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No. He took a whip, that He made Himself, and used it.

She doesn't lack for good works, or in her desire to do good works; and the only loopholes she's finding are the ones in your theology. NO ONE here denies good works; where you differ is in your faith that works will earn your place in heaven, whereas others believe works are a result of...

According to your viewpoint, the use of one assault weapon to conduct mass killing, is one too many. So how many airplanes have to be hijacked? How many cars or trucks have to be used, before we decide that's too many? You really only need one: a law against murder, no matter what the weapon...

Nonsensical in what way? Your whole premise is that guns kill people; can you deny that cars kill people?

And still, you won't directly answer my question. I'm not saying "one," and you know it. I'm saying, why punish the millions because of the few? But you know that, which is why you won't answer the question, and are resorting to histrionics. Cars still kill more people per year than guns; and...

That is exactly my point. Why? You didn't answer my question. Would you remove all the knives from your house, take them away from all your other children, because of the actions of one?

So I didn't misunderstand at all. What you're saying is that we are saved by grace, but remain saved by our works. So in your theology, we can be predestined to be saved; and also predestined to lose our salvation. Thus, the gift is one that God freely gives; and then can take away at any...

How about relevance?

Uh..not wrong. You opened with one sentence about an apostate pastor who repented; then you spent the rest of your post justifying writing letters. Stop worrying about what others think. If God has called you to write letters, then write letters. Stop asking for the approval of mere mortals.

Your OP makes it sound as if he's a justification for your letter writing; when in reality, because you've admitted you don't know the source of the pastor's change, his story has nothing to do with your OP. You've invalidated this thread before it got started.

I have no disagreement with works becquse of salvation; my questioning was with your opening post, which made it sound as if we must do good works to stay saved.

Following the calvinistic line there -- the way Hebrews 10 would read, we are not of those that God is using as an example; but we are those who God has instilled belief to the saving of the soul. Correct? If works are a characteristic of one who is saved -- then you just contradicted your...

Being pro-gun does not equal anti-life. There are anywhere between 1.5 million and 3 million AR-15s legally purchased and used by Americans. Even if we say the average owner has 3, that's 500,000-1,000,000 Americans with AR-15s. Would you spank all of your children if one does something wrong...

So - did the former apostate pastor repent because of a letter someone sent him?

Well, that's a confusion of theological positions I haven't run across before. You've set up a presumption, which is a logical fallacy. "Deceiving yourselves into thinking you do not need to do good works" is a false premise. I in no way whatsoever think that good works are not something we...

You mention the apostle Paul; wasn't it he that wrote to the Ephesians, telling them that we are saved by grace, and not of works?

Are we talking fiction or explanatory/commentary?

The problem is with specifically identifying the AR-15 as an assault weapon. ANY weapon used to inflict damage on groups of people should be considered an assault weapon. But that includes knives, swords, cars, trucks, etc., etc. Here's the fallacy with your argument: European countries that...

From the article you linked to: The author of the article contradicts himself every other paragraph.

So no definition of "assault rifle"; and now you're shifting the argument to the Middle East. How about we address the *real* problems? Do you really believe that any of the recent mass shooters, if only able to obtain a double-barrelled shotgun, wouldn't have used such a weapon? You can make...