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Examples of Mental Illness in the Bible Click to View Mental Illness in the Bible Introduction: 1. Psychiatry is a vicious enemy of Christianity and the Bible. Christians must be warned about the evils of psychiatry today: a. The word "psychiatry" comes from the ... Psychiatry is to human behaviour what evolution is to human origins. Churches preach lots of sermons about the evils of evolution while sending their members to evolutionary psychiatrists who are more dangerous! d. Psychiatry ... Psychologists reject the moral code of the Bible and replace it with their own person standard of what is right and wrong in the DSM-5, known as the "Bible of Psychiatry". b. Psychologists will often identify church attendance and Bible reading as the root cause of a person's problems. They even believe Jesus and ... The devil loves Psychologists. 3. The mental health industry (Psychiatrists, Psychologists, social workers, certified councilors etc.) is rotten to the core and stands for the exact opposite to the will of God, Jesus Christ ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-bible.htm

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Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs 100 BC: 70 Weeks of Daniel The Testament of Levi Concerning the Priesthood and Arrogance 70 Weeks of Daniel 100 BC Introduction: 1. Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs is a document originally written around 100 BC but expanded by the Christians around 192 AD as seen in the blatant references to gospel ... In pity he shall take you to Himself through faith and water Faith + water baptism = salvation. "Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." (John 3:5) ""He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned." (Mark 16:16) "'Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, ... He shall stand up against the kingdom of the enemy; therefore is the enemy eager to destroy all that call upon the Lord. For he knoweth that in the day on which Israel shall believe,11 the kingdom of the enemy shall be brought to an end; and the very angel of peace shall ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Testament-of-the-Twelve-Patriarchs-Chronology-Daniel9-70-weeks-490-years-Star-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-Bible-manuscripts-Old-Testament-Torah-Tanakh-100BC.htm

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Pentecostal tries to defend manifestions with Scripture ... Many people when they experience this very personal touch by God have physical reactions called manifestations of the Holy Spirit. These manifestations have been somewhat controversial and caused many questions among Christians of various religious backgrounds. So that ... We take note that this is highly selective list that omits all the occult "Christian groups" like the Shakers of the 1700's. Such an appeal to history is in fact totally un-authoritative. The Roman Catholic church makes exactly the same appeal to history to substantiate its unbiblical ... They got up shortly and arrested Jesus. In Acts 9:22, 26 Paul fell to the ground on the way to Damascus when he heard a voice from heaven speak to him. Also Ezekiel 3:23; Daniel 8:17. We admit people fell down in scripture, but it is absolutely two different things. First, people's common reaction to meeting God or and seeing an angel was to fall flat on their face. But they were totally functional, communicative and did not twitch ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-defend-manifestions.htm

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Development of Trinity Doctrine from the Old to the New Testament If the Watchtower organization tells Jehovah's Witnesses they are "God's servant" to dispense "new light" on a weekly basis! JW's accept this blindly and believe it. If the Watchtower organization tells Jehovah's Witnesses that since Trinity ... From Moses to Christ, God's name was YHWH (Yahweh or Jehovah). For Christians the name of God is JESUS! "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:12) Certainly the ... Meanwhile, thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses are also deceived. The Essenes and even the disciples, incorrectly expected the messiah to deliver the Jews from Roman domination and restore an independent Jewish nation, (Acts 1:6) yet they were ... In other words, without the New Testament, no one would have ever understood the hidden meaning of the Old Testament events, shadows and anti-types. Water baptism (Acts 2:38 = Ex 30:18; Col 2:11 + Ex 30:6 = Gen 17:10) The Lord's Supper (1 Cor ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-development-old-testament.htm

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The Roman Catholic view of Marriage is flawed, incomplete and ... ... The Roman Catholic position on birth control is shown to be silly and outrageous because Catholic "pew dwellers" generally ignore such man made rules from leaders, who themselves ... Remember, it wasn't until about 1070 AD that Catholic priests were first officially forbidden to be married. That's 1000 years too late to be part of Bible Christianity. In fact the Holy Spirit prophesied this apostasy: "But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth. " 1 Timothy 4:1-3 In fact ... his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?), and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/catholic-marriage-birth-control-celibacy.htm

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Could you endure the Persecution of early Christians? But that effort was frustrated by the zeal of the Christians, and by their surprising readiness to suffer and die for their faith. No one better describes that frustration than the Roman lawyer Tertullian, converted in Carthage, who turned the sharpness of his wit to defend the Christians and taunt their adversaries. The pagans, he says, have their own heroes, men willing to die for their country. But if a Christian is willing to suffer for God, he is called a fool! "But go to it, my good magistrates! The populace will count you a great ... set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:1-2). ... Therefore, we need to understand that the so-called "dark days of persecution" may in reality be the time when the light of faith and trust glows brightest and when holiness and mercy are most radiant. Never was the church ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-endure-persecution.htm

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Sola Scriptura: Scripture tells us Elijah's drought was three ... spoke from God. (2 Pet 1:20-21) Scripture does tell us : "Now it happened after many days that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the face of the earth." 1 Kings 18:1 Jesus tells us: "But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land; Luke 4:25 What if James learned the number directly from Jesus himself? Did Jesus need to rely upon oral tradition? Hardly! There is no need to appeal to oral tradition, when you have specific Bible verses. Even if the figure of 3 1/2 years was a matter of oral tradition, just how important is the length of the drought? It is not a matter of importance or critical faith. If this is the best example of oral tradition Roman Catholic and Orthodox defenders can come up with, they have lost their case! Click to View More Pro-Oral Church ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-elijah-drought-3-half-years.htm

