The Prophetic Presbyterian & His Narrow Way

  Does the Bible restrict the text of Matthew 18:15 -     19 to church discipline?     15  “If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.  16  But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’  17  If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector. 18  “Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. 19  “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20  For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” The Bible teaches the 3 fold use of the Law.  ...

Dan McClellan doesn’t think the Bible teaches tge Rapture. He would be wrong.  See how Dan McClellan speaks dogmatically about what the Bible teaches, and he clearly believes we ought to believe him?  Never forget that Dan is on record stating that when an Evangelical exegete/theologian/apologist does the same thing, we ought to dismiss what that person (or persons) said because when Evangelicals speak with dogmatic certainty they are just informing the audience about their own (confirmation) biases.  Dan is wrong about the history of the development of this doctrine.   In truth what is describing the actually true of Ecclesiastical Tradition on the Earth relative to its popularization & its articulation as what most people understand when the term is deployed - the removal, retention, & return of people either before a travail unlike one the Earth has ever known or during that time or not long after.  At issue is what the Bible actually teaches.   ...

Recently, Kirk Cameron has come under fire for questioning traditional, majority view of hell as a place of eternal conscious torment.     This controversy is easily resolved.  There is a  resurrection  of the Just & Unjust. (Acts 24). In Adam all die. In Christ all are made alive (Romans 5, I Corinthians 15).  The resurrection of Christ underwrites the General Resurrection, not just the resurrection of the Just. If Christ is not raised, the dead are not raised. (I Corinthians 15); ergo the resurrection of the Unjust depends on the resurrection of Christ as much as the resurrection of the Just. Apart from union with Christ,  nobody  can be raised from the dead.  Ephemeral bodies are dishonorable, corruptible/perishable, natural, earthly/terrestrial. Resurrection ontology is glorious, incorruptible, imperishable, spiritual, and heavenly, blessedly corporeal, not under the curse of sin and death, & neither incorporeal nor ghostly. (I Co...

How To Mediate Conflicts Using the Bible As Our Guide {{{{Sam, Ryan, David, Luke, Nathaniel, & Kyle}}}} are going to a formal gala with a number of men & women who are part of a cohort of people learning about diplomacy & espionage.     This is a test of what they have learned thus far.   Their task as they move toward conducting the perfect heist is simple: They must designate one or more procurement specialists/purchasing agents to successfully procure & purchase 2 brand new sets of roommates/stoolies (out of a specified pool of candidates) & gift them to one or more of the real &/or perceived governing triads in their Cabal by the specified time on the Checklist.      The individuals  procured out of the candidate list might or might not prove to be quislings for {{{{Sam, Ryan, David, Luke, Nathaniel, & Kyle}}}}*        These are the men in Unit 1 in relation to each other.     They...

  I Corinthians 5:1 - 6:11   Introduction to the Topic At Hand It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife.  2  And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you. I Corinthians 5:3 - 5:13  Shema For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing.  4  When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5  you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. Historical Prologue  Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7  Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Chris...