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    Jim_Alaska got a reaction from HappyChristian in Prayer for myself   
    I would like to ask for prayer from my OB family regarding my upcoming triple heart by-pass surgery. There is no firm date for this surgery, but it will happen soon.
    Last week the docs tried a procedure to put in stents, but it was unsuccessful, so a triple heart by-pass is needed.
    Please pray with and for me.
  2. I Agree
    Jim_Alaska reacted to Pastor Matt in Shepherd's Chapel   
    First, welcome to OB. Second, you having a bad day? Thirdly, you tell us how wrong we are without telling us what were wrong in, and a lack of using scripture to tell us where we're wrong in. We find in the scripture that even the devil used the Bible to trip up Jesus. 
    These types of posters always seems to reassure me of my beliefs, so thanks for posting. 
  3. Thanks
    Jim_Alaska reacted to DaveW in Soul winning without seeing what the Bible says.   
    1Co 2:4-5
    (4)  And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
    (5)  That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
     
    Heb 4:12
    (12)  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
     
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    Jim_Alaska got a reaction from BrotherTony in Soul winning without seeing what the Bible says.   
    Romans 10:17 (KJV) So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
  5. I Agree
    Jim_Alaska reacted to Pastor Matt in It's easy to judge people, STOP!   
    In my opinion the topic of judging is one of the most misunderstood things in the Bible. It's not hard to understand Biblical judging once you study it in the Bible, but it seems few do. 
  6. Like
    Jim_Alaska reacted to HappyChristian in What was the title of Today's Message?   
    My hubs preached on compassion. I was ill so wasn't there to hear it - I type the bulletin, so...heehee.
    Seriously, he's been preaching on soulwinning for a few weeks. Good, timely messages.  
  7. Thanks
    Jim_Alaska reacted to Jerry in Shekinah Glory   
    I have heard people say this in the past or read in some books. This is from William Newell on Revelation 1. Fits in with the pagan/unbelieving term Shekinah, or thinking God has both male and female attributes or characteristics.   After writing this note, I found to my horror, but I confess not to my surprise, the following: "In order to corroborate the doctrine (of sex in deity) just mentioned, certain Theosophists have invented a new derivation for the Hebrew Shaddai, which in our versions is correctly rendered 'Almighty.' They suppose it to be connected with a word shad, which signifies a woman's breast.** But such a derivation is impossible, and, so far as we are aware, has never been proposed by an unbiased scholar. More than one Christian scholar has taken up this Theosophical derivation of Shaddai, and explained the word as meaning first 'full-breasted,' and then 'bountiful.' The irreverent use of one of the grandest titles of the Most High should have checked them." (Pember: THE CHURCH AND THE MYSTERIES. Page 413.) The Babylonian doctrine of "the motherhood of God," source of all abominations, is what is subtly brought in here. The true derivation of Shaddai is Hebrew, yDv from root ddv to be strong, mighty: in adjective form used only of God (Gesenius). To miss this meaning of The Almighty is to endanger the consent of our hearts to His righteous judgments.   -------- ** My comments: After I texted this quote to a friend, he pointed out that the statue of Diana (of the Ephesians) is covered with breasts and is often referred to as the many breasted god. The beliefs and portrayal of Diana is is one of the sources for the divine feminism coming into the church, so it is no surprise that somewhere along the way, false believers would want to add this to our view of the true God.   Some may ask why does this matter? Truth matters. I would rather reject the error and cling to the truth and be blessed by my Lord than to be willingly or unknowingly clinging to some error just to fit in with the religious crowd or "Christians" who just do not know their Bibles.   This matters because it actually came close to home recently. A little over a week ago, I was speaking with my brother about something - including Mark Lowry referring to the Holy Spirit as "She" and agreeing with some pagan on a video that the Holy Spirit is also referred to as Sophia!! - and my brother brought up some conversations with his girlfriend about God having male and female attributes, and that she knows some people that refer to the Holy Spirit as a female (like The Shack does). All I could think of at that time was the definition of El Shaddai I had heard many times through the years. Didn't want to go there as that would have truly confused the issue! So I focussed on: Yes, God created mankind, male and female and our emotions, etc. - BUT He has always revealed Himself (all three members of the Godhead) as male to us, never as female - even if He has what some may refer to as feminine attributes (compassion, mercy, etc.). But seeing now where some of this confusion came from and what type of people tried to redefine the Bible and add it to Biblical Christianity, I am glad to have this error exposed.   And the great thing was, I was studying out a commentary on Revelation, not even looking to expose any possible error in my life or in the world, just wanting to dig in deeper as my preacher is covering Revelation on Sunday morning. This came up - but fit in with my previous research, and it is eye-opening, for sure.