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Seventh-day Adventist view Ellen G. White as an inspired prophet The current official is actually identical to what it has always been, as you will see below in the 1997 baptismal vows and church doctrines. But they are now making statements like: ... and Jehovah's Witnesses share these qualities: were born at the same time in history (1800's) all claimed to have direct inspiration from God at the time they were founded all had the "spirit of prophecy" all have watered down their inspiration claims in modern times We now invite you to view the data: Click to View SDA's must vow Ellen G. White as inspired at their baptism! Official SDA Baptismal Vows (13) Don't believe it? ... and every possibility of doubt is removed, you will never believe. The doubt that demands perfect knowledge will never yield to faith. Faith rests upon evidence, not demonstration. ... This, my accompanying angel informed me, represented all the heavenly hosts looking with reverential awe toward the law of God ;which had been written by the finger of God. Jesus raised ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WhiteInspire.htm

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The Old Testament Canon: The council of Jamnia: 90 AD God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired ... Roman Catholics and Orthodox leaders feel that re-writing history to suggest the canon of the Jews was not fixed until after the Jewish system was abolished in 70 AD, is as absurd as it is wishful thinking. Think about it, only after God destroys the Jewish religion, do the Jews get a fixed canon. There was clearly a fixed canon long before Jesus was born and when Jesus was tempted by the Bible three times, he did not reply, "human, man-made church tradition says Satan" Rather ... Cross sees Josephus, independent of any Jamnia proceedings, reflecting "a clear and coherent theological doctrine of canon that must stem, we believe, from canonical ... II. Roman Catholic and Orthodox leaders deliberately misrepresent history: 1. Misrepresentation of history: a. "THE BIBLE OF THE APOSTLES: ... The modern Jewish canon was ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-council-of-jamnia.htm

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Global statistics for all religions: 2001 AD ... Independents 26,000 Marginal Christians 1,200 Orthodox 3,200 Protestants 13,300 Roman Catholics 37,000 Membership by continent increase in 24 hrs. Africa 24,500 Asia 19,400 Europe 2,200 Latin America 21,000 Northern America 5,000 Oceania 800 (David A. Barrett, World Christian Encyclopedia, 2001, p 5) Table 1-3 Organized Christianity: Global totals in 1995 AD Note: Denomination is defined as an organization within a single country. This means that if the Roman Catholic church is in 234 countries, it ... Nondenominational (no church or antichurch groups) 11,800 3,434,000 196 76 Oneness-Pentecostal or Unitarian Pentecostal; Jesus Only 11,600 2,463,000 85 74 Baptistic-Pentecostal or Keswick-Pentecostal , 232,000 49,420,000 396 174 ... Black American deliverance Pentecostal 30 100,000 1 1 White-led deliverance Pentecostal 800 209,000 8 3 African Word of Faith/Prosperity 300 332,000 7 3 Filipino Word of Faith/Prosperity 40 25,000 1 1 Pacific Word of Faith/Prosperity 100 5.000 2 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/global-religion-statistics-world-christian-encyclopedia.htm

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How to be attain Sanctification! ... "By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all" Hebrew 10: 10. "For by one offering he hath perfected ... Paul's admonition to Christians in the city of Philippi "Wherefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but how much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure" Phil. 2: 12-13. This is the same balance between the human and the divine that Paul reveals when he talks in terms of Christ's sanctification of the church. "Husbands, love your wives, even as ... Christ calls for our complete trust or faith in him (John 7: 37-39), for our repentance from all past sin (Luke 13: 3), for our open acknowledgment of this belief (Matthew 10: 32-33), for our obedience in baptism to receive God's forgiveness (Acts 2: 38), and Christ sanctifying presence (Gal. 2: 20) and purpose (Phil. 1: 21). Click ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-sanctification.htm

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Major errors of Pentecostalism There is a stress on teaching the authority of the believer over Satan and demons. Angels are our servants and we are to command them. 11. LACK OF BALANCE - Teachings stress FAITH, HEALTH, ... Chances are that the quality and genuineness varies considerably from stream to stream, from church to church, and from person to person. The present author has frequently heard the expressions, ... These are in no particular order. 1. IS THERE IS AN EMPHASIS ON THE HOLY SPIRIT AT THE EXPENSE OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD? If the speaker almost exclusively speaks of God and the Spirit, yet rarely speaks of Jesus ... of their involvement in supernatural activities in His name (Matthew 7:21-23,24-27). 5. ARE GODLY CHRISTIANS CONDEMNED IF THEY DO NOT WISH TO PARTICIPATE? Are they out when it comes to God? ... There is a place for genuine prophecy in the church--even personal prophecy (1 Corinthians 12; 14). However, we are not to believe a different Gospel, even if presented by an angel (Galatians ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-pentecostal-errors.htm

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Messianic Bible Prophecy: God the Rock of Moses Midrashic triple prophecy when Moses brought water from the Rock: Ex 17:6; 1 Cor 10:4 The Rock of Moses as a Type of Christ and Christians Jesus Christians Stone mason (tekton) Heb 1:8-11; 12:2; ... It was at the rock of escape when David thought Saul was about to capture him, that David said to God, "My God, why have you forsaken me?" (Ps 22:1; Mt 27:46) David escaped, Jesus did not and ... for the Jerusalem temple, it is striking David would prophecy one of rejected stones of the physical temple, would become the cornerstone in the spiritual church temple built by Jesus Christ in AD 33 (Ps 118:22-23). ... Out of Christians flows living water to save others through preaching the gospel by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit or non-miraculously today as we preach the Bible (Jn 7:37-38). Christians ... teaching: Luke 6:47-49; Mt 7:26 3. Spiritually, Jesus the Stonemason [tekton], Master builder and Architect of our Salvation: "the architect [archegos] and completer [teleiotes] of our faith." ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Exodus17-6-triple-messianic-bible-prophecy-Midrashic-1Corinthians10-Moses-rock-water-Christ-rejected-cornerstone-temple-church-foundation-fortress-stumbling-stone.htm

