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Squirrels would certainly like this thread.

Are you certain of how you would have reacted, in his place?

Yes. There is a spectrum. Believe it or not, I would be classified as a "moderate" Calvinist.

Read your post again, and see the irony this time.

We are well into the stage in which sin is celebrated as virtue. I'm not old enough to be an old cranky guy, and I'm no prude, but things are just insane out there. It's grotesque.

As usual, you are correct, sir.

Sexual perversion and other sick behaviors have escalated exponentially in the past 5 years. The insanity of sin should be evident to all.

What's yours?

Jesus gets to decide. The mission of the Church is to make disciples. Sunday school, singing fro song books and buildings, bank accounts, etc. are useful in doing so. Matthew 28:18–20 [18] And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. [19] Go...

I am all for it, IF they are not doing it for the wrong reasons. Many people foolishly believe, and are helped in this error by very bad teaching, such as David Platt's book, "Radical", that the pinnacle of love for God is missions work in a third-world country. I myself used to believe that...

Uh, that's what pastors, fellow Christians, and friends do. Smart boy. Of course he does. We Calvinists share the gospel promiscuously. I can tell you. First God commands us to proclaim the gospel. Second, God uses means, and the means He uses to call in His sheep is the proclamation of the...

I wonder what you make of Calvinists going off to be missionaries.

They likely read a book that should have never been published: Radical.

Tragic.

They were obviously poor examples of Calvinists.

It's Christ's Church, not mine or yours. He is the Architect and we are merely builders, following His plan. I stand on pretty firm ground when I confidently say, blessing AR-15s is not the mission Christ gave His Church to accomplish. Local congregations do not have the right to go outside the...

I am not familiar enough with the story to comment specifically, but I generally think this is a good idea. Sin has been described as being bent in on oneself, and I think that's a good way to describe it. If it is, then it's antithesis is being other-focused. Righteousness is living life...

Yes, so that any utterance from a man preceded with, "God told me" should be promptly disregarded, unless of course, he is reading from one of those texts, that is.

I'll try not to ruin your joke by telling you that you still don't understand free will. . . oops. . . ;)

To those who claim a continuing gift of prophesy, a question: Do you believe that all of, so called, prophesy is in full agreement with God's written Word?