The thin narrow line.

This is a subject that I think everyone  will find fascinating, and not so  controversial.  ;-)


During a Lunar Eclipse the moon appears Red. I know this will be familiar to all of you:
Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood , before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Act 2:20 The sun shall be turned into...

The book of Acts is the “umbrella” that covers all of Paul’s writings. Any doctrine that Paul teaches should be consistent throughout Acts and Paul's letters. I believe that any true doctrine should be consistent throughout the entire Bible. My problem is not that Paul said: "we are not under the law," it is the assumption that he meant   “we are not unde...

There are over 31,000 verses in the Bible, and over 38,000 different Christian denominations. More denominations than verses in the Bible - is result of the “Ravening Wolves” of Mat 7:15 and “Grievous Wolves” of Acts 20:29. That many denominations are only confusion and not of the LORD.  

With that in mind, imagine this scene up in Heaven: Two very impor...

How many of us studied the entire Bible and then through careful analysis determined that Paul’s statement “we are not under the Law” was actually: “we are not under the Law of Moses ”?  No one that I have ever met has ever done this, myself included.  From the time I was able to understand what the preacher was saying, I was taught what Paul meant: “the...

Acts 6:13-14 Some men agreed to tell lies about Stephen,  and they said, "This man keeps on saying terrible things  about this holy temple and the Law of Moses.  (14) We have heard him claim that Jesus from Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses gave us."    

These are the lies that killed Stephen.  

Did you catch that?   It...

If part of Jesus' plan was to teach us that "we are not under the Law, " then the following passages pose fatal problems to this doctrine:  

If "we are not under the Law" why didn't Jesus congratulate the  religious leaders or at least tell them good job?

John 7:19 Hasn't Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law!  Why do you want to ki...

Thank you Peter for bringing up Acts 15 and the first Jerusalem Council.

With any online discussion it is easy for feeling to be hurt, or things to be misunderstood. Neither is my goal.

For many years, I believed exactly as you explained. Until, I was challenged about core doctrines and began studying doctrines objectively: by assuming the doctrine to b...

Exegesis, letting the text determine our doctrine vs. Eisegesis, letting our doctrine determine what the text means.


Several years ago I was challenged by my then 18 year old son about some core doctrines of the Church, doctrines that transcend denominational boundaries. The things he was questioning were so foundational to the Church that I figured I...

All of us want our study of scripture to be God communicating his intent to us without our preconceived notions. That is exegesis, letting the text determine our doctrine. However we all have far too much religious baggage. We all tend to make preconceived assumptions about certain texts without realizing it. That is eisegesis, letting our doctrine determ...