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I disagree with the premise. First, what of HUS? Do the Hussites have nothing to do with reformed theology? There were “reformers” when Calvin was still wearing little boy pants. I seem to recall the actual “5 Doctrines of Grace” originating with the Synod of Dort. Where was John Calvin...

Funny, I would have gone to Romans 8 where “Foreknew” is a WHO (relational with specific people) and not a WHAT (their future decision) that repeatedly emphasizes what God does.

Here is the sentence in its paragraph: [Eph 2:1-10 ESV] 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience-- 3 among whom we all...

How do we know? As I stated in the OP, clearly GOD is the source, but how can we know whether God offers a universal prevenient grace for a resistible “draw” or God offers a particular effective grace for an irresistible “draw”? How can we (limited men) know the mind and plan of infinite God...

Really? I ask this honestly, because it runs contrary to my personal life experience. I know many that hear and disbelieve (I was one for the first 18 years of my life). I know some that hear and respond with mockery. I know many that create a plan that upon examination is actually a ‘golden...

Why would you seek to distinguish between them? How much of your eternity would you propose to take credit for as originating with you and not with God? Is your FAITH self-generated and not from God, that the credit should belong to you? Is your RIGHTEOUSNESS self-generated and not from God...

James 1:12-25 [ESV] 12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted with evil...

As others have mentioned, what sort of writing you want to do MATTERS. The advice for FICTION and POETRY and TECHNICAL WRITING are all very different from one another. I do Technical Writing professionally (I get paid money to write reports). I know people that write Fiction and Non-Fiction...

Does attending a church save anyone? The answer is: “It depends.” Attending a church that reads and follows the Bible, a church where one can hear expositional preaching from the actual word of God, a church where one can interact with other Christians that know Jesus and can provide true...

On the subject of a “just war”, I think nobody should support any war where you are advocating sending OTHER PEOPLE to die for you. If you are not willing to fight, then your opinion is irrelevent.

Technically, deliberately targeting civilian populations is a tactic that has almost universally failed to achieve military victory. The best example being Germany attacking population centers to exterminate mass civilians in Russia and England, Japan killing mass civilian populations in China...

Respectfully, I disagree.

As long as we go into this with our eyes open to the fact that there is roughly a 4% general inflation rate, so 4% inflation plus a (rounding) 3% real cut is a 7% per year decrease in effective spending. So 7% less of everything that YOU want/need from the Government.

Ok, let’s cut out … - $164 B = Other (all the small programs not mandated by laws) - $76 B = Natural Resources and Environment (no national parks, monuments or EPC) - $112 B = Transportation (no NTSB, no railroad subsidies to maintain track, no federal highways, no airports) - $164 B =...

… and it still is not even CLOSE to making a difference: Slashing budgets (large or small cuts) are just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. That will not fix this problem. Here you go, cut $2 trillion ($2,000 billion) from the budget: $1.31 T Social Security $841 B Net Interest...

Most communities are racially segregated … should we start a program to bus Christians to churches in another community? It is just human nature to be more comfortable with people like us. Race is only one factor. Churches full of “families with children” tend to attract more families with...

At last, a statement that can actually be checked for fact. Most versions (I am not sure if 19th Century translations qualify as “modern” or not) exclude the added text not found in the oldest monographs, however I found NO BIBLE in my limited search that completely “deleted” 1 John 5:7. KJV...

The verse was in every translation that I examined, so I find your claim a bit nonsensical. I assume that you are advocating for the text that appears in no Greek manuscript prior to the 14th century as being part of the “God breathed” autograph. So I’ll bite … what evidence do you have (and...

(1/2 + 1/3) / 5 = (1/2)/5 + (1/3)/5 = (15/30)/5 + (10/30)/5 = 3/30 + 2/30 = 5/30 = 1/6

(1/2 + 1/3) / 5 = (3/6 + 2/6) / 5 = (5/6) / 5 = (5/6) / (5/1) = (5/6) x (1/5) = (1/6) x (1/1) = 1/6