Adriel wrote:
Will you trust what an all-knowing God says on the subject or will you trust imperfect man’s assumptions and imaginations about the past that regularly are changing?" (B. Hodge)

Danny W Blackwelder wrote:
When the persecution starts getting that bad, we will find out who the true Christians are. The Matthew 7 crowd will compromise and seek to blend in.

Christopher000 wrote:
Oops...thanks John. I've always mixed up diameter and circumference. I meant, circumference. Thanks for the correction.

Christopher000 wrote:
I was just listening to a Creation Research clip on the radio, "Science, Scripture, and, Salvation, and here's an interesting factoid: if you were able to put a car on the sun, an drove it at 60mph around its diameter, it would take 5yrs to make it back to your starting point.

Christopher000 wrote:
For me, personally, I would consider it a bonafide miracle; an immediate answer to prayer.😊

Shall we listen to men, as in.....

Matthew 28:12-15 KJV
(12)  And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,
(13)  Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
(14)  And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
(15)  So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

or God, as in...

Luke 24:33-34 KJV
(33)  And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
(34)  Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

Hitchitaw creek wrote:
Don't cherry pick "faith cometh by hearing".

Romans 10:17 KJV
(17)  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

1 Peter 1:23 KJV
(23)  Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Oh, this is sooooooooo humbling to so modern, so intellectual man, who thinks he can be on God's level in understanding. But men will not be humbled, and so they will listen to all sorts of tittle tattle, rather than hearken to what God says in his word. It is a bit like shaking one's fist at God and saying, "Me, me, me, I am God."

To be born again by the Spirit of God, it is essential to have God's word. And then it is essential to believe it. But fallen, unregenerate man lives in unbelief. He does not seek God. He will seek everything else, but God? Never.

Christopher000 wrote:
Sorry John, I've always just said, "Moody", when referring to the church itself, so I was talking about the church, and not the Bible institute. Moody (the church), and Moody Bible, are located on the same campus on N LaSalle in Chicago. Warren Wiersby was the Pastor of Moody church, and Moody church would have been where those attending Moody Bible Institute would have gone for Sunday, etc., services. The college itself didn't have its own church, or a seperate church...Moody Bible church was it, but located on the same campus.

Christopher000 wrote:
Hi John, I can agree with that. Society places a whole lot of weight on the importance of education. When it has to do with general learning in order to navigate through life, such as early learning, pre-k, K-12, I'm fine with that. When it has to do with career goals, prep school, and college, I'm fine with that, too.
I think when it comes to higher education for religious studies, because someone wants to be a Pastor, etc., I've got to think that it would be quite the feat to graduate, not having been indoctrinated in some way, and come out completely unscathed. I've listened to ex-Roman Catholic Priests who said that once they got out of seminary, they no longer had confidence in the truth and accuracy of scripture. I realize that's on the extreme end of things, but every college/seminary professor leans a certain way on interpretation, and teaches accordingly, general statement of faith, or not.

Chris G P wrote:
This is an area over which there can be no compromise. Very true, it is not a salvation issue in the sense that a truly born again Christian can be temporarily deceived in this matter, but it will affect his / her practice and belief in other areas, and damage their witness to others.
The 4 main compromises seem to be, firstly that though they might broadly believe in Biblical creation and the worldwide flood, they might believe it not important to stand for it, the second is the very dangerous and subtle Gap Theory that accepts 6- day creation and the worldwide flood, but sticks millions of years between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2, and then of course the more standard compromises of “Progressive Creationism” and “Theistic Evolution”.
The problem with these shocking compromises is that every major Bible doctrine actually has its origin in Genesis, Fall of Man, Sin, the Atonement, Marriage, etc, and if we compromise the whole thing falls down, and we call God a liar. Our Lord Himself quoted Genesis, and believed and taught it. It is so vital, and we wonder why our youngsters see the hypocrisy of such compromises and leave the church and the faith!!!

[To begin with, justification is an act, not a process. There are no degrees of justification; each believer has the same right standing before God. Also, justification is something God does, not man. No sinner can justify himself before God. Most important, justification does not mean that God makes us righteous, but that He declares us righteous. Justification is a legal matter. God puts the righteousness of Christ on our record in the place of our own sinfulness. And nobody can change this record.]
https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/wiersbe-be-bible-study/romans-3-21-4-25

James Thomas wrote:
Romans 10:17 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.