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Judean Governors, Procurtors and Prefects time of Jesus, first ... See outline on the Shekel of Tyre. 7. Jesus would be born in 2-1 BC and Herod would die in 1 BC. 8. The Roman empire would control the Jews up until the first Jewish war of 66 AD. a. This rebellion resulted in the Romans coming down with a heavy hand and they easily crushed the rebellion and forever destroyed the temple in 70 AD. b. A new temple had been raised from the dust, just as Jesus said: His body, THE CHURCH. c. Jesus said the kingdom of God and the temple is not physical but within each of us! On ... which is in the possession of Hanun (Bar Kokhba's Letters, The Wooden Letter) They were sadly mistaken in rejecting Jesus Christ as their true Messiah whom they crucified and even more mistaken in their false faith in Simon as the Messiah. ... This misconception is witnessed in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the interrogation of John the Baptist. In fact, Jesus Christ summed up ALL messianic prophecy in himself in the church, His kingdom and Christians his new Israel. See full outline ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/coins/Coins-Judean-Governors-Satraps-Procurators-Prefects-Jesus-Herod-Antipas-Philip-Archelaus-Pilate-Agrippa-Felix-Festus-587BC-66AD.htm

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Who is The Devil, Satan? ... Lk 22:3 Every time a Christian gives us on the faith and falls away: 1 Ti 1:18-20 Corruption of doctrine: 1 Ti 4:1-4 "doctrines of demons": Today there are 500 churches! B. Major defeats of Satan in the Bible: War in heaven, cast to earth: Rev 12:7-9 Job tests God's wisdom with Job, "you think Job is good, take away blessings...he will curse you" Temptation in wilderness with Jesus: Mt 4:1-11 Cast out demons during ministry of Jesus: Lk 10:17-20 Sinless death & resurrection of ... Mt 8:29 "Have you come to torment us before the time" Jas 2:19 "demons believe God is united and tremble" (gr: "tremble" lit: to bristle up hair) Mk 5:7; Lk 8:28 "do not torment me" Mk 1:24; Lk 4:34 "have You come to destroy us" E. Disobedient men will suffer same fate as Devil: Mt 25:41; Rev 20:10,14-15; 2 Th 1:6-9 Conclusion: A. The devil will attack you today in one of 5 ways: Keep you out of the church Get Christians back into the world Render Christians useless Disrupt or corrupt worship & doctrine ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-devil.htm

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Sola Scriptura: Jews being sawn in two in Hebrews 11:37 came ... False arguments that Catholics and Orthodox use to prove oral extra-scriptural church tradition are refuted. Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Click to View More Pro-Oral Church tradition ... It was recorded in "The Ascension of Isaiah". "And many in Jerusalem and in Judea he will cause to abandon the true faith, and Beliar will dwell in Manasseh, and by his hands I shall be sawn ... There are many examples of New Testament doctrines and ideas throughout the book. The Ascension of Isaiah is not oral tradition, but a written tradition. Roman Catholic and Orthodox defenders should be ... We call this the "Which came first Hebrews 11:37 or The Ascension of Isaiah argument. The Ascension of Isaiah was so clearly composed and edited by Christians after Hebrews 11:37 was written that ... And all that he hath desired he will do in the world: he will do and speak like the Beloved and he will say: "I am God and before me there has been none."" (The Ascension of Isaiah 4:2-6) Trinity: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-sawn-in-two-hebrews-11-37.htm

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Durant, Will: The Story of Civilization One could no more discover when myth was originally invented(Will Durant, The Story of Civilization, The Age Of Faith, ch 1, page 16) "Christianity was the last great creation of the ancient pagan ... Durant does not exempt Jw's from his comments, in fact he would certainly include them! Notice all the thinks he says the Apostles and early Christians borrowed from the pagans in addition to ... Proof from Will Durant's own mouth that he was a Christianity Trasher: Did Will Durant believe in God? Durant was, by his own definition, an agnostic. His views on God can be best explained in his own words ... "Christianity did not destroy paganism; it adopted it. The Greek mind, dying, came to a transmigrated life in the theology and liturgy of the Church; the Greek language, having reigned for ... almost filled the Age of Faith: the Bible, the Talmud, the Koran-as if to say that in the rebarbarization of the Roman Empire only a supernatural ethic could restore order to society and the soul. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Durant.htm

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Who is The Devil, Satan? ... Mark 13: 32); they do not know the mind of God (Romans 11:34); cannot taste death for anyyone (Hebrews 2:6-11); were unable to establish peace in the heavenly places (Colossians 1:20); were unable to reveal truth to heavenly places in the same way that the church can (Ephesians 3:9-10). Does God promise to care for us? ... Satan disguises himself as an angel of light: 2 Corinthians 11:14. Demons disguise themselves as servants of righteousness: 2 Corinthians 11:15. Does a bad angel have faith? Yes, they believe: James 2 :19. Yes, they fear God: 2 Peter 2:11. Can a bad angel do miracles? Yes: 2 Thessalonians 2:9. How do we know if an angel is good or bad? Bad will preach a different message than what is in the Bible: Galatians 1:8. Truth is simple and pure devotion to Christ: 2 Corinthians 11:3-4. Know them by their fruits: Mathew 7:15-20. Who fought the devil? Jesus: Revelation 12:5. Michael: Jude 1:9; Revelation 12:7. Where was Satan and his demons cast to? The earth: Revelation ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-angels.htm

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Casebook of Biblical Psychiatry Version 7: Real Mental Illnesses ... ... Pinel correctly understanding that insanity was a spiritual problem, not an organic/physical problem with the brain. Instead of drugs, he cured insanity by "moral treatments". "My faith in pharmaceutic preparations was gradually lessened, ... If they did not believe the threat, they would never have chosen to modify their own behaviour. This underscores that schizophrenia is a moral choice, not a disease. If Pinel had access to the "Clinical Textbook of Biblical Psychiatry", he would have immediately recognized that the reason for the insanity was absurd and to be rejected. Pinel should have said, "It is ridiculous for you to tell me that you are driven insane just because the Catholic church is banished from France. Christians view this as ... 3. Self-punishment for personal failures or to ease a guilty conscience: EDS-7.4.12. His moral failure bothered him and his hunger strike and ascetic life in the asylum was a way of saying, "See God! I am punishing myself for my sin!" ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-casebook-of-biblical-psychiatry-real-cases-book-treatment-companion-soup.htm

