Re: [TruthTalk] Levels of Truth

2004-03-13 Thread Lance Muir
1.Signification 2. Being 3.Within God Lance

[TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-13 Thread Judy Taylor
From: "David Miller" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Judy wrote:Bill we need to give credit where credit is due.I am using spiritual words to communicate spiritualtruths and both of these come to me by way of theHoly Spirit. Not the Nicene Fathers. I think the principle that you have lost sight of is

[TruthTalk] The Trinity

2004-03-13 Thread Judy Taylor
From: "David Miller" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Judy wrote:Why would you think Bill's belief more importantthan that of Perry, Terry, Vincent, Kevin, Laura,and the others? The teacher is Jesus and he canspeak through all or any part of the body he wants to; it'sup to us to discern what is of him and

Re: [TruthTalk] Comments on Luke 2.52

2004-03-13 Thread Kevin Deegan
John says Although He had emptied Himself of the nature of God What scripture supports this theory?[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/12/2004 8:44:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It helps me understand the IncarnationGood point and amen. For me, the life of

Re: [TruthTalk] The Trinity

2004-03-13 Thread Kevin Deegan
Are you impying Father Superior has a tinge of Lucerferic Doctrine?Judy Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: "David Miller" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Judy wrote:Why would you think Bill's belief more importantthan that of Perry, Terry, Vincent, Kevin, Laura,and the others? The teacher is Jesus and he

Fw: Re: [TruthTalk] The Trinity

2004-03-13 Thread Judy Taylor
From: Terry Clifton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Judy wrote:Why would you think Bill's belief more important than that of Perry, Terry, Vincent, Kevin, Laura, and the others? The teacher is Jesus and he can speak through all or any part of the body; it's up to us to discern what is of him through the

[TruthTalk] Re:Bill's belief vs the others

2004-03-13 Thread Lance Muir
Jud's answer is in her question; they're all equal. If this is indeed the case then, she shouldn't be disagreeing with anyone! All of her replies could be a simple AMEN. Lance - Original Message - From: Judy Taylor To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 13, 2004 05:49

Re: [TruthTalk] Comments on Luke 2.52

2004-03-13 Thread Terry Clifton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/12/2004 8:44:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It helps me understand the Incarnation Good point and amen. For me, the life of Christ (and his ability to resist sin as a man [like me]) makes clear my own

[TruthTalk] [Fwd: You can become a legally ordained minister]

2004-03-13 Thread Terry Clifton
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[TruthTalk] The Incarnation

2004-03-13 Thread Judy Taylor
Leviticus 17:11,14 states for the life of the flesh is in the blood” Since the life of man is in his blood and man must die because of sin, it can be stated that there is death in the blood. The very fact that sin affected the blood of man (his life) necessitated the virgin birth of Christ

[TruthTalk] Please hear me out before ousting me.

2004-03-13 Thread Wm. Taylor
Okay, Judy, I'll turn my other cheek. You say, "Why is it so difficult to believe that God is able to create a holy child in the womb of Mary?" I say, it is not difficult for me to believe this. In fact, it is just what I do believe. What I don't accept is adefinition of

RE: [TruthTalk] Please hear me out before ousting me.

2004-03-13 Thread Wm. Taylor
Oops, I just sent an archived post. Sorry, you can disregard it. - Original Message - From: Wm. Taylor To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:01 PM Subject: [TruthTalk] Please hear me out before ousting me. Okay, Judy, I'll turn my

Re: [TruthTalk] Comments on Luke 2.52

2004-03-13 Thread Knpraise
In a message dated 3/12/2004 10:39:10 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do you kind of get what I'm saying? I hope you do, because it speaks to what I like about you. I'm not advocating error, but I want to go to that abounding grace. I think that's where we find Christ. Don't

[TruthTalk] Souls beheaded for the witness of Jesus

2004-03-13 Thread Marlin Halverson
Muslims Hack CongregationAccording to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) on February 24th as many as 400 heavily armed Muslims, shouting the jihad cry of "Allah u Akhbar" (God is great), marched into a Christian morning prayer service in

Re: [TruthTalk] Please hear me out before ousting me.

