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Why did Jesus allow demons to enter a herd of pigs?

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  • #252
    smacl
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    Kareem Old-fashioned Supper wrote: »
    Far from it. There is, however, a significant distinction between the Biblical fellowship of believers referred to as 'the Church' and the contemporary use of the title 'Church' to collectively describe denominations differing by theological understanding and practice. Jesus made it very clear that the price of belief would be high and that only a minority would be successful. He also wasn't particularly inclusive of all scriptural interpretations, having a major beef with both the Pharisees and Sadducees who were the legalists and liberals of the day as well as more gently correcting a Samaritan with: "You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews." This continues into the Epistles which spend a great deal of time correcting theology and practice within the new churches.

    My opinion is that the body of believers, the true Biblical Church, spans most (if not all) Christian denominations but the externals of baptism, membership, attendance and other outward practice are no guarantee of personal relationship with God nor salvation. So relative or absolute headcounts can be very misleading, particularly where religion and culture are strongly linked as, for example, in the case of Ireland.

    Perfectly valid view of what it means to be Christian but not uniquely so in my opinion, even though other views might be contradictory.


  • #253
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    smacl wrote: »
    Article written by Nick Park, an executive director of Evangelical Alliance Ireland, not that it is a bad article but it is from someone actively promoting evangelicalism. The comments below the article are rather entertaining.

    Evangelicalism currently represents about 1.5% of the population in this country, so very much a minority concern.

    When you have a thousand people meeting together on a Sunday morning it's hardly a minority concern.

    I'd be challenged to find a Catholic church with that many in a single mass.

    An secular piece for you.

    https://people.howstuffworks.com/pentecostal.htm


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