Recent content by Rev Wayne

Amen! And I hope I did not come across in a manner that would seem any different. The point I chose to quote, after all, was: "It's also worth noting that the Genesis account doesn't need to be literal in order to subscribe to Original Sin as humanity falling from Grace." This comment...

Could you elaborate on this? I didn't quite see what point you were making.

Thanks, great to be here. I travel around and search for posting places that provide stimulation, I'm surprised I hadn't discovered this one before. My compliments, to whomever they should go, on what appears to be a well-regulated and interesting site. To respond, I'm wondering just how...

I don't take a dispensationalist view of end-time events. A literal 7-year tribulation is neither literal nor figurative. It is (1) a literal translation of a day as a year, and a week as seven years, for the first 68 weeks of Daniel; (2) a figurative translation of the 69th week as a very...

Great thread! Considering the above comment, and the discussion thus far, I am reminded of Lewis' "A Footnote to All Prayers," in which he says that "all prayers blaspheme," meaning that to some degree every one of us has faulty conceptions of God, and at best all we come up with are "limping...

Not my point at all. My point was, the 80's did not turn out to be the "countdown to Armageddon." Besides, "Armageddon," if you check your scriptures, does not come until right at the end of the millennial reign, not at a time prior to Jesus returning. My point was, the flip-flop done by the...

I hope I gave no impression that I did not believe in the scriptural idea of the rapture, as certainly laid out for the Thessalonians by Paul. But for nearly 19 centuries it was viewed as synonymous with the return of Christ, rather than the separation that was introduced by Darby. The...

Comments that struck me as I read through the posts: First, I would say my position is traditionally conservative, but I have an open view towards other views presented. In the case of Genesis, I found it fascinating a few years ago when I did some research for a group class project on...

I see from the dates that I have arrived upon this thread a little bit late in the discussion to expect dialogue with all who were posting a few months ago, but not too late to provide a bit of input about the origins of this doctrine. Q.: Why do you suppose no material seems to be available...