2004-03-13 Thread ttxpress
ok;but if not Aristotle's,what are the philosophical premises of your theology? Do you prefer Plato? G ~ P 235 On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 06:26:39 -0700 "Wm. Taylor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oops, I just sent an archived post. Sorry, you can disregard it. - Original Message

Re: [TruthTalk] The Incarnation

2004-03-13 Thread elextech
On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 07:45:40 -0500 Judy Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Leviticus 17:11,14 states for the life of the flesh is in the blood” Since the life of man is in his blood and man must die because of sin, OK so far. it can be stated that there is death in the blood. I

[TruthTalk] Comments of Phi 2.5-11

2004-03-13 Thread Wm. Taylor
Philippians 2.5-11 -- (5) Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: (6) Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, (7) but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. (8) And being

[TruthTalk] The Incarnation

2004-03-13 Thread Judy Taylor
Vincent: When Paul wrote: "I have crucified the flesh with it's passions and desires (Galatians 5:24) was he talking about killing himself, committing suicide? judyt From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Judy Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED]writes: Leviticus 17:11,14 states for the life of the flesh is in

[TruthTalk] Re:BILL-A Great New Book!!

2004-03-13 Thread Lance Muir
"Good Ideas from questionable christians and outright pagans" An introduction to key thinkers and philosophers. Lance From: Wm. Taylor To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 13, 2004 12:40 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Please hear me out before ousting me. Hi G,

[TruthTalk] Comments on Luke 2.52

2004-03-13 Thread Judy Taylor
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 3/13/2004 3:44:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: John says Although He had emptied Himself of the nature of God What scripture supports this theory? John:Kevin, understand that I am not standing in concrete on this idea that

Re: [TruthTalk] Comments on Luke 2.52

2004-03-13 Thread Knpraise
In a message dated 3/13/2004 7:20:20 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What a remarkably transparent email!! All should undertake to pray for this meeting today with his son. Blessings, Lance Actually, I will be at his house on Sunday evening. He and I will be together all of

Re: [TruthTalk] Uh, DRUM ROLL please ...

2004-03-13 Thread Dave Hansen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/12/2004 9:50:11 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Did anyone notice the dots / periods after some of the sentences? This looks a little fishy to me. Actually, this is a very good observation. It is also interesting to me that

[TruthTalk] The Incarnation

2004-03-13 Thread Judy Taylor
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (All scripture citations below are from RSV) judyt: vince gave you 11 scriptures (and there are two or three times that many). You seem to have disposed of them fairly easily by quoting one scripture. Rather than back quoting any scripture,

[TruthTalk] Comments on Luke 2.52

2004-03-13 Thread Judy Taylor
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Malachi he says "I am the Lord, I change not" john: Actually, judyt, you apparently misquoted this verse. Apparently it says, I am the Lord, I change not my mind." jt: Whatever, it is a statement of truth and it is saying that God does

Re: [TruthTalk] The Incarnation

2004-03-13 Thread elextech
No, he was not talking about suicide. How is that relevant to a sinful nature residing in human flesh? Does my answer to your question prove that our Adam-generated flesh is inherently without sin? What about all of the scriptures which I cited; don't they show that the notion that

Re: [TruthTalk] The Incarnation

2004-03-13 Thread elextech
On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 18:23:00 -0500 Judy Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: jt: I want to know if Vincent is aware that there are two kinds of flesh; so it is not the physical body only even though it is the same Greek word for both and the same # in Strongs Concordance. vince: Are we not

RE: [TruthTalk] reliability of the HOLY BIBLE

2004-03-13 Thread Charles Perry Locke
If you take scripture to be only written words, then when Moses penned the pentateuch would have been the first time it was recorded (provided he indeed penned it) as far as I know. However, there has been law from the beginning. There was the law that Adam and Eve violated, then the laws of

Re: [TruthTalk] Uh, DRUM ROLL please ...