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Scriptural refutation of "eternal Security" Christ's own slaves hid talent wicked lazy, cast into outer darkness, weep & gnash Lk 8:13 receive word with joy, believe temptation, persecution fall away Lk 9:62 put hands to plow of kingdom looked back to former life ... Simon the sorcerer believed, baptized, received HS offered money heart not right, wickedness, gall of bitterness, bond of iniquity Acts 20:17,28-30 elders, shepherds of church false doctrine drawn away Rom 11:13-23 wild ... Hymenaeus and Philetus: gone astray indicates once correct False doctrine: resurrection past gone astray, upset other's faith as well Heb 3:12 brethren evil, unbelieving fall away from God Heb 4:1-2,11 brethren, addressed to Christians unbelief, disobey short of God's rest, fall Heb 6:4-8 once enlightened, tasted heavenly gift, ... "For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cal-P-refutation.htm

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The Canon of the Bible: Various councils, synods and canons ... And so, though various (17) elements may be taught in the individual books of the Gospels, (18) nevertheless this makes no difference to the faith of believers, since by the one sovereign Spirit all things (2o) have been declared in all [the Gospels]: ... Moreover, the Epistle of Jude and two of the above-mentioned (or, bearing the name on John are counted (or, used) in the catholic [Church];' and [the book of] Wisdom, (70) written by the friends of Solomon in his honour. (71) We receive only the ... only four Gospels, writing somewhat as follows: 3. (4) `Among the four Gospels, which are the only indisputable ones in the Church of God under heaven, I have learned by tradition that first was written that according to Matthew, who was once a tax collector but afterwards an apostle of Jesus Christ, who published it for those who from Judaism came to believe, composed as it was in the Hebrew language. (5) Secondly, that according to Mark, who composed it in accordance with the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-councils-synods-canons.htm

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Trinity: Oneness in unity not in number: Yachid vs. Echad ... Jesus quoted Deut 6:4 in Mk 12:29 and chose the "unified oneness" word "hen" which is the same word used by Jesus in Mt 19:5, "the two shall become one (hen) flesh. It is significant that Jesus did not ... If it is really that insignificant, then they would have told us the argument Christians were using to prove trinity is invalid to native Hebrews who know and speak the language. A man named Moses ... Translation 1: "I believe with a perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be His name, is an absolute one [yachid]". Translation 2: "I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be his name is one and there is no unity like his in any way. He alone is our G-d- He was, he is, and he will be." Modern Jewish prayer books use the UNBIBLICAL word "yachid" to describe God. Remember, ... Galatians 3:20 "There is one [hen] body and one [hen] Spirit, one [hen] hope, one [hen] Lord, one [hen] faith, one [hen] baptism, one [hen] God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-oneness-unity-yachid-vs-echad.htm

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Official creed of Christadelphian's Ecclesia Death always means separation Demons are spirit creatures not flu viruses Rich man and Lazarus examined Christadelphian Statement Of Faith THE FOUNDATION - That the book currently known as the Bible, ... Psa 33:13-14; Psa 44:21; Psa 94:9; Psa 139:7-12; Pro 15:3; Jer 23:24; Jer 32:19; Amo 9:2-3; Act 17:27-28; Psa 123:1; 1 Ki 8:30-39; 1 Ki 8:43; 1 Ki 8:49; Mat 6:9; 1 Ti 6:15-16; 1 Ti 1:17 2. That Jesus of Nazareth was the Son of God, begotten of the Virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit, without the intervention of man, and afterwards anointed with the same Spirit, without measure, at his baptism. ... perfect obedience, and, dying, abrogate the law of condemnation for himself, and all who should believe and obey him. 1 Co 15:45; Heb 2:14-16; Rom 1:3; Heb 5:8-9; Heb 1:9; Rom 5:19-21; Gal 4:4-5; Rom ... Reject 10. That the righteous will ascend to the kingdoms beyond the skies when they die. Reject 11. That the devil is a supernatural being. Reject 12. That the Kingdom of God is "the church." Reject ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Chrdelphian.htm

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Mental Ilness Cures: (MMPI-7) meticulous moral principles inquiry ... Historically, church ministers were the "experts", that other went to for help for any behaviour problem including insanity. The theistic origin of "Psychiatry" is embedded in the fact that it is a Greek word literally meaning "doctor of the soul". Today's chemical psychiatrists are generally evolutionary atheists who don't even believe man has a soul who use ... Likewise, you do not need to understand the divine wisdom into why the "no" answers will cause you grief in life, you simply need to change your behaviour and obey what God says in the Bible. Scoring: 1. What would Jesus do? (WWJD) Jesus ... The Bible: "Your testimonies also are my delight; They are my counselors. " (Psalm 119:24) e. Christians: "And concerning you, my brethren, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full ... Hope of heaven: "to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are protected by the power of God through faith for a ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-cures-MMPI-7-meticulous-moral-principles-inquiry.htm

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The Interactive Bible: www.bible.ca Question 3: Will Jesus Prune Christians? John 15:5-6 "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me ... Why did Jesus say we might be thrown away and cast into the hell? We will be cast in the fire of Hell if we do not abide in Jesus Thrown away and cast into the fire ... If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch, and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned." Do you believe ... Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Why were "branches broken off" They were broken off for lack of faith Broken off does not mean they were lost! . . Paul continues Romans 11:19-23 Do not be conceited, but fear; for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will He spare ... This verse does not apply to Christians . . Wrong! Paul was writing to the Christians in the church at Rome! Next Bible text Please . . Correct! Next Bible text ... ... https://www.bible.ca/fall-prune.htm

