: Robert Martz by his wife Sherry

I am so sorry! What a shock. Praying for you and your family.
by MattY
Thu Apr 09, 2026 10:44 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: A Discussion on Prayer
Replies: 10
Views: 1360

Re: A Discussion on Prayer

I have like 50 videos on my Watch Later list on YouTube but I'll work this in at some point.
by MattY
Thu Apr 09, 2026 9:02 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Different views of Church and State...
Replies: 46
Views: 4443

Re: Different views of Church and State...

Different views of Church and State... The Reconstructionist view is that there is no neutrality in life: no neutral law, no religious neutrality, no divide between the secular and the sacred, no legitimate law outside of divine law, and no options in the entire sphere of human life other than God'...
by MattY
Thu Apr 09, 2026 1:25 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: What happens when we die? Is there an intermediate state?
Replies: 59
Views: 6086

Re: What happens when we die? Is there an intermediate state?

The "crisis conversion experience" is the evangelical model for how someone becomes born again; basically, they have a highly emotional experience where they are aware their are a sinner and that they become "born again" and are suddenly now saved due to mental assent to the sin...
by MattY
Thu Apr 09, 2026 1:03 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: What happens when we die? Is there an intermediate state?
Replies: 59
Views: 6086

Re: What happens when we die? Is there an intermediate state?

If we were to re-litigate all the early controversies and say the Nicene creed, Chalcedon, etc. got everything wrong (I don't know exactly what Neto meant, so apologies, I'm just using this as an example) and go whatever way we feel like as a few individuals on our own, that seems very much like an...
by MattY
Thu Apr 09, 2026 11:36 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: What happens when we die? Is there an intermediate state?
Replies: 59
Views: 6086

Re: What happens when we die? Is there an intermediate state?

There is no “authority” for those first Anabaptist leaders as compared to say the importance Catholics give to Doctors of the Church or the Orthodox. Give to the early Desert Fathers. The problem is that the Catholics and Orthodox simply cannot demonstrate that the doctrines they have adopted on th...
by MattY
Wed Apr 08, 2026 2:22 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: What happens when we die? Is there an intermediate state?
Replies: 59
Views: 6086

Re: What happens when we die? Is there an intermediate state?

There is no “authority” for those first Anabaptist leaders as compared to say the importance Catholics give to Doctors of the Church or the Orthodox. Give to the early Desert Fathers. The point... is that the very nature of Anabaptism means you are on your own in figuring things out. You do not HAV...
by MattY
Wed Apr 08, 2026 12:38 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: What happens when we die? Is there an intermediate state?
Replies: 59
Views: 6086

Re: What happens when we die? Is there an intermediate state?

To my recollection since I joined the forum, you seem to be the first to confess the Early Anabaptists could have been wrong on anything- I’ve always sensed a fear to do so all these years. Comments from early Church fathers have been most helpful to me since they were handed down the earliest from...