  8. I Agree
    Jim_Alaska got a reaction from DaveW in Churches Abandon Baptist Name   
    John was the last of the Old Testament Prophets and the first of the New Testament preachers.
  9. Like
    Jim_Alaska got a reaction from Joe Chandler in Churches Abandon Baptist Name   
    I believe that churches that want to remove the name Baptist, do so because they do not want to be identified with what traditional Baptists have always stood for doctrinally, as well as in faith and practice. Baptists have been a hated people from their beginning. First they were hated primarily by the Jews of their day; but once the Reformation came into being, they were hated equally by all of the Roman Catholics and her sister denominations.
    If you are ashamed to be identified as a Baptist, shame on you, for you trample under foot the blood of our Baptist and Anabaptist forefathers.
  10. Thanks
    Jim_Alaska got a reaction from TheGloryLand in Churches Abandon Baptist Name   
    John was the last of the Old Testament Prophets and the first of the New Testament preachers.
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    Jim_Alaska reacted to Pastor Matt in Woman Pastors are still unbiblical from Scripture alone!!!   
    While I understand it's unbiblical, when folks don't use the Bible as a source of Biblical standards and authority it's hard to show from the Bible when the rebuttal is man quotes and not God. Because of that, I believe the readers of these forums can decide between what man has to say or what God has. 
    TBH, due to the lack of Scripture, it really reaffirms to me what the Bible says and people can see that. It really helps people to see that woman pastors are unbiblical according to the Bible, but no less important in the church.
    I'll close this as it's heading in the direction of other threads. Reading can now decide between man or God. 
    Dr, it is a humorous list, but not relevant to Biblical qualifications for man or woman
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    Jim_Alaska reacted to Pastor Matt in Woman Pastors are still unbiblical from Scripture alone!!!   
    That list has zero Biblical qualifications for a pastor of either a female or a male. That's a post that needs it's own thread as it has nothing to do with "Biblical" qualification.
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    Jim_Alaska reacted to Dr. Robert S. Morley in Woman Pastors are still unbiblical from Scripture alone!!!   
    Please just watch the story, Tony. I have been in missions for many years and have seen women like this lead men, as Deborah did Barak. The way God uses them dismantles the restrictive views some have of 1 Timothy 2:11-12. 
  14. I Agree
    Jim_Alaska reacted to Pastor Matt in Woman Pastors are still unbiblical from Scripture alone!!!   
    I will state this as well: Just because God does not qualify a person for the pastoral position does not mean they are "uneducated" or incapable of doing the job. God set it up where the pastor is a "husband of one wife" (1 Tim 3:2). God distinctly made males and females different, both physically and mentally. God chose pastors to be men, and I can't give birth because that's not how God made me. There are some ministries that God called people in our church to do that I probably can do better, but God did not call me for that ministry like He did them, and I'm okay with following God.
    The women in our church play a role just as important as mine in our church. I will not sit back and let people disrespect women and the roles that God has given them in our New Testament church.
  15. I Agree
    Jim_Alaska reacted to BrotherTony in Update your American Passport Soon   
    I've never had a passport, and I probably never will. I don't feel the need to travel outside of the United States and Canada. 
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    Jim_Alaska reacted to HappyChristian in Preaching on the mother of God, the virgin Mary   
    Except that the title "virgin" is used with the gross misunderstanding that she was a perpetual virgin. She was not, and would likely be unhappy to know that she is known to so many as "virgin Mary."  God did choose her...but remember that she was told she would be blessed AMONG women. Not ABOVE them, as the rcc has extrapolated. Interestingly enough, Deborah WAS listed as blessed ABOVE women.  If we were to use those prepositions as basis for importance, Deborah was more important than Mary. 
    Just so you know, my husband does preach about Mary - when God leads him to do so. I have also taught about her, just as I have many other ladies that are mentioned in God's Word.
    Mary was privileged to be the channel through which Christ came physically into the world. Yes, that was an honor. But we need to remember that she was humble enough to know that SHE was not the important one.
  17. Like
    Jim_Alaska reacted to BrotherTony in Update your American Passport Soon   
    Our resident alarmist. TGL's okay, though. 
  18. Thanks
    Jim_Alaska reacted to Pastor Matt in Do We Also Have Bible-Based Doctrines That Are Wrong? Is There a Case for Women as Pastors?   
