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Van replied to the thread Prepositional Use in 2 Thessalonians 2:13.

Given that the means or basis of our individual election for salvation is in view, lets take a closer look at "sanctification by the...

Van replied to the thread Was the Kingdom of Heaven Really at Hand When Jesus Came.

Van said: ↑ The kingdom of God (Heaven) is at hand. Is this a physical kingdom? Nope. It is a spiritual kingdom that can be entered...

Van replied to the thread Propitiation.

Romans 5:9-10 is an interesting, if oft misunderstood passage. Romans 5:9-10 much more, then, having been declared righteous now in...

Van rated Deacon's post Informative in the thread Prepositional Use in 2 Thessalonians 2:13.

Bright's 'Exegetical Summaries' are just that, summaries of what various commentators have written about a passage. He tries not to...

Van replied to the thread Prepositional Use in 2 Thessalonians 2:13.

Again and again we come upon commentators rewriting 2 Thessalonians 2:13 in order to fit with their mistaken view of Ephesians 1:4 which...

Van replied to the thread Propitiation.

Christ is the propitatory shelter, and when sealed in Him, the individuals have been washed, sanctified and justified. The wrath of God...

Van replied to the thread Propitiation.

Only a Calvinist would need almost an hour to say "propitiation" does not provide the "means of reconciliation." Romans 3:25 Whom God...

Van replied to the thread Was the Kingdom of Heaven Really at Hand When Jesus Came.

The kingdom of God (Heaven) is at hand. Is this a physical kingdom? Nope. It is a spiritual kingdom that can be entered right now....

Van replied to the thread SBC 2 sell its HQ in Nashville!.

Imagine my opinion of material that reflected the Calvinist wing of the SBC as my beliefs align with the General Baptist distinctives.

Van replied to the thread Green Agenda would harm poor the most.

Not sure of all the claims made, but the Green agenda is playing havoc is the economic well-being on everyone earning a living in the...

Van replied to the thread SBC 2 sell its HQ in Nashville!.

You are of course, completely correct that the local churches do not have to commit to a creed or confession concerning beliefs. But,...

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Positional Sanctification

1 Corinthians 6:11 (NASB) Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of...

Forum: Baptist Theology & Bible Study

Van replied to the thread Biblical Human Will Limitations.

1)The only doctrine of immutability I addressed is the biblical doctrine of immutability. 2) God is immutable, the same yesterday,...

Van liked percho's post in the thread Was the Kingdom of Heaven Really at Hand When Jesus Came.

With out a doubt And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of...

Van replied to the thread Was the Kingdom of Heaven Really at Hand When Jesus Came.

Perry Mason might object, as in facts not in evidence. 1) Everyone of you, all those present, and by inference all those who had...