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John Calvin: Commentary On The Gospel According To John (Translated ... The ancients made a wrong use of [John 10:30] to prove that Christ is . . . of the same essence with the Father." -Commentary on the Gospel According to John, by John Calvin" (As quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, ... This is all that Calvin was saying. Only Catholic/Nicene Trinitarians speak where God is silent by speculating that Jesus and the Father are made of the "same stuff". Full documentation of Text: John Calvin: Commentary On The Gospel According To John; A new translation, from the original Latin, by the ... In short, let us know that magistrates are called gods, because God has given them authority. Under the term Law, Christ includes the whole doctrine by which God governed his ancient Church; for since the prophets were only ... You therefore openly reject God, and not a man." That you may know and believe. Though he places knowledge before faith, as if faith were inferior to it, he does so, because he has to do with unbelieving and obstinate men, who ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Calvin.htm

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Mental Illness Diagnosis and cures Afterwards they go to the dead. " (Ecclesiastes 9:3) 6. "The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; Who can understand it?" Jeremiah 17:9 7. "And hearing this, Jesus said to them, ... For psychiatrists to label simple behaviours as mental illness and then ask for a cure, is entirely misguided. It is like Christians viewing sinners as mentally ill, then seeking to drug and shock their ... they believe the delusion that they evolved from monkeys and do not believe in the very God who created them, before whom they will stand before in judgement. Atheism is a delusion that will cause you a lot of harm in hell! Perhaps atheists should be arrested, drugged against their will and jailed in the church basement until they are cured of their atheism and start believing in God! ... is great in heaven." (Luke 6:23) When a Christian tells us they have been under the care of psychiatrist for 5 years for depression, we ask them why their faith is so weak that they are not rejoicing. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-cures.htm

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Reading the Hearts of Men! is fit for the kingdom of God. Jesus communicated with three different men. What Jesus said to them makes little sense unless we understand that he knew their hearts. Click to View Misunderstanding The Nature Of Discipleship: v. 57-58 The first man agreed to follow Jesus anywhere he went. (We would welcome this man into the church with confidence.) ... are mistakenly led to believe that all their problems will vanish the moment they emerge from the waters of baptism. About a month goes by and then they realize that being a Christian is not always a bed of roses. In the parable of the sower, this is the seed which fell upon rocky soil. There was a shallow root and when trials came, they fell away. Click to View Problem Of Lordship: v. 59-60 Jesus looked to another and commanded, Follow me. ... It all comes down to who you are trying to please. Making Jesus Lord of their lives is a major barrier for many who would like to become Christians. The reasons people give for delaying a ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-reading-hearts.htm

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Door Knocking as a method of Evangelism Then I take each page, and highlight the assigned street with a yellow marker and print the soul winners name at the top with pen. Everyone meets at the church building Saturday morning at ... The word therapy has almost been overworked, but we pretty well know what it means. It is beneficial, curative, helpful, etc. I believe that one of the most beneficial therapies for a ... The Therapy of Soul Cleansing Nothing will do more to make one feel right about his standing with God than being about his Father's business. Jesus was doing that at age 12. One must undergo the experience of what I am talking about ... Especially is this true when we see somebody whom we have taught the gospel walk down the aisle and be buried in New Testament baptism. Perhaps we have initially knocked on that person's ... Campaigns were sometimes a source of getting these contacts. Many were led to the Lord through the efforts of these Christians. Their approach at the door was normally not personal in it's ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-door-knocking.htm

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Sola Scriptura: Paul got the names 'Jannes and Jambres' in 2 ... If he believed that the Scriptures are self-sufficient, then he was not very consistent." (THE WAY: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church, Clark Carlton, 1997, p 123) Click to ... To say that Paul quoted "non-scriptural tradition" in naming Jannes and Jambres, is like saying quoted from "non-scriptural tradition" in naming Jesus of Nazareth, as the one who died upon the ... Just as there was invalid oral tradition regarding the disciples stealing the body, so too there is invalid oral tradition in both the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches. It was the Holy Spirit who ... Many people in the first century knew the names of these two people, but makes no difference to our faith if we do not know. The Holy Spirit never told us for sure, who wrote some of the books of ... no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God." (2 Peter 1:20-21) We also want to remind the reader that there are many examples of where ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-pro-tradition-refuted-jannes-jambres-2-timothy-3-8.htm

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Footnoting Policy of Watchtower, and actual footnotes to their ... ... Here is a bibliography of the quotes from the Watchtower's "Should You Believe in the Trinity?" booklet. (Special thanks to Jim & Sherri Walters) Section 1: Should You Believe It? 1. ... XV, (The Encyclopedia Press, Inc., NY) p. 47. 5. Heraklion, Crete, Greece, court decision 87/1986, April 7, 1986, pp. 17, 19. 6. "Our Orthodox Christian Faith", by Athanasios S. ... Eliade, editorinchief, 1987, Vol. 15, (Macmillan Publishing Company, NY) p. 54. 23. "New Catholic Encyclopedia," 1967, Vol. xiv, p. 306. 24." The Triune God", by Edmund J. Fortman, 1972, (Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, MI) pp. xv, 8, 9. 25." The ... XII, (Charles Scribners Sons, NY) p. 461. 35. "New Catholic Encyclopedia", 1967, Vol. XIV, p. 299. 36."The Church of the First Three Centuries", Alvan Lamson, 1869 edition, p 56-57, ... Section 5: What Does the Bible Say About God and Jesus? 66. "A Critical History of the Evolution of Trinitarianism", by Levi Leonard Paine, 1900, (Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, Boston ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-jw-anti-trinity-booklet-footnotes.htm

