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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. :)

I am sorry, you seem to have misunderstood my post. You had quoted 1 Thessalonians 4:16, which in the KJV includes the phrase "trump of God." You seemed to be applying it to Donald Trump. The word used is just an old word for "trumpet". It translates the Greek word salpigx, which means the...

A quick Google search brought up: United Baptists There was no section on that site about what they believe, though.

Only by looking up in a concordance the meaning of the Hebrew word used. Before that, I imagined it meant to stop something happening. I looked it up because I couldn't get our usual meaning of "prevent" to make sense in the verses where it occurs in the KJV. Incidentally, another example of...

Yes, calling out to God is prayer. However, was the Ethiopian calling out to God when he said to Philip: “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”” (Ac 8:37 NKJV) No, he was replying to Philip. Was he confessing the Lord Jesus Christ? Certainly.

Well, it wouldn't be right for me, as a Brit, to comment. :)

But those words are not a prayer. None of the verses you quote even mention prayer.

Thanks - that makes it clearer. I apologise again for not understanding you first time.

Not sure what you are saying. Do you mean that you agree with easy believism? And what do you mean by "my Calvinist company"? Sorry not to be able to grasp what you mean.

I hope that is tongue in cheek, and that you are not seriously suggesting that 1 Thessalonians 4:16 refers to the current American president. :)

I'm glad you say "might have been." I can't think of any bible reference to John Mark's finances, or anything to suggest that he was the rich young ruler.

You say that some Jewish customs are harder to grasp than some archaic words. I disagree, particularly in regard to words which still exist today, but with a totally different meaning to the way they are used in the KJV. Just two examples. "Carriages" today are wheeled vehicles. Not in the...

I have never read or heard of a person who believes Calvinistic doctrine talk about "praying the sinner's prayer." The idea of "praying the sinner's prayer" seems to have originated with Charles Finney, who wasn't a Calvinist be any stretch of the imagination.