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Have you stopped beating your wife yet? Your question implies a premise I don't not affirm.

I find it a very helpful word in theological discussions.

I'm not convinced you know what it is. The Gospel is the good news that Christ died for us, and if we believe in him, we'll be sealed with the Holy Spirit. The Spirit in us will achieve all those things you listed. They are not the cause of our salvation, but the result of it. They are also...

Many Arminians talk about synergy in regard to salvation, so it's true that many do not affirm monergism. What I pointed out was that only God can account or reckon faith as righteousness (Rom. 4:5). Even in the Arminian scheme, God's reckoning of our faith is 100% his choice. He is under no...

Except there will be death in the Millennial Kingdom from old age, and there will be sacrifices. Some things will be restored for sure, like animal vegetarianism and the ceasing of predation. Is. 11:6 “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young...

Huh? You just quoted a verse that affirms no death until Adam sinned.

That's what I mean by Heaven. The New Jerusalem. And if I'm not mistaken, the Tree will not be in the Millennial Kingdom, which is only a partial restoration, but not yet a full restoration of Eden (haven't fully researched that, however).

I wouldn't read too much into it. It's an old handle I picked long ago. Probably wouldn't pick it again, but too late. I'm stuck with it. What I'd recommend for you is a thorough study of Genesis. Immerse yourself in it. It is the most attacked book of our time, with compromised...

These statements contradict. If God created sin, and created Adam to sin, then, no, He did not create Adam sinless. Adam, by your thinking, was created with a sin nature—a nature that sinned as soon as it was exposed to the law. I don't believe this is true, however. I don't believe Adam had...

Florida’s Hospital Bed Capacity Remains Steady Despite Boom in Cases The real story out of Florida is incredible: 150,000 #SARSCoV2 positive tests in the last two weeks, and effectively NO change in either total hospitalizations or ICU use statewide. Case mix? A huge advance in medicine? This...

Yikes this argument makes no sense. Nor does i make sense you go to Hezekiah in light of the examples I gave you. But this is what this view does to people. I suggest moving away from it.

So this would seem to be where the disagreement lies. I define spiritual life as a communal relationship with God. Spiritual death is the separation in this sense from God. God no longer walks with us, as he did with Adam. We don't commune with him the way we did before Adam's sin separated...

And can you then explain what you mean by spiritually alive? I ask, because every time I've had this discussion, it's always come down to a disagreement of terms. I can define for you what I mean by spiritual death, but perhaps it would be better if you explain what it means to you.

Could you kindly define precisely what you mean by "died spiritually"?

Only for open theists. it's not hard for the rest of us. I get OT arguments. They view freely chosen future events as logically unknowable (kind of like God not being able to lie or make a square circle). I would simply argue that Scripture demonstrates this is not the case. You can go...

I believe it did have a purpose prior to the Fall. We see it mentioned in various places in Scripture. We see it in Heaven in Revelation, where it is said to sustain the nations. Rev. 22:2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life...

But you haven't addressed my initial point, that God also prophesies about what others would do. He prophesied about what Judas would do. Peter's choices were prophesied by Jesus. The donkey owner who offered his donkey to Jesus was foretold. How do these fit into God's inability to know...

As God knowing the future. That's how Scripture describes God, knowing the beginning from the end.

Omniscience. But what basis do you deny his omniscience? Then He wouldn't be timeless, nor could He be the creator of time. But He is timeless and the creator of time. Do you believe in a god who is subject to time?

No from what I've read. I see many predictions of what others will do from Christ to Antichrist and everyone in-between. Look at Joseph's prophetic dreams. Look at Daniel's. But again, why do you believe it's impossible for God to know what a free-agent will do?