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Archeology of Jewish Head Phylactery, Arm Tefillin, Door Mesusah ... Head Phylactery, Arm Tefillin, Door Mezuzah, Blue garment tassels Rabbi Jesus Christ wore blue garment tassels Oldest Ancient manuscripts of the Old Testament (Tanakh) Archeological discoveries at Qumran, Wadi Murabba'at and ... Deut 10:12-11:21 was a favorite text to use and it was as common to the Jews as the Lord's prayer is to Christians. One key phrase every Jew was familiar with was: "So circumcise your heart, and stiffen your neck no longer." ... as a Jew: "In Christ you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. ... It is God's infallible and inspired word that will judge every man at the return of Jesus! Why not attend a Bible believing church this Lord's Day and BRING YOUR BIBLE: Find a Bible blueprint church in your own home town: Click ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Bible-manuscripts-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-Qumran-Nahal-Seelim-Wadi-Murabbaat-head-Phylactery-arm-Tefillin-blue-tassels-garment-Mesusah-Jewish-doors-scripture-Rabbi-Jesus.htm

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Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 425 AD: Augustine But as we have seen, these customs involve trivial matters like "drinking milk and honey after baptism". Having said this up front, we observe Augustine's attitude towards scripture. He clearly believes that we must abide within scripture. He comments that teaching more than scripture "Receive, my children, the Rule of Faith, which is called the Symbol (or Creed). And when ye have received it, write it ... heard that God is Almighty? But ye begin to have him for your father, when ye have been born by the church as your Mother. (Augustine, On the Nicene Creed: a Sermon to the Catechumens, 1) Click to View Augustine, like all the fathers, believed that every phrase in the Nicene creed had its origin in the scripture, not some "unwritten oral tradition of the apostles". He calls the creed, "Rule of Faith" which was first used by Tertullian in 200 AD. The age of creed making is in full bloom! Today, every major denomination, including the Catholic and Orthodox believe their creeds ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-augustine.htm

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Synagogue Perimeter Benches: Metaphor of Equality in Christ: ... ... Very much like first class on an airplane is closest to the door. First in, first out. d. Seating in Roman theatres was arranged with premium seats for the rich or important, just like modern ... Christians fleeing Jerusalem in Acts 8:1-4, to be careful not to show partiality in church assemblies. This was a corrective matter Jews practiced that was not tolerated in Christ. Notice James calls the assembly a SYNAGOGUE not an ECCLESIA in Jas 2:1-4. Later at the end of the book James uses "ecclesia" interchangeably with synagogue: a. "My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus ... Then he must call for the elders of the church [ecclesia] and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;" (James 5:14) 6. Women and men were not segregated in ... wives and children, and may offer, as did their forefathers, their prayers and sacrifices to God. (261) Now the senate and people have decreed to permit them to assemble together on the days ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Benches-triclinium-seating-Metaphor-Equality-Christ-Architectural-ancient-Synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-incorporated-adopted-similarities-church.htm

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"Sunday keeping" DID NOT originate in the pagan religion of Mithraism ... Click to View The truth is, both the Sabbath and Christians worshipping of the first day (Sunday) are of divine origin. The Sabbath was abolished, not changed to Sunday! Actual Sabbatarian false argument: "Christians ... Arthur Weigall: The Church made a sacred day of Sunday ... "largely because it was the weekly festival of the sun; for it was a definite Christian policy to take over the pagan festivals endeared to the people by ... Jesus "hung on a tree" is of pagan origin: p118 Jesus the "Rock of salvation" is of pagan origin: p129 Jesus the "slain Lamb of God" is of pagan origin: p131,132 "Washed in the Blood of the lamb" is of pagan origin: p132 Baptism and the Lord's Supper are both of pagan origin: p134, p146,147 Phrase "Soldiers of Christ" is of pagan ... into a religion in a lurid pagan environment which could not fail to have its influence upon the new faith." (The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, 1928, p242) B. Look at what these same authorities say ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-Mithraism.htm

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How to Pray Acceptably Christ, himself, is an example of this (John 8:29). Without faith we cannot acceptably approach God in prayer (Mark 11:22-24; Hebrews 11:6; James 1:6). An unforgiving spirit can erase the ... Also, the words "thy kingdom come" were given in a setting that preceded the coming of the church or the kingdom (Matthew 16: 18,19). The kingdom for which they were taught to pray did ... Just as baptism is in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, so expressing in Jesus name would indicate unity of godhead (Matthew 8: 19). Prayer should never take the place of our spiritual efforts to get things done. We should pray as if all depended on God and work as if all depended on us. The emphasis is on work and pray, or watch and pray. We should never pray selfishly (James 4: 3). Again, we are taught to put the ... Jesus is our great high priest who intercedes for us. This great spiritual privilege of prayer makes Christians the salt of the earth, as they pray for civil leaders (Romans 13: 1ff). ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-acceptable-prayer.htm

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Can A Christian Sin And Be Lost? Those who hold this last view believe that Christians can do wrong, but they also believe that Christ will forgive them of any, and every, sin so that they will be ... for the writer speaks of them as those who had, "(quote) escaped from the pollution of the world through the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ" (unquote). ... Thus, the doctrine of "once saved, always saved", is not supported by the scriptures, for the Bible here shows that Christians can sin, and that they may receive punishment for those deeds. All verses of the Bible agree with all other verses when the subject is the same, and when the rule, or law of God, is the same. Also, when ... Study Hebrews 6:18, and I Corinthians 14:33. To illustrate this, we can study verses about baptism (for instance) in the New Testament books written by the apostles ... We suggest that you find how to become a citizen of God's kingdom through study the message, "What Must I Do To Be Saved?" and "Are We Saved By Faith Only?". Belief ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-eternal-security.htm

