Recent content by randyk

What a great attitude! Hold on to that thought! ;)

Yea, it's terrible that we can live in sort of an artificial dream, going on inertia without any recognition whatsoever of the importance of our relationship with God. And what is our relationship with Him but a conscious sense that we should be trying to please Him in all we do, in the mundane...

From another Discussion... Randy said: In my view, Jesus was using "watching" as a synonym for "being ready." If we "watch" we are in fact getting "ready" as Jesus used the term. But as you say, these concepts are not necessarily the same unless used in a context that joins them. In this case...

https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=199#:~:text=The%20Codex%20Vaticanus%2C%20Vat.%20gr.%201209%2C%20a%204th,Greek%2C%20the%20language%20used%20by%20the%20early%20Christians. The above link does not indicate Vaticanus was found in a dumpster, but even if it was, it obviously...

I agree, of course. But being thirsty is not the same thing as your flesh on fire hour after hour for all eternity! Thank you, as well. You have good character, and that matters.

Yes, we agree on eternal punishment, eternal existence, and permanent separation from God. I just believe the language indicates the fire is not the literal fire we know, but a fire of sorts. It is a fire that doesn't burn human flesh, because these are people who are going to be resurrected...

I appreciate your non-contentious friendly approach to this. I also once believed as you now do! ;) The reason I changed my view is not out of softness--I'm actually quite rough and unbending on some matters--this isn't one of those matters. This is just an honest reassessment of the facts as I...

I'm not trying to keep you in line. I have to check because now and again we find those less sincere than you obviously are! God bless!

Yes, but please do not think you are the only one who sees God's love!

Before I read on, let me just stop you here because it seems we're getting off on the wrong foot. I never said "Hell" doesn't exist. I fully agree that Eternal Punishment exists. It just isn't really called "Hell," biblically, because Hades is thrown into the Lake of Fire. If anything, it...

I think we make a major mistake when we claim to know what "Hell" will be for the Lost. The Bible plainly says that some will receive many stripes and some will receive few stripes. This is not Dante's Inferno. The Hell we read about in the Bible is merely the place of the Dead where they go...

I have my own view. I think "Hell" is the unfortunate side of those who ally with any which way but with God. They want to live independent of God. But why would they make such a choice to start with? Free Will gave the angels a single opportunity to go with God or independent from God. And...

We can't really know why God made us unless He simply tells us. The Genesis account does not start, "And God was bored, so He made man." But He did say He made us in His image. So this may clue us in to what His interests were, as He put within us the same interests. All of the career jobs out...

I understand your arguments but do not accept "symbolic" arguments. Parables are, by nature, inexact replications of the truths they represent. All of the background imagery in the parable is designed to make the story coherent--not to be an exact replication of the truhts it means to show...

I'm not your enemy because i'm Postrib and you'e Pretrib. Many of my closest friends are Pretrib, and I've gone to Pretrib churches for most of my life. So I have to tread carefully among my friends, just to hold in good conscience to what I believe the Scriptures teach. As I see it, the...