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Thank you - she may have said Sephardic Synagogue - but what does it mean?

Quahom1: Hi - I only rarely teach Sunday School in the event they are short: I am not qualified to teach and I didn't actually teach yesterday. The lesson was short and I tossed our board out for a discussion (which was very animated) I can see your points clearly and have no disagreement with...

Ooops - meant Sephardic - typo - thanks.

Thank you - Sorry - there's no link - this was in a telephone conversation with a friend of mine who's Jewish and I mentioned that going to church makes me feel connected to the history of the world and she said that she used to get that feeling about being connected to all the Jewish people...

Hi - I'm having a conversation with someone and don't want to seem ignorant. What is a Sephardic Temple? The sites I've found on the web tend to assume that I know what they are or I wouldn't be there! Thanks, Tim

Qhahom1: Good morning. I just got back from Sunday School where I tossed the things we've been discussing on the boards out for discussion in the class. It was one of the most animated classed we've ever had! Listen, I respect your integrity from having read your posts since I found this...

Faithfulservant: Hi - I've always been taught that the Epehsians verses you quoted were symbolic in that they were telling an individual Christian to armour himself (via prayer and study) against the onslaughts of satan - I've never heard it as a literal command to go to war. I am trying to...

Dear Amatullah, Regarding the ram: at the period of time when the ram was sacrificed, it was only good for one man and one time. The assumption is that the sacrifice of Christ was good for all people for all time because of His superior perfection. But I think it is a good example of the...

Amatullah, That is probably a very succinct way of putting it (though funny!) The point that was always made to me was that Christ was not the first time God had provided a sacrifice. Again, if you can find an Old Testament or Jewish Torah and look in Genesis, Chapter 22, there is the story of...

Lord, Amatullah, you're forcing me to think! Let me see, regarding the sacrifices. If you begin with the premise that Christianity is the fulfillment of Jewish Prophecy, then you have to go to ancient Jewish theology to follow the logic. If you will get hold of either a Christian Bible or a copy...

Dear Amatullah (and all) I hope everyone slept well last night. I just got up and read the overnight posts. Amatullah, to not put too much emphasis on my "experience" comment. The purposes of God on earth are so manifold that I cannot list them (I'm not sure I'm even educated to list them)...

Dear Amatullah, As you can see, there are variations amongst Christians on what Christianity is. I will add mine. What I was taught about "official" Christianity is: 1) We begin with Judaism in that we believe that Christ was the messiah predicted by the prophets in Old Testement (or the...

Thanks - I'm going to read the thread - Tim

I've been trying to look on my own but so far all I've found are the last two verses of Malachi, which is not much. I'll keep looking. We had a pretty throrough and clear discussion of the Transfiguration itself, but veered off into the verses about the Elijah prophecies - and the "was it John...

We studied the Transfiguration this morning and the question arose in the part about all this not happening until the propehcies concerning Elisha are fulfilled or Elisha has returned. I get very confused on this (using I Kings or II Kings for reference to Elisha) because in I Kings you have...