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Greetings to you Brightfame. May grace and hope be multiplied in your life. I suppose we have two options when it comes to the Old Testament. Either (A) the Jewish story was "shadows", illustrations, and a microcosm of the body of Christ only, (B) or the Jewish story was "shadows"...

Greetings to all from all viewpoints. I am working on comparing the work of Christ on the cross to the sacrificial practices of the Jewish people in the OT. In particular, I am focusing on... (1a) Christ's Cosmic Triumph as it relates to global redemptive atonement. (2a) Christ's Reconciling...

My vote on each point could be a yes or a no. Depending who got to define the points. 1. I believe scripture outlines total depravity... but not utter depravity. Jer 17:9, Tit 1:15-16 , Eccl 9:3, Rom 1:28-31, Eph 4:17-18, Jer 10:7-8,14, Matt 15:19, Gen 6:5 & 8:21, Pro 10:20, Prov 28:26...

Greetings to you Ken. Hope and peace to all those that believe. You are welcome. Actually, John Calvin has some good stuff. Even it one is not a Calvinist. I am not a Calvinist either. Much more then is it a compliment that I have quoted him and recommend him. One doesn't have to agree...

Greetings Guido. Peace to you brother. The Will, without getting into the weeds, is that faculty by which the mind chooses any thing. It is the faculty or power by which the mind is capable of choosing. An act of the Will is the same thing as the act of choosing or choice. The will is not...

In my younger days when I was active within the Society of Christian Philosophers. I immersed myself in understanding many forms of libertarian free will that was out there. In short, it was my experience that many forms of libertarian free will kept getting in the way of what I was reading in...

Greetings agin Ken. Thought I would make a comment on your quote above regarding what John Calvin thought. As you might know, John Calvin railed upon free-will and boasting about it. His focus would seem to be on God. Telling us that God deserves all the credit. HOWEVER... and I capitalize...

Greetings to you Ken. I hope you are having a blessed Sunday. I, myself, am on my last day of vacation. Praise God that I am able to take one. :) Just putting it out there that John Calvin thought this was a "very common error", i.e., thinking that "the gift of God" referred to faith in...

Greetings to you Layman. Hope and peace to you and yours. I am on a little vacation so don’t have much time at the moment to respond to things. I have only read your OP and no other posts in this thread. Regarding your question, “ if they freely choose not to, does He no longer have the...

Greetings Guido. Grace and peace to you. I am currently on a little vacation, but thought I might respond to your post. To be transparent, I'm not sure of your intent with the question. That is, what are you suggesting we design? Are you referring to one's theology? So the question is, can...

Greetings JesusFan. I hope your week is off to a good start. Just looking through some of these posts of everyone :rolleyes:. Thought I might inquire with you regarding some verses that are in question. As I think you know, I am more in line with you than Van. I am clearly not an Open...

Greetings JesusFan. Thank you for your OP. I hope you are doing well. I would say, exact in some cases and summarizing in others. For a summarizing example, the signs on the cross are recorded as saying in Matthew... and in Mark... and in Luke... and in John... As you notice, all these...

Greetings Charlie. Hope and peace to you and yours. I have only read your OP and have not read any other posts. Regarding the quote above, I have two points. #1 Christ took upon himself, sin itself (the power of sin Eph 6:12; 1Cor 15:24,26; 1Pet 3:22; Col 2:15; Rom 8:3). This is His...