In fairness, there is a ‘rapture’ of sorts — for the wicked, as angels gather them to toss them into Hell.
2021-11(Nov)-15(Mon)—1753PST
God, in His perfect knowledge and wisdom, refuted ‘Rapture’ ‘theology’ before that pernicious heresy ever arose; Matthew 13:39b–42 is clear about who will be ‘taken’.
2021-11(Nov)-15(Mon)—1719PST
I have come to loathe the word ‘Gentile’.
2021-11(Nov)-15(Mon)—1407PST
The problem for the men in Matthew 7:21–23 is that they are saying ‘we did’ instead of ‘You promised’; the issue is lack of faith.
2021-11(Nov)-15(Mon)—1345PST
In Matthew 7:21–23, Christ is condemning works righteousness (‘Lord, did we not…’), and those who use these verses to condemn others based on works have totally missed the point.
2021-11(Nov)-13(Sat)—1059PST
We probably should have translated instead of transliterated baptizo.
2021-11(Nov)-11(Thu)—2223PST
Insofar as the (young) children of believers are, themselves, believers, Lutherans are, in fact, practicing ‘credo’ Baptism when baptizing infants — just not in the heterodox sense employed by Baptists.
2021-11(Nov)-11(Thu)—2021PST
Baptists have done more harm to the Church than Rome.
2021-11(Nov)-09(Tue)—1416PST
The Gospel is objective — for all men — and subjective — for you; the denial of either is a denial of Christ.
2021-11(Nov)-05(Fri)—1111PDT
Christians should seek the extirpation of ‘contemporary worship’.
