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[Act 11:14 NASB20] 14 and he will speak words to you by which you will be saved, you and all your household.' [Act 16:15, 31, 33-34 NASB20] 15 Now when she and her household had been baptized, she urged [us,] saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and...

While technically correct (concerning the linguistic root of the term), it is misleading concerning the theological roots of the term. Why do Presbyterians baptize babies? (is it because they think that babies have repented and believed, or because they think that God calls “entire families”...

Yeah, what’s with Charles Dickens! Samuel Clemens proved that short vernacular paragraphs will git ‘er done. ;)

The BIBLE itself presents a tension on this subject. On the one hand we have clear promises: John 10:28-29 [ESV] I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to...

They will if riots and looters impact their ELITE Condo because of a lack of Police to prevent it.

To be fair, they teach EFFECTUAL "sacraments" vs SYMBOLIC "ordinances" (emphasizing the difference between Catholics and Baptists).

I asked the Google AI … what are the benefits and dangers of ai generated christian sermons? AI-generated Christian sermons offer benefits in research efficiency and creative brainstorming, but pose dangers related to the loss of the "human touch," theological inaccuracy, and the potential to...

The real question is will they turn downtown NYC into downtown LA?

“Never mind all the times it has failed, it will work this time!” “One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results.”

So it was a massive conspiracy involving “Everyman”! :)

I start with this: Romans 10:9-10 [ESV] if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. Then ask myself: Do I...

[Matthew 23:13-33 NKJV] 13 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in [yourselves], nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. 14 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows'...

Wouldn't it be ironic if services to CONGRESS were the first to end when the budget expired? No Congressional Pay. No Staff. No Protection. No Heat, Water or Electricity to the Capitol. ... Sorry, but the Government simply has no money to provide these "non-essential" services. ;) [Then I...

Hard to imagine those were the two best candidates in a population of over 300 million.

Just in the off chance that I am not the only person in the WHOLE WORLD that is unfamiliar with what the heck is meant by "Legal Humanism", I asked GOOGLE AI and thought I would share the result [use with caution and check for yourself ... it IS AI.] "What is Legal Humanism?" Legal Humanism...