    Administration note:
    God gave us all a free will to believe what and who we believe. I trust everyone reading this will take the time and read what the Bible says rather than what man says. In the past man has got things wrong in the church (every denomination and non-denomination) when they listen mans opinions, but God's word never changes. Trust God's Word over man and you'll never be wrong. Beware of people that point you to more of what man says rather than God. That's what cults do. God is the one we are accountable to.
    Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
  19. Strongly Disagree
    Jim_Alaska reacted to Dr. Robert S. Morley in Do We Also Have Bible-Based Doctrines That Are Wrong? Is There a Case for Women as Pastors?   
    In an essay titled, Baptist Theology, Anthony L. Chute writes the following on the varieties of Baptists:
    Although Baptists agree in the main with the theological commitments above, there are distinctives that set a number of Baptist groups apart from each other. General Baptists affirmed a general atonement whereas Particular Baptists affirmed limited atonement. Southern Baptists formed their denomination in reaction to the refusal of the Triennial Convention (a network of northern and southern Baptists) to appoint slave owners as missionaries; the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., was formed after the American Civil War and is the nation’s oldest and largest African-American religious convention. Missionary Baptists were actively involved in missions at the turn of the nineteenth century, which gave rise to Primitive Baptists who decried mission agencies as unscriptural rivals to the local church. Landmark Baptists look to the past with their understanding that Jesus founded the Baptist church in the first century, while Seventh-Day Baptists look to the last day of the week as the day when Baptist churches should gather for worship. (Baptist Theology, The Gospel Coalition) Anthony L. Chute (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is associate professor of church history and associate dean of the School of Christian Ministries at California Baptist University, where he has taught since 2003.
    Similarly, University Avenue Baptist Church writes:
    Baptists come in all shapes and sizes and are not the same. Currently, there are over 64 separate Baptist denominations in the United States and the diversity is surprising. For example, Primitive Baptists ardently defend predestination; so do Regular Baptists and Reformed Baptists. But Free Will Baptists believe just the opposite. Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists don’t believe in missions. Swedish Baptists and German Baptists live primarily in the midwest; Northern Baptists (who later became American Baptists) were strongest in the northeast. Southern Baptists began in the south and still have their largest numbers there. Some Fundamentalist Baptists believe that the first Baptist church was started in 31 A.D. and that “nobody is a true Bible fundamentalist unless he is a fundamental Baptist.” The Alliance of Baptists are at the complete other end of the theological spectrum as they embrace diversity and nonconformity. The list goes on and on. (What Kind of Baptist? University Avenue Baptist Church) Baptists have historically sought to identify themselves by obedience to the Scriptures, which is commendable. They have often repented, made changes, and accommodated different views. It appears that they are perhaps, once again, at a juncture of a hard choice because some in the Body of Christ, even in their ranks, have seen it biblical that women can be pastors. Perhaps another group of Baptists is about to emerge. One that accepts women as co-heirs who are co-equal for all the church roles in Christ.
    Understanding the council of the Scriptures is only by God’s grace. As we seek God’s face to know what is best, let us be sure that we are gentle and loving to one another, avoiding slander so that God does not resist us. For “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble” (James 4:6). In the end, God will judge us, not so much by our zeal for what we believed was in His word but by our obedience to what His word meant. There is a difference. The Pharisees were blind though they sought the Scriptures. Even Jews who came to Christ struggled to incorporate the gentiles. More recently, Baptist antiabolitionists, those who held anti-suffrage views, and segregationists battled with change too.
    Change is invariably hard, and in an age where LGBTQ+ and gender-mutilating views are on the rise, we must be cautious. But we must not conflate those issues with the idea of women being pastors because it will only serve to cloud understanding. Zeal can become misdirected, and obedience does not come to the proud, so may God bless us as we venture on in a world where our love for God is seen in our obedience to His commands and where our love for one another identifies us more than the beliefs that constantly divide.
    Thank you to all who have contributed to the discussion.
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    Jim_Alaska got a reaction from HappyChristian in Do We Also Have Bible-Based Doctrines That Are Wrong? Is There a Case for Women as Pastors?   
    Dr. Morley, in spite of your voluminous copy and paste  techniques, it is easy to see through the many deflections you constantly post. This long winded reply is just one of many examples of this.
