Recent content by Philos

Alleged? I suspect, I wonder and I bet. First let me say that it is very presumptuous of you to respond to verifiable facts that obviously you are not aware of, to use the word alleged. I do not post anything without first doing my research and verifying the facts. Nothing I said in my post was...

Where in scripture does it say that as soon as one dies they are put in hell prior to judgement?

So the consensus is: Any man who is a biblical Christ follower that can speak well enough to teach can be a pastor. I believe that is the vitae of the majority of pastors in the country. What training? Very little with some experience on the job. Many coming from youth ministry the...

How should church leadership be responding to deconstructionism in the church? What is the position and plan to deal with this "scism" in the evangelical church in America? Deconstructionism roughly defined as: A personal (subjective) redefining of existing objective church doctrines and...

The sabbath began at creation. "For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. " Exodus 20:11

What is truth? Quid est veritas? Truth is that which corresponds to reality.

What are the minimum requirements for a lead pastor who is the lead pastor over a body of believers? What are the additional " Wish they have" qualifications? Should these requirements and additional qualifications be the same for all the other pastors in a leadership role? (Youth, Children's...

The situation is this: A young man just accepted Jesus as his lord and savior at a youth rally. At the end of the rally service, all of the new believers are encouraged to go across the street to the baptismal site and be baptized. Is the young man is crossing the street to be baptized He is...

It was a tongue in cheek question. I would argue that less than ten percent have a structured specific process with mile markers to evaluate the progress and determine the effectiveness of that process.

So what is the process that the evangelical church in America utilizes to take a new convert from milk to maturity or meat to being trained sufficiently to go into the hostile marketplace of ideas and make disciples of these baby Christ followers? Which method is used the most: Peter's (Acts 4)...

The Great Commission as stated on scripture: (Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations...Matthew 28:18 NKJ) The operative word here is disciple, Now Strong's Dictionary defines the word disciple or manthano as: ( A disciple of Christ is one who (1) believes his doctrine, (2) rests on his...

No, you do not need to be saved to have the ability to speak or translate in a tongue. "And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?" Numbers 22:28

The point in this thread is not an isolated case that I am involved in; it is a paradigm that has infected almost all of our evangelical churches in America and has been metastasizing for over two hundred years. Please read the entire thread and you will see that what I and many others feel is...

As music plays the church attendees find their favorite pew and prepare for another enjoyable Sunday service. After an introduction and welcome the worship team begins a mini concert that is so loud you not only can not hear the person next to you, but you cannot even hear yourself singing...