Lance Eccles wrote:
And Robert, what those Catholics are doing in front of the "temple" (actually "tabernacle") is indeed worshipping, and they will readily admit it. After all, what is inside that "fancy golden breadbox" is the body, blood, soul and divinity of Christ. He is physically present there.

As to the so-called "shroud," it is simply another idol, like the many relics that the Roman church has caused people to "venerate" (i.e., worship) through the centuries. It is in the same category as the supposed toe bones of saints, splinters of the cross and tears of Mary in little vials. These things are in some sense worse that big statues of Buddha and little carvings of sex demons that other pagans worship, since they are more likely to deceive people into thinking they are Christians.

Scott McMahan wrote:
The deeper you read into this article, the more obvious it all becomes. The only thing that matters is sales: Osteen is selling a new Bible with his name on it.

Lance Eccles wrote:
"Worshipped"? Well, trust the Telegraph to get it wrong.
There are two areas in which journalists must be totally ignorant in order to be qualified to write about them -- religion and linguistics.

rtYu wrote:
If there is only one church, as opposed to two aspects of the church (visible and invisible); And as you say Christ is the head of them all, plus the Holy Spirit brought them to church, then why does Jesus reject them in Matt 7:23 and Rev 3:14 Laodicea, etc?
Does the Holy Spirit make a promise then renege on that promise?
Or do you seek to establish the old RCC/Arminian salvation by human effort again? Viz that it is the fault of the mortal that they loose their salvation?

In the second, he tells the lukewarm that he will spue them out of his mouth. These are unbelievers. They have not lost their salvation, but have never had it, which is why he tells them to buy gold tried in the fire, and white raiment, and to anoint their eyes that they may see.

the right to die wrote:
That is a pretty arrogant judgment of my intentions.

Second, 'easy availability' and 'depressed mental state' does nothing to answer the real question: why do these people want to kill other people? (Answer: sin.)

Third, I actually agree with you that it is hypocritical when some Christians trust their guns more than God. The Lord preserves his own, but he does not promise they will not suffer. In fact, he promises that they will suffer. There are many martyrs through history, and frankly I think we are heading into a time of great persecution in the U.S. That doesn't mean I won't shoot anyone who tries to break into my home and harm my family.

There are massacres every day in other countries, and have been for quite some time. The worst have happened to unarmed people. That is the real reason we have guns. It has less to do with hunting and personal protection than with providing a final deterrent to a government that would love to round up its opponents and put them into camps.

Jim Lincoln wrote:
Matthew 18
6But whoso shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea.
7Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh

John UK wrote:
The question I would ask is: "Why did not the incarnate God 'protest' about these women (abortionists) when he was on earth? In fact, why did he not protest against social injustice? Where do you find the disciples planning a protest, no matter what the cause?

Unbelievers may rub shoulders with believers, but that does not make them part of the church - nor does baptism (remember Simon the sorcerer in Acts 8?), nor does signing a document at your local Baptist elders meeting, nor does anything else that man may do. The Holy Spirit makes the church, and puts people into the church.

New York has some of the strictest gun controls in the country, and it hasn't helped the murder rate there any more than it has helped D.C., Australia, England, and other places. It just gives confidence to those with murderous intentions that they are unlikely to face armed resistance.

"It's all there. I am not saying you have to go somewhere else to be complete. Some people don't need glasses, some people need single lenses. I need bifocals."

The female bishop in Rhode Island claims this woman has integrity, yet decided to defrock her. Confusion compounded by the confused.

The woman herself reveals much about her motives: it's all about being "fulfilled," being "complete." In other words, it's all about self, and nothing to do with God and the Lord Jesus.

One would think that the rich man would have called out upon seeing Lazarus in Abraham's bosom, "Please forgive me for my cruelty toward you!" Instead, he reveals the selfishness of the damned when he commands (think of it!) Abraham to send Lazarus to dip his finger in water to cool his tongue.

Pikestaff wrote:
Germany is the only european country with an outright ban on homeschooling but this does seem to open up a can of worms on asylum and immigration!
Whilst we would all sympathise with the families in Germany who do not have the freedom to homeschool their children, it does seem to establish an unusual precident, to encourage families from one sovereign country to another on the basis of this type of philosophy.

Actually, Pastor, the Bible says Christ is the Truth, and the only foundation of the church; and membership is conferred by the Holy Spirit when he baptizes us into the Body of Christ.

1 Cor. 3:11:
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

1 Cor. 12:
12For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

13For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.