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| bio | website | affablegeek.com |
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| location | Middleburg, VA | |
| age | 41 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 6 months |
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Software Developer, part-time pastor, and I raise chickens. Who can't love a chicken?
For Christianity.stackexchange.com, my religious background:
- Grew up in a Protestant, evangelical, nondenominational "Bible Church" (-1990)
- earned a M.Div at a Baptist Seminary (2008) and pastored a very small Baptist church (2004 - 2008)
- Currently serving in an Episcopal Church, and yes I did that site. (2008 - present)
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Apr 10 |
asked | How can I teach someone to pray? |
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Apr 10 |
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Is Galatians 6:8-9 teaching works salvation? Um, Gal 5 is pretty clear it ain't works. Now if you had asked is James teaching works, I would thought, ok... Also, you may want to check out NT Wright's "New Perspective," in which he says our understanding of faith and works isn't what Paul thinks it is... |
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Apr 10 |
awarded | Sportsmanship |
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Apr 9 |
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Does anybody teach specifically about the existence of ghosts? edited title |
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Apr 9 |
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Does anybody teach specifically about the existence of ghosts? Small word of caution here for the Westerners, and Nok, I don't mean to sound condescending here. My understanding is that African Christianity has a much stronger emphasis on the spiritual realm than many Westerners probably understand, or even believe. Please be careful not to rule this question out too quickly! (That said, I'm not aware of any biblical sources that would bear this on this. ) |
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Apr 7 |
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What is the basis for Systematic Expository Preaching? Nehemiah 8 - when they read the whole of the law would also be in this vein. |
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Apr 5 |
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What is the basis for Systematic Expository Preaching? Yeah - I actually have that on my todo list to add the Scriptual support. Its a busy week :) |
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Apr 5 |
answered | What is the basis for Systematic Expository Preaching? |
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Apr 5 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Apr 5 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Apr 5 |
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What is agreed upon in all Christain denominations? I like how you made a sensible number of statements, like 12 :) |
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Apr 5 |
accepted | Why are there fourteen stations of the cross? |
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Apr 4 |
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What is agreed upon in all Christain denominations? And church, referring to a body of believers, not a building |
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Apr 4 |
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What is agreed upon in all Christain denominations? The real problem is with modern sects. "Christian Atheists" for example would not meet this. Additionally, Mormons do not accept any creeds, so they'd fall out too. But personally, I draw the line at the historic creeds. |
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Apr 4 |
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What is agreed upon in all Christain denominations? Not at all. If you wanted to include non-Chalcedonians (e.g. Copts, Nestorians, etc...) you could still include the notion that "Jesus is Lord.", the divinity of Jesus Christ, the depravity of man, and the desire of God to redeem his people |
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Apr 4 |
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What is agreed upon in all Christain denominations? By definition, all Chalcedonian Christians believe this. That accounts for over 97% of all Christians, so I think its the best answer you're going to get :) |
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Apr 4 |
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What was Augustine's soteriology? Augustine is also the originator of the concept of original sin. With original sin and first / second order violition, you get to raise questions questions like 'ante previsa merita' or 'post previsa merita' |
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Apr 4 |
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Why are there fourteen stations of the cross? added 5 characters in body |
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Apr 4 |
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Why are there fourteen stations of the cross? When i walked the stations in Jerusalem, I remember being struck at how arbitrary some of them were. For instance, Jesus dropping the cross 3x. Where does that tradition even come from? |
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Apr 4 |
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Why are there fourteen stations of the cross? @Wikis -Funny thing is I had the exact same thought (2x7). But understanding the gematria still didn't work. |
