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I think that the NKJV is still the primary translation used among Calvary Chapel preachers.

The text says that He is the mediator between God and men - a role that He is currently fulfilling.

1 Timothy 2:5 - For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus If Christ is mediating for all men, what exactly does His mediation accomplish if some men will remain lost?

I didn’t know that the Baptist Board had an online store.

It’s something that most of us struggle to think about, but the Bible is clear: you’re either in Adam or in Christ; there’s no in-between. I believe that God is sovereign and has the same freedom to save infants the same way He does adults.

Hello, Brother @Paleouss. Excellent question. The role of the High Priest was to offer atonement for the nation’s sins as a whole. The individual sacrifices were necessary for personal transgressions and to demonstrate responsibility and repentance. Those individual sacrifices are no longer...

He picks His elect for His glory, not ours. God is the only one who can boast in our salvation. I don't think you understand how election works. Romans 9:11 (ESV) - though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God's purpose of election might continue...

That might be your own personal experience. I don’t know of any Calvinist running around bragging that they were chosen for salvation. All I know is that there is no reason to boast for the monergist because it was a decision God made before we were born, before we did anything good or bad. For...

Prayers.

I think it would be better if churches didn’t even use the word “tithe.” For some people, their giving might be 10%, for others maybe more, for others maybe less. It depends on the individual and their circumstances.

Whether you’re aware of it or not, as a syngergist you actually have a reason to be boastful because it was your own exercise of free will that saved you.

My biggest issue is when the pastor might say, “thanks for giving me your 9%. By the way, you’re sinning because it’s not 10.” There are many that abuse the Malachi passage, especially the prosperity preachers.

True, but from what I can tell, tithing wasn’t commanded until the Moses. Also consider that the tithe under the OT had to do with livestock and the total of Levitical tithes came out to something like 23%, and it was a yearly giving, not weekly.

Yes, I do see that you’re not here to edify the saints.

Thank you for the productive response. I had a pastor once say that if you love God 100%, you should give 10%. I was always curious as to why some people measure love with a specific percentage amount.

Nevermind.

I was asking for your personal opinion. What does it look like for you in your own walk?

How much would that be?

2 Corinthians 9:7 (ESV) - Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

That last point sounds an awful lot like molinism.