This is why I don’t like talking about End of Time stuff. It divides people. I remember taking to a 7th day Adventist over the summer and his Big thing was about the end of times. It was so hard to talk to him because he wouldn’t hear any one else interpretation on anything. A person studying can be very frustrated because they think they have the date and nothing appears. Could lead to faith questioning.

I realize it is somethign that we need to be aware of since it is in the Bible but I think it ends at knowing what it says.  We can get in trouble in applying it in outlandish situations.

I really think we as christian get tried up with the idea that eternal life “starts” when we die. No, it starts when we allow Christ’s lordship into our life. Now is eternal Life (see john 17:3 and Dallas Willard’s “Divine Conspiracy”). So to even get could up with all of this is,as dugan puts it, pointless stress.

As for Romans 10:9, what needs to be asked is what exact does believe mean… does it mean I believe in Christ like George Washington was the first president or is it is believe where you truely act it out?  A pastor I know says, “You are saved by faith alone but Faith that saves is never alone.” So i think it is more than just admitting and saying a prayer. It is a yielding and giving of your life. In Phillipians 2:12, Pauls urges the people of phillipi to “continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.”  So its more than Romans 10:9 though it does do a good job of summing everythign up.

Brent, nice work. Wanna come and teach the jr highers about the end of the world sometime? Today’s guest speaker is… Mr. Dude.

But you can call him… Mr. Cottage Cheese Butt or uncle stinky.

What about repentance, baptism, and persistence in the faith?

and Tim… you must be the most laid back guy I’ve ever met… HAHAHA