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Absolutely. One can embrace “modalism” and be SAVED but WRONG, yet if one embraces “Jesus was a great man, but not God“ (like Islam, for example), one is both WRONG and WITHOUT A SAVIOR. Romans 10:9-10 [CSB] If you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God...

I would say doctrines that deny the PERSON of Jesus Christ. (That which places faith in a man-made version of Christ that substitutes a “Jesus shaped idol” for the real thing).

YOU brought up the “foundation of the world”. I did not. I merely pointed out that: 1. “God’s foreknew those” was RELATIONAL and not mere Omniscience ‘fact based’. 2. God knew us before we were born (implied in “predestined” those he “foreknew” and “called” and “justified” … when were you and...

Respectfully, I view that s too human-centric in its focus. An IDOL exists to serve mankind (that is its purpose). The great I AM exists and all things serve His purpose. Thus God’s purpose, (imho) is better expressed by: Romans 9:15-16 [ESV] For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom...

Romans 8:29 [ESV] For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. It is not a “something” that God foreknew, it is a “someone” (“those”). God had a relationship (knowing someone) before they...

In KJV English (like Shakespeare spoke), Ghost and Spirit meant EXACTLY the same thing. The words drifted apart in “connotation” (flavor) over the centuries since then.

Examining the Evidence: The Case for and Against the Authenticity of Matthew 28:19 Above is a scholarly discussion of all the facts for those interested. However, just for the sake of argument, let us grant the non-trinitarians the ASSUMPTION that Matthew 28:19 is a later addition (contrary to...

1. Jesus celebrated Passover early (so much for the exact day being critical). 2. The APOSTLE PAUL made it 100% clear that “it is not about days” (So you reject the Biblical teaching). 3. If it IS all about the resurrection … that was on a Sunday (first day of the week) … not a variable...

What do you call the Fifth day of the week?

When was Christmas celebrated in the 3rd century?

I am amused by the irony that someone can like the Baptist concept of “Individual Soul Liberty” (the right to your personal beliefs and the responsibility to answer to God rather than man) … because they hold out hope that their unorthodox beliefs will be accepted … only to attack those people...

It has a very simple explanation: 1. Mur believes that the Bible teaches UNIVERSALISM (everyone without exception will go to heaven). 2. The BAPTISTS that Mur encountered here rejected UNIVERSALISM (and presented verses that contradict it). 3. Therefore, Mur concludes that Baptists reject...

It is difficult to accept in any meaningful way what cannot be understood. “He is the Propitiation for the sins of the whole world.” Here are the definitions for “world” (Is Jesus the propitiation for every meaning of “world”?) 1a: the earthly state of human existence 1b: life after death...

Layman question (this TRINITY thinking gives me a headache): Was not God the Son also “perfectly Holy”? He cannot be separated from himself (Hypostatic Union stuff). [now I need an aspirin] ;)

While the verbiage is Biblical, as a native English reader with no formal theology education, it holds the exact same ambiguity as the scripture verse quoted. Of what value is meaningless TRUTH? He (Jesus) is the Propitiation (object that turns aside wrath and reconciles) for the sins (actions...

It is a subtle point, but just for the record, I do not believe that Jesus has a foot on the head of those in torment holding them in Hell … the locks on the gates of Hell were broken in AD 33 when Jesus led the captives free. Those still languishing in Hell do so because Hell is the only place...

So our promised life in Christ is also only temporary? It is the EXACT same word and the fates are equal and opposite. That is the point of the story and verse.

Posts are accumulating faster than I can read them, so let me just ask: Have you bothered to discuss any of the verses that do not agree with your position? How about Matthew 25 [NLT] 31 “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his...

When the Church tries to assassinate you while under a writ of safe passage, (rather than reform its corruption) it leaves few options. Luther and the Germans broke off from Rome to survive. Historically, we “rebaptizers” were just murdered by the Church for believing that Jesus and the...

I did. The rest of that post presented 3 things that seemed nonsensical to unite “in Christ”, thus “all things” (to my understanding) cannot mean all things without exception. Do you believe that sin and death will be perpetuated through their Union in Christ for all eternity? God forbid it...