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No, I said Jesus is 100% man and 100% God.

I agree wholeheartedly. Those who organized The First Council of Nicaea thought they were settling the issue once and for all but here we are 1,700 years later.

The way I understand it is that He is both 100% man and 100% God. When He manifested Himself into our world He 100% man for sure but there's also that part of Him that is operating outside of our world, the part of Him that is 100% God. He is both at once, operating in two different realms at once.

I decided early on in my walk to accept what the Bible says on faith and not worry too much about it. Math, science, ect in the physical world reveal to us how God's creation operates within the laws of nature. I don't think a percentage can be placed on His divine nature.

Because under the Old Covenant the blood of a sacrificed animal had some spiritual significance. If I go out into the woods and sacrifice a goat that blood outside of the Temple means nothing.

In Hebrews 6:4 it says they had become partakers of the Holy Spirit. I don’t know how to understand that in any other way except that they were saved. The author is addressing Jewish Christians.

Do you interpret this as hypothetical or literal? God’s wrath must be appeased by blood. Before Christ it was the blood of animals which covered sins, but could not forgive sins. The author did indicate that the Old Covenant was passing away and likely did when the Temple was destroyed in 70...

I’ve listened to some Calvinists use that verse to prove that only the elect can respond to God. Someone might think they are in fellowship but it’s really a false faith and they were never really saved to begin with.

When I was saved almost two years ago most of the theologians I listened to were part of the Free Grace crowd. Then I read 1 John and discovered that a heart belief, not a head belief results in a changed life by the Holy Spirit dwelling in us. I also read the warning passages in Hebrews which...

The fact is that we rely heavily on Greek scholars to translate our Bibles into English. I don't think I'm smart enough or have the patience to learn the original languages myself. That being said, it is always best to use English translations that are done by a committee rather than a handful...

He’s running for Senate in my state and will probably get two-thirds of the vote simply because he has a “D” next to his name.

Romans 1:20 - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse. Hebrews 11:6 - But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh...

I am not a full five-pointer but they did teach that all Calvinists (along with Spurgeon) were satanic, cigar smoking, beer drinking dudes with long beards that did nothing but read and write books in a basement. It wasn't until I started reading Reformed material that I came to understand that...

I had a regular KJV that I bought with my own money. Everyone else had a Ruckman Reference Bible and you were looked down upon if you weren't able to follow along with the study notes at the bottom of every page, as if it was scripture. I only went for a short time because something felt off. I...

When I first became a Christian I attended a baptist church that followed the teachings of Peter Ruckman. I remember that they claimed to be the true fundamental baptists of our time.

Isaiah 43:7 - Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. Psalm 115:3 - But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. Because He is a God whom desires to be glorified. That being said...

I used to attend a hyper-dispensational church that taught that any book with the mention of “last days” must refer to the tribulation time period just before the Millennium and therefore does not apply to Christians today in the church age.

Lucifer was perfect and sinless up until that very moment. Either by his own will or God's will he puffed himself up to the point where he was transformed into an evil being and recruited a third of heaven to join him in his rebellion (if Revelation 12:4 is to be interpreted that way). From the...

I have found that different theological systems try to isolate words into categorical boxes and it causes me to overthink too much.

So Adam absolutely had to fall in order for him to be saved because the Son was slain before the foundation of the world. That seems like a reasonable explanation to me, however I don't understand why he would have decreed for Lucifer to fall first because we know the Son wasn't slain for him or...