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True, but I wonder how far you would take that? Psalm 150 includes these words: “3 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; Praise Him with the lute and harp! 4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes! 5 Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him...

I would suggest that an outright lie purporting to be the gospel is not the same thing at all as Christians' understanding of the gospel varying.

No unmasking was needed. I openly stated my reason for posting what I did. It was to question your accusation of being off-topic. If I had claimed to be answering a question from you, and then failed to address that question, that would be a different matter, but I made no such claim, and did...

I would say that a key verse in the matter of worship is this one: Joh 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. As far as I am aware, the New Testament doesn't say anything about musical styles to be used in worship, which musical instruments are...

I have just looked again at the OP. I see nothing there that demands 100% accord with God's truth. Of course, that should be the aim, but we are all human and therefore our knowledge of God and His truth is limited. Thew OP even gives examples of what they mean, including a change of...

But I wasn't even attempting to answer your enquiry. I was responding to your accusation of being off-topic.

That just cannot be correct, in view of what John writes: “1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” (Joh 1:1-3 NKJV) Just in case...

Sorry but what is obscene about saying that a false gospel doesn't bring anybody to salvation?

It is surely not off topic when somebody (in this case you) includes an unusually-worded quote from Scripture without saying which translation it is from, to ask that person which version it is. You say John "repeatedly uses "believers into Him" in his gospel." The only bible verse I can find...

Would it not be easier for everybody just to name the translation you mean? Not doing so makes it seem as though you are unwilling t do so. I stress that I am not saying that you are unwilling, just that saying "The version that translates "eis" as into rather than as "in" " instead of simply...

I don't believe that the bible teaches complete abstinence, but it does teach against drunkenness. I don't drink alcohol, simply because I don't like the taste of alcoholic drinks, and anyway, alcohol is not permitted with the medication I have to take.

Do you have any biblical support for saying that the only true language for worship is Latin (or Greek? Jesus said: ““God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”” (Joh 4:24 NKJV) True worship must be in spirit and in truth. He said nothing about true worship...

Thanks, Van. Yes, I am sure that you have studied Open Theism far more than I have. However, I was rather confused by your reply. In Post 3 of this thread, you wrote, "Calvinism is based on Open Theism." Now you seem to be saying that Open Theism is the opposite of determinism. You then say...

Certainly not on the definitions of Open Theism/openness theology that I found. For example: "Openness theology denies that God even knows what we will do. Openness theologians argue that it is logically inconsistent to say that God knows in advance what someone would freely do in a...

But translating the bible isn't "doing what is right in one's own eyes." That is only true if someone deliberately mistranslates the Hebrew or Greek to fit their own ideas. Also, Logos1560 was writing about translations of the eternal word of God, so I am not sure how you were able to detect...

Is it a desire for a better revelation that causes people like the Wycliffe Bible Translators to translate the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures into languages which don't yet have the bible? How is that different, in principal, to translating the Hebrew and Greek into the Engish we use today? Many...

Whenever I have come across the phrase, "the sinner's prayer," it has always referred to sinners being invited to "come to the front" of some evangelistic meeting, and being told to repeat the words of a set prayer, such as: "Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your...

Let me clarify first of all that I did not say that it isn't possible to confess that Jesus is Lord in prayer. What I meant was that confessing Jesus Christ as Lord does not happen only in prayer. It happens when giving one's testimony. It happened when the Ethiopian answered Philip. And...

I do not believe translations are inspired. I believe God inspired the original bible, written in Hebrew and Greek, and I believe He helps translators of His word. I assure you I am not trying to be the smartest person in the room. I am sorry if I gave you such a boastful impression - it was...

I think so. :)