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Thank you so much, that is really encouraging to hear!! So, I need the spoiler, which way was I off? Should I have said 31 AD or 109 AD? I ordered online for PDF download. (I couldn't wait for shipping to dive in!) I live near Tampa right off of I-75. If you're ever in the area or passing...

Doesn't it seem like Paul preached a Gentile dispensation, which did away with Jewish rituals?

Are you a dispensationalist?

Sorry, to believe what?

I think you have sold me. Ok, whew, because I have been newborn circumcised, infant sprinkled, teenage "confirmed," thirty-something full-immersion baptized.

In which Book of Acts chapter(s) did the Body of Christ begin? How much of an issue do you think God takes with modern day Christians who have been publicly baptized in water? (On a scale where 0 = slight annoyance and 10 = He's looking forward to sending the baptized to hell.) By the way...

... When did this happen for me? When did it happen for you? Is it the moment we believe? ... Baptize derives from Greek baptizein "immerse, dip in water." It has since taken other meanings, akin to initiation process or first experience. As you said, the Jews called it mikva. Is there...

So is the one baptism entirely figurative?

Yes, you are quite right. My error. It was Ananias and not God who said that. But wasn't Ananias a Christian? Or is the body of Christ a later dispensation? I did believe that fire was referring to speaking in tongues, but I hadn't heard it has something to do with tribulation. Is there a...

I would say it is possible that you are right, but this scriptural support is not super duper clear. However, John said that he would baptize you with water but one would come to baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. At pentacost there were flames. I noticed in Acts 19 that the men were...

Great question. I don't know that much about it. I would say yes, (I think.) I recently watched a video by Chris Fisher and Doug McBurney which made a strong case that the dispensation changed from the 12 apostles to Paul. There might be another video that I am confusing with this one...

Clete, I have read many hundreds of your comments. I assure you that I am your brother from another mother. I agree with everything you say and have said. If I misspoke regarding sola scriptura, please know that I agree with the nuances you highlighted.

Peace to you, as well, brother. Unfortunately (for the sake of harmony), I can not be a Catholic. I am even more sola scriptura than most Protestants. I am an Open Theist. My faith comes only from the Bible. Most Protestants are Platonists with Christian "window-dressing" (the classical...

Yes, to me it speaks to the openness of the future. God speaks, some people respond positively and start working together to spread God's word and strive to obey it. This growth and development is not exhaustively foreknown and micromanaged, instead it is generally allowed to develop in its own...

Free willing

How would that harmonize with "the farmer" initiating "the harvest," when clearly the harvest refers to the end of the world, as in so many of Jesus's other parables?

Why is it always "acting" with you? Lol

In Mark 4, we read parables about the Kingdom of Heaven. Let's discuss verses 26 to 29. "The kingdom of God is like this,” he said. “A man scatters seed on the ground. He sleeps and rises night and day; the seed sprouts and grows, although he doesn’t know how. The soil produces a crop by...

Lol!

Is that a yes or a no?