2004-03-13 Thread Charles Perry Locke
Now I will amaze my enemies and astound my foes by saying something positive, and quite perplexing, about the BoM. I understand it contains chiasmus. Chiasmus is an ancient hebrew poetic form present in the KJV. Now, do you think JS was aware enough of chiasmus and smart enough to add it to

[TruthTalk] Soul searching.

2004-03-13 Thread Wm. Taylor
I was rebuked a while back because I was "dichotomizing" the idea of personhood, when I should have been "trichotomizing" like the Bible does. Well, actually I was doing neither; rather I was arguing toward the idea of integration and away from all forms of spirit/body dualisms, as if we

[TruthTalk] communion

2004-03-13 Thread Terry Clifton
This will seem like a stupid question to some. It seems like a stupid question to me. I feel stupid for asking it, but I must have an answer. This is not a joke. I am serious as a heart attack. Here is the question. Would there be anything wrong , when celebrating communion, with

Re: [TruthTalk] Soul searching.

2004-03-13 Thread Terry Clifton
Wm. Taylor wrote: I was rebuked a while back because I was "dichotomizing" the idea of personhood, when I should have been "trichotomizing" like the Bible does. Well, actually I was doing neither; rather I was arguing toward the idea of integration and away from all forms of

Re: [TruthTalk] Please hear me out before ousting me.

2004-03-13 Thread ttxpress
no doubt about (e.g.)Plato's continuing influence on culture/s,Bill; much different, however, then that of the HS, whoseinfluence isperhaps *unknown* by comparison--or shall we say*unexperienced*? any Idea/s why?:) On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 10:40:40 -0700 "Wm. Taylor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Re: [TruthTalk] Soul searching.

2004-03-13 Thread Wm. Taylor
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. There you go. You get the prize. That's the right word for us to use, because when we use it we do not automatically think in terms of body first and spirit second. When the fathers were working through a way to speak about the participants of the Trinity, they did

RE: [TruthTalk] communion

2004-03-13 Thread Charles Perry Locke
Terry, if it was grape jelly, then you would not even need the juice, right? So, if you have a grape jelly donut at the social hour before church, then you can skip communion. Makes sense to me. From: Terry Clifton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

RE: [TruthTalk] Soul searching.

2004-03-13 Thread Charles Perry Locke
Bill, What does salvation of the soul (1 Peter 1:9), to destroy the soul (Mat 10:28), dividing asunder of soul and spirit (Heb 4:12) and whole spirit and soul and body (1 Thes 5:23) refer to? These verses all imply something that exists apart from (but integrated with) the spirit and body

Re: [TruthTalk] Soul searching.

2004-03-13 Thread Kevin Deegan
Well what do you do with this verse then? 1 Thes 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Soul spirit can not be the same thing since they can be separated: Heb 4:12

Re: [TruthTalk] Please hear me out before ousting me.

2004-03-13 Thread Wm. Taylor
I'm not quite sure what you're asking here, so I'll go in two directions. Firstly, let me say, and I'm sure you will agree, that Jesus has and continues to influence people who do not believe he is Messiah. Nevertheless there's no getting away from him. He is Lord! Secondly, let me also say

Re: [TruthTalk] Soul searching.

2004-03-13 Thread Chris Barr
\o/ !HALALUYah! \o/ Greetings Bill et al in the Matchless NameofYahShua!! - Original Message - From: Wm. Taylor Sent: 03/13/2004 8:02 PM Subject: [TruthTalk] Soul searching. I was rebuked a while back because I was "dichotomizing" the idea of personhood, when I should

RE: [TruthTalk] reliability of the HOLY BIBLE

2004-03-13 Thread Kevin Deegan
I am not going to make an argument that the scriptures did not exist before Sinai, as you suggest. Sincethe scriptures obviously, DID exist before Sinai. What scripture existed during Pharaoh's time? Rom 9:17For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh You downplay God's ETERNAL WORD. Maybe it is time to

RE: [TruthTalk] reliability of the HOLY BIBLE

2004-03-13 Thread Kevin Deegan
I am not going to make an argument that the scriptures did not exist before Sinai, as you suggest. Sincethe scriptures obviously, DID exist before Sinai. What scripture existed during Pharaoh's time? Rom 9:17For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh You downplay God's ETERNAL WORD. Maybe it is time to

Re: [TruthTalk] Soul searching.