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Casebook of Biblical Psychiatry Version 7: The case of "Demon ... Casebook of Biblical Psychiatry© brings the principles of Biblical Psychiatry to life based upon real-world cases and familiarizes Christians with different types of situations. This practical companion volume to Biblical ... He knows things impossible for him to know otherwise!" Of course, I was skeptical, since I believe that demon possession was a temporary state permitted by God as a foil for Jesus to demonstrate the power of God against. I told the chaplain that I would visit him during the course of the evening and see if it ... Above written by Ney Rieber, preacher for the Church of Christ, wrote this in 1995 about this personal experience with a man who faked that he was demon possessed! Discussion: People enter counseling and deliberately fake a ... She failed to foresee her own bankruptcy! Click to View All modern fortune tellers and psychics are frauds! So are all TV faith healing preachers like Peter Popoff and Benny Hinn! In 1665 AD, Dr. William Drage concluded that he ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-casebook-of-biblical-psychiatry-real-cases-book-treatment-companion-demon.htm

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Casebook of Biblical Psychiatry Version 7: The case of "Abba ... This meticulously detailed volume of dynamic real-life case studies is simply a "must read" for all clinical Psychiatrists, mental health care professionals and Christians interested in expert ... The United church currently rejects the Bible as the inspired word of God, most key doctrines in the Bible like: Heaven, Hell, Judgement, the need for personal salvation. They also began to ordain ... that the United church of Canada as a whole do not believe the Bible, is not an exaggeration. John was raised in a loving stable home with his mother and father during all these theological upheavals. John was a good boy, respectful and obedient to his parents and a good student at school. When John was 18, he began studying the Bible on his own and became convinced that Jesus rose from the dead ... During this time, John even became a lay assistant to a full time minister for a church and functioned normally for several years. He became convinced that water baptism was essential to salvation ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-casebook-of-biblical-psychiatry-real-cases-book-treatment-companion-abba.htm

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High self esteem is atheistic paganism! Psychiatry promotes Self ... ... alike are caught up in the self-esteem movement" (The Biblical view of Self-Esteem, Jay Adams, p7) In 1670 AD, Richard Baxter, Church Minister, took the view that insanity and depression were caused by life circumstances, moral choices and sins of an individual. ... Tana Dineen, 2001, p 171) If you have "low self-esteem" and your mental health counselor "fixes" you so that you have "high self-esteem", you have denied the faith and forfeited your salvation. We have discovered a new mental illness that we are requesting be added ... In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying, "He saved others; He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him. "He trusts in God; let God rescue Him now, if He delights in Him; for He said, 'I am the Son of God.'" Matthew 27:40-43 After Satan failed and Jesus was crucified, he turned to keep Christians away from the cross. Sure the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-atheistic-anti-christian-self-esteem-vs-biblical-selflessness.htm

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Prerequisites Qualifications & Requirements of the councilor The Bible uses all the terms "elder/presbyter, pastor/shepherd, bishop/overseer in reference to a single office in the church in an interchangeable way. The qualifications are set forth in ... Having a degree in sociology or counseling is often a hindrance to helping mentally ill people. Psychologists often do more harm than good when working with the mentally ill. Christians make the ... The councilor must have a good working knowledge of the Bible which is able to equip him for even mental illness: "equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17 "Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our ... For this reason reprove [telling someone they are wrong: Elencho] them severely [sharp cutting criticism: apotomos] so that they may be sound in the faith," Titus 1:13 "Reject a factious man ... so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17 "preach [proclaim, herald, publish: kerusso] the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-counseling-therapy-bible-pattern-requirements-of-the-councilor.htm

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Psychopaths and sociopaths are not insane ... Bravo Darwin! Your disciples have learned well! Christianity, on the other hand, derives its moral code from God above. Psychopaths do not believe in God. They are their own god who makes the rules up. It doesn't bother a psychopath when they hurt you. Although ... Until you address the underlying "faith" of the psychopath from atheistic Darwinism, into bowing down in worship to their God and creator, Jesus Christ, there is no hope for the psychopath. Jeffery Dalmer was an example of a cannibalistic, deviant sex practitioner, murdering psychopath who was in fact converted to Christianity and died a believer after being murdered in the shower stall in jail by other inmates. He was baptized for the remission of sins by a minister of the Church of Christ. Here is the story. Just another example of where chemical psychiatry gives up, Christians come in and fix the problem! Conclusion: Psychiatrists and psychologists incorrectly teach that a psychopath has no conscience. Had they read the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-start-mental-illness-defined-psychopaths-sociopaths.htm

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The Septuagint, LXX: 10 Archeological proofs the Septuagint Tanakh ... The Greek Septuagint LXX "Scripture cannot be broken" (Jesus, John 10:35) Steve Rudd 2017 Abstract: Modern Jewish "anti-Christian" Rabbis, like Tovia Singer attack Christianity with the historical lie and falsehood that the Septuagint did not exist at the time of Christ but was a product of the Byzantine church designed to convert Jews. Indeed! Singer knows that if ... Paleo-Hebrew into the Greek text out of respect for the name of God: YHWH. Christians simply would never do this, proving the Greek minor prophets scroll was a Jewish Greek translation long before Christ was born. ... It can therefore be assumed that a differentiation within, 'Holy Scripture' as a whole was already existing in Judaism. I believe that the primitive Christian witnesses attest this differentiation as a ... Isa. 19:18-21). According to more recent studies, allusions are made even to the Roman conquest of Carthage and the Parthian conquest of Babylon (146 and 141 bce; respectively) It already presumes the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Greek-Bible-entire-Tanakh-39-books-translated-complete-by-150BC.htm

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Freewill Weekly Collections for Benevolence In Synagogues: First ... ... There was a hundredweight of gold, more or less openly seized at Apamea, and weighed out in the forum at the feet of the praetor, by Sextus Caesius, a Roman knight, a most excellent and upright man; ... But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. A widow is to be put on the list only if she is not less ... church treasury, the Holy Spirit is clear. 4. Church treasury money can be used for the God ordained work of the church: a. Worship: assembly buildings, communion, songbooks, etc. b. Teaching: support of a preacher c. Evangelism: printing, advertising, radio, TV, internet etc. d. Benevolence to Christians only on one time emergency basis like the Jerusalem Christians who were in need. e. ... you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.'" (Matthew 25:40) a. Not a single non-Christian is included as recipients where Jesus holds us accountable. b. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Freewill-Weekly-Collection-ancient-Synagogue-money-Benevolence-First-fruit-gold-Jerusalem-widow-orphan-Jews-Christians-only-Church-worship-patterned-prototype.htm

