Here's a question, and, btw, i'm not going to name any names :

How can it be that there are certain professing Christians, who claim to know Jesus and can quote scripture freely, and also... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ADH2000) http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/1105 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:57:21 GMT http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/362/t/The-Faithfulness-of-the-ECFs.html
Tim stated that:

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Let me remind you that the ECF writings are the LEAST important aspect of our appraoch, and that they were frequently in error. feeds@yuku.com (VincentLerins) http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/362 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:57:58 GMT http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/363/t/Pristine-Faith-.html
In the Introduction to PFRS Philosophy and Methodology by Tim Warner, it is stated,

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Each local church, founded and discipled by the Apostles, was an independent custodian of the pristine Faith the "Apostles' doctrine" (Acts 2:42).

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Acts 2:42 And they continued... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Charles Baker) http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/363 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:09:50 GMT http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/364/t/Doctrine-and-authority.html
But I wanted to make an observation that is interesting; whether it is helpful I don't know. While I agree that the Bible, in general, is simple enough that children may understand it; and while a lot of Christians may actually hold misguided or... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Micah) http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/364 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:11:04 GMT http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/365/t/Bodily-Resurrection.html
1. Bodily Resurrection
2. Perseverance of the Saints

I would like the discussion to begin with open comments from the membership and anyone else interested in this topic. Please reference you inputs with Biblical or relevant extra-Biblical citations.

Thanks for participating. I am looking forward to your responses.

JV ]]> feeds@yuku.com (jawsz124) http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/365 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:08:35 GMT http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/366/t/Church-Fathers-and-the-Seven-Churches-of-Revelation.html
How do we account for the fact that the Seven Churches in the book of Revelation already had many doctrinal criticisms by Jesus?

For instance;

The Church at Pergamos
"But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (WJL) http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/366 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:42:01 GMT http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/367/t/Unity-and-the-Early-Church.html
There is an interesting discussion taking place (that I started) on another message board pertaining to "Unity and the Early Church." The arguments that I have posed have been challenged, and, to be honest, my views may be changing slightly. Let me know what you think. Here it is:

www.wvss.com/forumc/viewtopic.php?t=1173 feeds@yuku.com (postpre1) http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/367 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:14:12 GMT http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/368/t/PFRS-policy-on-the-apocrypha.html
in Christ,
Ely ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Ely 1976) http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/368 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:23:41 GMT http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/369/t/Allegorical-Methods.html
I have been studying the Roman Catholicism lesson from geocities.com/biblestudying and it has been a very interesting journey. I checked the references citied as well as other sources. I have found that some of the assumptions and historical connections are unfounded and require leaps of faith, but the one point I do question is the use of allegory.

I think Origen has taken a bad wrap for his speculations as well as the Alexandrian school. On a few points, Origen and the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (VincentLerins) http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/369 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:20:48 GMT http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/371/t/Bible-as-a-Foundation-for-Faith-not-Fact.html #1: "The New Testament canon is fixed and unchangeable, and therefore reliable."
#2: "The grammatical - historical method allows us to deduce how the intended audience would have interpreted the text."

From these two statements and from my own point of view, I see the Bible as the means of transmitting a particular message from God. The... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lucas) http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/371 Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:53:23 GMT http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/373/t/Dispensation-and-the-Apostle-John.html
"No one has God, who goes too far and fails to stay by the teaching of Christ. Whoever stays by this teaching has the Father and the Son.
" 2 John 1:9 (Williams)

I noticed that this epistle was written very late (about A.D. 96) after the death of the Apostle Paul.

Also what is interesting is that the Apostle John oversaw the churches that the Apostle Paul established, so he would have been well aware... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Ben) http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/373 Thu, 27 Oct 2005 06:30:16 GMT http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/370/t/Ante-Nicene-Writers.html
Even though it seems that "some" may be doubtful, it can not be said of them all.

Tim, would you mind clarifying this? Which authors have you found to be the most orthodox? What can be said about their lives?

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It is interesting how some people are "afraid" of the ante-nicene writers, but then turn to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Ben) http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/370 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:26:56 GMT http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/372/t/One-year-Bible-and-quiet-times.html
Am I missing something by not daily reading a couple chapters of the Old Testament, one from the New, a psalm and proverb and then going through a checklist: is... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (postpre1) http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/372 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:49:44 GMT http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/374/t/doctrine-and-leaders.html
For many Churches today (mainly those where Seminary education is not a requirement for aspiring pastors/elders), it has been my perception that "character development" is pretty much all that is needed to train men to become godly leaders (whether in the family or in the Church). For example, it's not unusual for younger men who aspire... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (postpre1) http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/374 Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:29:50 GMT