2004-03-13 Thread Kevin Deegan
Look Chris is turning TRINITARIAN God form a Body God breathed formed a spirit within and he became a soulChris Barr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: \o/ !HALALUYah! \o/ Greetings Bill et al in the Matchless NameofYahShua!! - Original Message - From: Wm. Taylor Sent: 03/13/2004

Yo, Perry -- Re: [TruthTalk] Uh, DRUM ROLL please ...

2004-03-13 Thread Chris Barr
\o/ !HALALUYah! \o/ Greetings Perry et al in the Matchless NameofYahShua!! It's a l-o-o-o-o-o-n-g story Perry ... SHORT VERSION: The reason the BoM sounds like KJV is because BoM is primarily a novel from a minister who was trying to make a buck by writing his novel to sound like the

Re: [TruthTalk] Soul searching.

2004-03-13 Thread Wm. Taylor
Just food for thought, Perry. Do some study here and see if you don't come to what I'm suggesting. Salvation of the soul is the whole person. Destroy the soul is the whole person. Dividing asunder the soul and the spirit is death. The division of spirit and soul, the joints and morrow is a figure

RE: [TruthTalk] reliability of the HOLY BIBLE

2004-03-13 Thread Kevin Deegan
What about those tricky Italicized words in the KJV? II Samuel 21:19 "And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaaroregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam." (check yours maybe it

Re: [TruthTalk] Soul searching.

2004-03-13 Thread Wm. Taylor
Thanks Chris, 'Glad to come aboard. Bill - Original Message - From: Chris Barr To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Soul searching. \o/ !HALALUYah! \o/ Greetings Bill et al in the

Re: [TruthTalk] Soul searching.

2004-03-13 Thread Kevin Deegan
But you are suggesting that we are a dichotomy The verses I posted are clear William said But as to whether we are trichotomous beings, with spirit, body, and soul, I would have to disagree. 1 thes 5 tells us we are body soul spirit some suggest soul and spirit are the same. I simply posted Heb

Re: [TruthTalk] Soul searching.

2004-03-13 Thread Wm. Taylor
No, I am not suggest that. A dichotomy is by definition a separation. I'm saying you can not do this without killing the person. We are integrated souls. The dualisms and dichotomies and trichotomies of your framework is Classical Gr. philosophypenetrating and imprisoning your thoughts.

Re: [TruthTalk] Please hear me out before ousting me.

2004-03-13 Thread ttxpress
Bill, Apparently,your point is that 'many..Spirit-filled Christians' are stupid, butthe smartChristiansare enraptured with 'personal knowledge and the tacit dimension'..Thanks--this helpsto better understandthe conversation/s you're having here. G ~ P 235 On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 20:14:24

Re: [TruthTalk] Please hear me out before ousting me.

2004-03-13 Thread Wm. Taylor
Now, now, G. That's taking some liberty. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Please hear me out before ousting me. Bill, Apparently,your point is that

Re: [TruthTalk] Please hear me out before ousting me.

2004-03-13 Thread ttxpress
prove it, Bill--ftr, i fined tuned it a little bit, below :) On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 21:40:02 -0700 "Wm. Taylor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, now, G. That's taking some liberty. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fw: RE: [TruthTalk] Soul searching.

2004-03-13 Thread Judy Taylor
From: Wm. Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm perfectly happy to use soul as a word -- don't get me wrong. But let's use it like the Bible does. It's a way of describing personhood in the presence of God. But as to whether we are trichotomous beings, with spirit, body, and soul, I would have to