    I am quite sure that Holy Spirit inspired scripture is able to communicate His exact meaning to those to whom He writes, those who also have the benefit of being indwelt by this very same Spirit. Scripture backs this up nicely with words easy to understand. John 16:13 (KJV) Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
    Having said that, I copy and paste the following that you posted: “the husband of one wife” – this phrase shows the bishop is male. But it also shows that he is married. Is that a requirement?  Notice that you provide your own question at the end of the scripture, "is that a requirement?"
    This question is a deflection regarding not only what someone else posted, but also a deflection of what scripture obviously means. It is also patently obtuse on your part, for the scripture rightly assumes that the reader understands that a PASTOR is a man and of the male gender, not gender neutral, which is a term you love to use and unscriptural.
    This in no manner demands that a pastor be married; but it does demand that if he is married, he is to be the husband of one wife, as opposed to multiple wives.
    Also interesting and contradictory in this verse is the fact that you acknowledge that the Bishop or husband is male, while at other times demanding that Bishop, husband, or man is "gender neutral."
    This all proves to me that I, as well as others in this thread, are fully capable of understanding scripture without you interpreting it for us.
  21. I Agree
    Jim_Alaska got a reaction from DaveW in Do We Also Have Bible-Based Doctrines That Are Wrong? Is There a Case for Women as Pastors?   
    Dr. Morley, in spite of your voluminous copy and paste  techniques, it is easy to see through the many deflections you constantly post. This long winded reply is just one of many examples of this.
    I am quite sure that Holy Spirit inspired scripture is able to communicate His exact meaning to those to whom He writes, those who also have the benefit of being indwelt by this very same Spirit. Scripture backs this up nicely with words easy to understand. John 16:13 (KJV) Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
    Having said that, I copy and paste the following that you posted: “the husband of one wife” – this phrase shows the bishop is male. But it also shows that he is married. Is that a requirement?  Notice that you provide your own question at the end of the scripture, "is that a requirement?"
    This question is a deflection regarding not only what someone else posted, but also a deflection of what scripture obviously means. It is also patently obtuse on your part, for the scripture rightly assumes that the reader understands that a PASTOR is a man and of the male gender, not gender neutral, which is a term you love to use and unscriptural.
    This in no manner demands that a pastor be married; but it does demand that if he is married, he is to be the husband of one wife, as opposed to multiple wives.
    Also interesting and contradictory in this verse is the fact that you acknowledge that the Bishop or husband is male, while at other times demanding that Bishop, husband, or man is "gender neutral."
    This all proves to me that I, as well as others in this thread, are fully capable of understanding scripture without you interpreting it for us.
  22. Confused
    Jim_Alaska reacted to BrotherTony in Last one to post in this thread wins   
    It's not my nose I'm worried about! ????
  23. LOL
    Jim_Alaska reacted to Joe Chandler in Last one to post in this thread wins   
    Oh Yeah?
  24. I Agree
    Jim_Alaska got a reaction from BrotherTony in Do We Also Have Bible-Based Doctrines That Are Wrong? Is There a Case for Women as Pastors?   
    Dr. Morley, in spite of your voluminous copy and paste  techniques, it is easy to see through the many deflections you constantly post. This long winded reply is just one of many examples of this.
    I am quite sure that Holy Spirit inspired scripture is able to communicate His exact meaning to those to whom He writes, those who also have the benefit of being indwelt by this very same Spirit. Scripture backs this up nicely with words easy to understand. John 16:13 (KJV) Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
    Having said that, I copy and paste the following that you posted: “the husband of one wife” – this phrase shows the bishop is male. But it also shows that he is married. Is that a requirement?  Notice that you provide your own question at the end of the scripture, "is that a requirement?"
    This question is a deflection regarding not only what someone else posted, but also a deflection of what scripture obviously means. It is also patently obtuse on your part, for the scripture rightly assumes that the reader understands that a PASTOR is a man and of the male gender, not gender neutral, which is a term you love to use and unscriptural.
    This in no manner demands that a pastor be married; but it does demand that if he is married, he is to be the husband of one wife, as opposed to multiple wives.
    Also interesting and contradictory in this verse is the fact that you acknowledge that the Bishop or husband is male, while at other times demanding that Bishop, husband, or man is "gender neutral."
    This all proves to me that I, as well as others in this thread, are fully capable of understanding scripture without you interpreting it for us.
  25. LOL
    Jim_Alaska reacted to Pastor Matt in Do We Also Have Bible-Based Doctrines That Are Wrong? Is There a Case for Women as Pastors?   
    Looks like someone's going to be getting a letter from John of Patmos 
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