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Absolutely, a divorce where the candidate was not the faithful spouse, after claiming they became a born anew Christian, would be a disqualification in my view. I have certainly come up short in my responsibilities to my wife of 50+ years, but to my way of thinking my love and devotion to her...

LOL, are you really making such an unstudied illiterate claim? The idea is that when we evaluate ourselves, if we find that we engage in evangelism, confessing Christ (professing Christ), we have assurance we are "in Christ and Christ is in us." But remember Matthew 7, those that said "Lord...

He does not! I will remember no more forever. The false doctrine is based on a poor translation. When the text just says all, some translations render it all things. This points away from what was contextually in view, and to what is no where found contextually, thus is a translation out of...

Romans 10:10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. According to Calvinism, a person is justified and saved before they believe and confess with their mouth. They only need to evidence that with faith at some point and time. Another...

The solution to the paradox is not that knowing explicitly what is going to happen does not somehow predestine that event, because it would, but rather to accept that Omniscience does not mean knowing everything imaginable, but rather refers to the ability to know whatever God chooses to know...

I think improving our understanding of the "name" of God is important. Consider this: Our traditional doctrine of the Trinity is this: One God in three Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. What if an oddball translation put this in their "Doctrine" appendix: Trinity Definition, One God...

One common behavior is the acceptance of what others, especially published other, say, rather than check scripture for themselves. I am sure you are aware of the common mistake in understanding scripture is to read back into the original, the meaning of the word used in translation. Bible...

Yes, the behavior of a person before they professed salvation does not necessarily disqualify. OTOH, dangerous behavior could be grounds for disqualification from leadership, even if it happened before the person professed salvation. I think the specific circumstances and the leading of a...

You can deny the obvious till the cows come home, post #14 lays out the biblical usage for anyone to study.

1 Timothy 3:2 NASB An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching, The OP wondered if this verse was a command to have one wife? My answer is NO! The idea is that the person...

Yes, post #14 provides the biblically based contextual meaning of foreknowledge. And it is very different than the view based on the meaning of the English word, found in poorly chosen versions. The English word meaning is an awareness of something before it happens or exists, i.e. knowledge...

Yet another nonsense claim, as foreknowledge refers to knowledge acquired or formulated in the past being utilized in the present, such as implementing a predetermined plan.

Disparaging claim, devoid of truth.

Romans 8:29 NASB For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters; Romans 8:29 (Interpretive Translation) For those whom He planned for ahead of time, His...

The poster of post #46 ignored the evidence and reposted the false claim, the canard of Calvinism. This is all they have folks, deflection rather than edification. Jesus says many seek the narrow door, but Calvinism claims Jesus miss-spoke as all the lost hate God continuously.

Right, Halleluh-jah.

I have answered that off the shelf Calvinist canard dozens of times "No verse says or suggest that while we are spiritually dead, we cannot seek God or put our trust in Christ, Luke 13:24. Not all, but many do seek God and eternal life in Christ."

Since we were born spiritually dead, then we must be born anew to become spiritually alive. That spiritual rebirth is called "REGENERATION." The washing of regeneration removes the sin penalty of separation, allowing us to be made alive together with Christ.

Most believers, not just Calvinists believe we were made sinners, Romans 5:19, and therefore we were conceived in iniquity, Psalm 51:5, and therefore we were brought forth is a spiritually separated state from God, thus spiritually "dead" in our sin, Isaiah 59:2. The Opening post, therefore...

Exodus 3:15 LSB And God furthermore said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name from...