Recent content by Paleouss

Amen! I would like to recognize that my critique of the term "free" will is a semantic one in which I'd rather use biblical themed words when coming up with a cohesive theology rather than philosophy words mixed with biblical words (at least on key topics). I don't have a problem with people...

Greetings brother Ben. Hope and blessings to you My issue here is more semantic, I suppose. The problem I have with the word "free-will". Not that I can't in my own mind make distinctions and limits. But the term free-will seems to have a million definitions. In other words, the use of the...

Greetings Dave. I hope you had a blessed Easter Sunday. I am going backwards with your quotes. When you use the word "foolishness", I am reminded of 1:Cor 2:14. I do not agree with a common, but not exclusive, Calvinistic interpretation of 1Cor 2:14. Something that is frequently overlooked...

Greetings to all my brothers in Christ. A savior is risen! I prefer words like submit (Jam 4:7) or resist (Acts 7:51, Rom 13:2, 2tim 3:8) and accept (Num 14:11) or reject (Mark 7:9, Acts 13:46 1Thes 4:8). More than words like free-will, choice or choose. To me the words like "submit" from...

Greetings brothers. May our Lord sharpen us to His glory. I am reminded of the Parable of the Sower, it uses soil #3 to say they never bore fruit and soil #4 to say that they bore fruit. Soil #2 never had any root to speak of so clearly they could never have bore any fruit. But the point...

Greetings. Thank you for your reply So we are not talking speaking past each other. I see a possible distinction that can be made in the Christian community. Within the Christian community all say they are saved but the Bible might suggest otherwise. I don't see the two types you suggest in...

Greetings Van Sounds like a reasonable distinction. I would tend to agree. Especially when soil #2, although it says he "believed for a while" it qualifies the "belief" with "for a while" and then adds that it "has no root" (Matt 13:20). Further, soil #4 is the only soil that is said to ever...

The topic that has generated the OP title is that of OSAS vs you can loose your salvation. For transparency, I believe in OSAS but the loose your salvation camp has some good points, imo. I'll start this presentation with James' dichotomy of two types of believers and then expand from there...

IMO, I agree. Some, like myself, think OSAS is not the same thing as Perseverance of the Saints. However, many times people see no difference. Which is unfortunate, imo. To me, Perseverance of the Saints is strictly a Calvinistic doctrine that follows from the theology that the saints were...

:Roflmao:Roflmao:Roflmao...that's what I would do. Laugh...and walk out, never to return. Not that I don't want to give a portion of what is God's to God. Just that my pastor's authority has just been abused. Peace to all of you

(Gal 1:8 NKJV) 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.

Greetings KenH. Hope you are doing well and experiencing life abundantly in our Lord Jesus Christ. To be transparent, I do believe that God has sovereignty over all events and circumstances, however...I'm not sure that I agree with J.C. Philpost that this verse should be used to make that...

Greetings again JD. Grace and love in our Lord Jesus Christ. I'm trying to get my mind around your quote, above. It is similar to what you told me in the thread about angels. At least it seems to be. What I'm taking from it is that you think that prior to the resurrection of Christ, there...

Greetings to all my brothers and sisters in Christ. My apologies for this post being so long. I thought is necessary for a proper treatment. That being said, I’d like to present a natural reading of Genesis 6:4. In the end, I find only two reasonable paths that might be of dispute if one...

Greetings to all my brothers and sisters in Christ. I am looking for anyone's views on Isaiah 19:25. Particularly the implications of God saying that Egypt at the time was "My people" and that Assyria is the "work of My hands". Grace and hope in our Lord Jesus Christ