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Which Old Testament text did Jesus prefer and quote from? How Jesus quoted the Old Testament Septuagint or Hebrew Tanakh A conservative, bible believing perspective! God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God ... What is significant here is that NONE of the books within the "apocryphal collection" are every quoted. So the Catholic argument that "the apocryphal books cannot be rejected as uninspired on the basis that they are never ... The quotation was assimilated to the better known Greek version, since it was used by Christians for apologetic and christological purposes (cf. Acts 4:11; 1 Pet 2:4, 7), and possibly because second generation Christians were unaware of the original Aramaic word play. Perhaps most important of all is Jesus' proclamation of the kingdom of God: "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has drawn near; repent, and believe in the good news" ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-jesus-favored-old-testament-textual-manuscript.htm

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Yes we can pray to Jesus! Prayer is simply talking to Jesus ... Click to View C. It is also interesting that Acts 7, where Stephen sees BOTH Jesus and the Father together in the vision, that Stephen choses to address Jesus in prayer. If praying to Jesus is sin, then maybe God should ... In other words, not all singing is prayer, and not all prayer is singing, but we can pray through song and that is what Paul and Silas were doing. Songs where we pray to Jesus: If we cannot address Jesus in prayer, we cannot address Him in song. While some Christians actually believe it is sin to sing a song that mentions ... Finally, brethren, pray for us that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, just as it did also with you;2 and that we may be delivered from perverse and evil men; for not all have faith.3 But the Lord is ... Christ is the Bishop of my soul(1 Peter 2:25), but I can't talk to my Bishop? Christ is the Bridegroom of the church (His bride)(2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 5:22-33, but the bride can't talk to the bridegroom? Christ is ... ... https://www.bible.ca/ntx-praying-to-jesus.htm

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Bible Texts Calvinists misuse to attempt to prove "Inherited ... Was every thought and intent of every man's heart evil? v9 Noah was blameless Doesn't teach universal depravity, but that most men had corrupted their way and rejected God. If all mankind had ... for the father's sin Exactly what do they believe this verse is teaching? Is the guilt of sin only transmitted 4 generations? How can we be guilty of Adams sin? Will God condemn you to hell because your grandfather never repented of murder? Can anyone be saved if their father was a great sinner? Calvinists faith to distinguish between spiritual & physical ... Sin offering was made when a child was born, but it was not for the child but the mother. This gives no support for infant Baptism to remove depravity. Job 14:1-4; 15:14; 25:4 Jesus was born of a woman: Gal 4:4 was He depraved? Doesn't say every ... A parallel to this is in Gal 5:16-23 where we are commanded to walk by the spirit and not by the flesh again indicating freewill. Paul forewarns the Christians not to "practice" the "deeds of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cal-T-calvinist-prooftexts.htm

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Book of Mormon an Inspired translation of Nephi Plates into English The Mormon Church The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints Click to View Inspired translation of Nephi Plates into English Click to View Click to View Joseph Smith in the process of ... said in 1881 of Joseph Smith the prophet, (Joseph F. Smith later became the sixth president of the Mormon church), "Joseph did not render the writing on the Gold plates into the English language in his own style of language as many people believe, but every word and every letter was given to him by the gift and power of God. So it was the work of God and not of Joseph Smith, and it was done in this way... ... King Benjamin King Mosiah (same change in Ether 4:1) 1 Nephi 20:1 words added or out of the waters of Baptism 2 Nephi 12:9 the mean man boweth down the mean man boweth not down Alma 29:4 Yea, ... Defense of the Faith, p278, B.H. Roberts, Mormon historian. Next Mormons blamed the scribe who wrote from what was dictated by Joseph Smith. "The awkward, ungrammatical expression of the thoughts ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-inspired-book.htm

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Schaff, Philip: 1. History of the Christian Church. 2. New Schaff ... ... as firmly demanded faith in the divinity of the Son, who effected redemption, and of the Holy Spirit, who founded the church and dwells in believers; and these apparently contradictory interests could be reconciled only in the form of the Trinity, that is, by distinguishing in the one and indivisible essence of God three hypostases or persons; at ... That errors and corruptions crept into the Church from this source can not be denied." (The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, edited by Samuel Macauley Jackson, 1957, Vol. IX, p. 91, quoted in, Should you believe the Trinity?, Watchtower publication) "And many of the early Christians, in turn, found peculiar attractions in the doctrines of Plato, and employed them as weapons for the defense and extension of ... cometh into the world," and which illumined especially such sincere and humble seekers after truth as Socrates and Plato before the incarnation of the Eternal Word in the person of Jesus Christ. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Schaff.htm

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Werner, Martin: The Formation of Christian Dogma ... And in the dispute between Monophysitism and Dyophysitism in the following period the Church was rent asunder. This was the price which ft had to pay for its earlier victory over Arianism. In Arianism the Church had suppressed and condemned as heretical the ... for he trashes many elements of what they believe in the nature of God. We simply say, Werner, a modernist, was wrong on many things. First, his primary premise that the first century Christians were let down and directionless when the second coming DIDN'T happen as all of them believed. Werner argues that this led to dramatic changes in doctrine. Second, one of many changes of doctrine he says this letdown catalized, was the invention of a creator God incarnate in Christ. We flatly deny that Werner was right on either of his opinions of "primitive apostolic faith" namely, that first century Christians expected the second coming in their lifetime and that they viewed Jesus as a created angel-turned-saviour. Werners ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Werner.htm

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