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#91
Recorded Live / Re: Episode 22 - The One Where...
Last post by Michael:D - May 31, 2017, 08:52 AMAt 14:40 into this recording we were inspired to come up with a potential new name for our study group...
Here is an idea for that T-Shirt:
Here is an idea for that T-Shirt:
#92
Recorded Live / Episode 22 - The One Where We ...
Last post by Michael:D - May 31, 2017, 07:57 AMGreg, DaveT and Mike:D are joined by Dara:D and soon(er or later) find themselves in a discussion regarding how difficult we often make salvation. We weigh the notions of "the task of salvation" compared with "salvation by grace of God." What would it really take to fill the pews? What happens to reduce congregation size? Hear a frank and open discussion with several interesting twist and turns. Pull up a set and join us as we explore God's Word of Truth. [2Timothy 2:15]
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[audio loop=false autoplay=false]http://deburger.com/vestibule/NotMainstream/05-30-17-HowDifficultSalvation.mp3[/audio]
#93
Recorded Live / Re: Episode 20 - The One Where...
Last post by Dave T - May 29, 2017, 06:58 AMHow true this song rings. Don't do this and don't do that. But we hope you come back next week. By the way we sure do love you.
#94
Tuesday (formerly Monday) Evening Bible Study / The Unconquerable Power of Fre...
Last post by Michael:D - May 25, 2017, 08:09 AMIn Recorded Live: Episode 21 - The One Where We Just Decided To Discuss Free Will the discussion of free will brought to mind the typical arrogance of many to thank God for some things while taking credit themselves for other aspects of their lives. With such a mindset is it any wonder "Invictus" is often sited among the American people's best loved poems? Read the following and ask yourself if this is how you truly feel... How does this notion fit-in with Biblical Truths?
Invictus (unconquered)
Out of the night which covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeoning of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul
- - - William Ernest Henley (1849?1903)
Invictus (unconquered)
Out of the night which covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeoning of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul
- - - William Ernest Henley (1849?1903)
#95
Recorded Live / Episode 21 - The One Where We ...
Last post by Michael:D - May 25, 2017, 07:45 AMWith no outside influence whatsoever Greg, DaveT and Mike:D find themselves entering into a discussion on Free Will. Actually... it was last week's discussion that led us in the direction of this often controversial topic. What is Free Will? Do we have it? What if we don't? A thoughtful discussion that seeks to answer these questions.
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[audio loop=false autoplay=false]http://deburger.com/vestibule/NotMainstream/05-23-17-FreeWillOrNo.mp3[/audio]
#96
Recorded Live / Re: Episode 20 - The One Where...
Last post by Michael:D - May 23, 2017, 08:21 AMI believe this is the song mentioned by DaveT in this week's recording...
"Don't Sit in My Pew"
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#97
Recorded Live / Episode 20 - The One Where We ...
Last post by Michael:D - May 23, 2017, 08:12 AMFrom One World Religion to the Trinity; Greg, DaveT and Mike:D finally delve into The Word. After the preliminary geek-speak and other off-the-wall discussions we start at "The Beginning" in John 1 and go from there. Good times 
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In the meeting we also discussed this resource: David Guzik :: Study Guide for John 1
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[audio loop=false autoplay=false]http://deburger.com/vestibule/NotMainstream/05-16-17-BeyondJohnOne.mp3[/audio]
In the meeting we also discussed this resource: David Guzik :: Study Guide for John 1
#98
Tuesday (formerly Monday) Evening Bible Study / Re: The Trinity Question
Last post by darolina:D - May 21, 2017, 08:03 AM The only thing I can say to that?
AMEN!
AMEN!
#99
Robins Closet / Open House
Last post by darolina:D - May 21, 2017, 07:12 AMRobin's Closet Open House is Saturday June 17th : 10am - 12pm
Everyone is welcome!
Everyone is welcome!
#100
Tuesday (formerly Monday) Evening Bible Study / Re: The Trinity Question
Last post by Dave T - May 18, 2017, 07:31 AMI shared this with Mike and Greg and thought it would be important to share it in the Vestibule. Our Tuesday night Bible study group talked about the concept of the Trinity again in our last meeting. In further study of the topic I found some interesting information.
Thank you to our Bible study group, the Encyclopedia Britannica, and in particular The Bible. Most of all thank you to the Lord for the ability to ask questions an study His Word.
Many Christian denominations teach that God is a Trinity. However, note what the Encyclop?dia Britannica states: Neither the word Trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the New Testament, nor did Jesus and his followers intend to contradict the Shema in the Hebrew Scriptures: ?Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord? (Deuteronomy 6:4). The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies.?
The Council of Nicaea in 325 stated the crucial formula for that doctrine in its confession that the Son is ?of the same substance [homoousios] as the Father,? even though it said very little about the Holy Spirit. Over the next half century, Athanasius defended and refined the Nicene formula, and, by the end of the 4th century, under the leadership of Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus (the Cappadocian Fathers), the doctrine of the Trinity took substantially the form it has maintained ever since.
Is the God of the Bible described as being part of a Trinity. Note these Bible passages
18 And they know that Thou -- (Thy name [is] Jehovah -- by Thyself,) [Art] the Most High over all the earth ??Psalm 83:18. YLT
3 and this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and him whom Thou didst send -- Jesus Christ;?John 17:3. YLT
20 and the mediator is not of one, and God is one --?Galatians 3:20. YLT[/size][/size]
Thank you to our Bible study group, the Encyclopedia Britannica, and in particular The Bible. Most of all thank you to the Lord for the ability to ask questions an study His Word.
Many Christian denominations teach that God is a Trinity. However, note what the Encyclop?dia Britannica states: Neither the word Trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the New Testament, nor did Jesus and his followers intend to contradict the Shema in the Hebrew Scriptures: ?Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord? (Deuteronomy 6:4). The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies.?
The Council of Nicaea in 325 stated the crucial formula for that doctrine in its confession that the Son is ?of the same substance [homoousios] as the Father,? even though it said very little about the Holy Spirit. Over the next half century, Athanasius defended and refined the Nicene formula, and, by the end of the 4th century, under the leadership of Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus (the Cappadocian Fathers), the doctrine of the Trinity took substantially the form it has maintained ever since.
Is the God of the Bible described as being part of a Trinity. Note these Bible passages
18 And they know that Thou -- (Thy name [is] Jehovah -- by Thyself,) [Art] the Most High over all the earth ??Psalm 83:18. YLT
3 and this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and him whom Thou didst send -- Jesus Christ;?John 17:3. YLT
20 and the mediator is not of one, and God is one --?Galatians 3:20. YLT[/size][/size]