Check out this debate. So far so good. Max word count 700. Topic is "The coming of the Lord", discusses whether Christ returned in 70 AD or not. AFP asserts Christ returned in 70 AD and Jason opposes
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Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
Every sinner must repent of their sins.
That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
It never ceases to amaze me the imagination of preterists.
Elder, you did not read Jason's response did you?
Actually what's amazing is the contradictions that Dispensationalsists will make even in their own explainations.
Elder, you might want to reread what Jason said and where he disproved himself wrong in his own post.
afp1996, keep up that Good Word!!
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I see no profit in these debates, since many involved all over the board will not change no matter what the other viewpoint proposes. This is usually the case in debates. Bro Epley, for example, told us he is closed minded to anything preterite.
However, there is one benefit. The people READING often include actual open-minded people who will accept a bona fide point when they, themselves, may have believed otherwise beforehand.
__________________ ...MY THOUGHTS, ANYWAY.
"Many Christians do not try to understand what was written in a verse in the Bible. Instead they approach the passage to prove what they already believe."
However, there is one benefit. The people READING often include actual open-minded people who will accept a bona fide point when they, themselves, may have believed otherwise beforehand.
This would be me. I enjoy debates because I like to see both points of view clearly laid out. It helps me to formulate my opinions.
every time I try to read that stuff! LOL!)
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