Recent content by Stumpmaster

Yes there are: Mar 7:21-22 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, (22) thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: Gal 5:13 For, brothers, you were called to liberty. Only...

Get a grip. Of course the12 disciples were baptised along with those who were added to them.

The Obedience of Peter to the Great Commission is the first part of this passage, and the second part is The Obedience of Everyone Who Was Baptised and Added to the Disciples. Note that "every one of you" includes the original disciples . . . Act 2:38-41 Then Peter said to them, Repent and...

Some denominations are heavily regulated by their own constitutions, and have detailed manuals with myriad regulations for those in their hierarchical structure to implement.

Forgive them, they know not what they do.

Both fall within the scope of Church Regulation, by government or other bodies.

So there are motives for governments and other bodies to regulate churches. Copilot Capsule: The Act of Uniformity 1558 was a pivotal piece of legislation passed by the Parliament of England in 1559. Its purpose was to standardize prayer...

Scripture speaks of evil angels.

Pointing you there now: Jud 1:6 And those angels not having kept their first place, but having deserted their dwelling-place, He has kept in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of a great Day; Mat 25:41 Then He also shall say to those on the left hand, Depart from Me, you...

Yes, I notice you state "governments and other bodies". Often it is the denominational oversight establishing and setting regulations in place.

Regulators Appointed By Government: Practices Approved By Government: Doctrines Dictated By Government: Dissenters Dealt With By Government: Copilot Capsule: The Spanish Inquisition, which lasted from 1478 to 1834, was a judicial institution...

Yeah, and that officer will get sacked.

I read somewhere that Jewishness is determined through the female line, so no problem for Jesus being a son of David, as follows: Copilot Capsule: Yes, Mary, the mother of Jesus, is indeed descended from King David. Although her lineage is not...

All I can say to the above is Divine Foreknowledge comes before Divine Predetermination and Human Volition and Divine Intervention, and none of these excludes the other, like the 3 dimensions of space in the dimension of time. Because a plank has length that doesn't cancel out its width or...

Any theologian worth their salt would disagree with that rebuttal. Isa 42:9 Behold, the former things have come to pass, And new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of them." Isa 46:9-10 Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and...