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    Who is the first Israeli?

    Jacob....I would assume, it seems the obvious answer as explained in Genesis. Abraham was a "gentile" (sort-of), but the term "Gentile" would have had no meaning to that point...Adam was also a "gentile".
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    Free will is unimportant in the grand scheme of things

    Yes, indeed: The word-choice belied my Arminian predjudice...No Calvinist would argue that God "forces" anything...and I recognize this, so I do not mean to suggest that they believe that, rather...it is one of those things that the average Arminian would argue logically amounts to it. You...
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    Free will is unimportant in the grand scheme of things

    You brought this up a week or so in an exchange we were having and I was intrigued by it, as I had never heard anyone express these thoughts as you have...I am glad you brought them back up:thumbsup: You obviously have put a lot of thought into it (less than I have) So I will only respond with a...
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    It's a matter of time. Time and Matter: Substantivalism vs Relationism

    There was no Sun...but there was Light for "evening and morning"...The celestial bodies are being (incorrectly I think) suggested to be the measure of time itself...but they are for "signs and seasons" not so much the calculation of time itself. Unless time (or temporality) is thought to be...
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    Is God really Omnipotent?

    Regarding the OP: 1.) Omnipotence is not really the ability to do anything; therefore it is perfectly consistent to say that God is Omnipotent and that God cannot do the logically impossible. 2.) Most who have responded to this thread so far simply do not have a very good definition of...
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    Prophecy fulfilled today! Jesus is coming soon.

    This has always been a specious line of argument for several reasons: 1.) It is simply bad History...Darby may have created some of the buzz-words we now use today, but that does not establish that much of the Theological background behind it has not been believed for much longer than that...
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    Prophecy fulfilled today! Jesus is coming soon.

    I am a dispy myself, and I must concur with Luke here....I explain this to people all the time. Everyone thinks they are living in the worst possible generation. History does not suggest as much. I think no civilization in History was ever as gratuitously violent as the Assyrian Empire for...
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    was jesus eternally beggoten By God, or just the Logos/Word?

    A good post: But I am not sure this proves your point Does not, IMO negate the possibility of his being "begotten" eternally. This does not seem to follow. You are defining "begotten" to mean that one MUST necessarily have a beginning. I do not think that is the point though. The creed...
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    Freedom of the will

    We have it Angels have it I doubt we ever lose it...in heaven however, it may be something which has no meaning or purpose. There may be little or no way to exercise such a thing. I do not see us, in heaven, as having contrary choices to make. God reserves the right to disallow the use of...
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    Preaching the Sovereignty of God in Salvation

    Yes, I am still pretty sure...You seem to have failed to distinguish the direct object from the indirect object of my statement...I repost here: You must think that I was attempting to suggest that you were incapable of possessing a Strong's concordance and thus demonstrating that the word...
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    Irresistible Grace, John 6:37

    Was it not the "people" who screamed "give us Barrabus" and "crucify him"? I would think that the "hardening" was MORE amongst the "populace" (so to speak) than the leadership...Pilate, after-all was merely being pragmatic...in order to: "shut a bunch of stupid Jews" up (if you take my...
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    Divine Simplicity

    Wanted to "spit-ball" this to those of like, and other denominations....I am curious about the doctrinal ideas entailed in the notions of "Divine Simplicity"...Specifically...as they are explained by the likes of Aquinas and the other medi-eval (usually RC) Theologians of the past. Does anyone...
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    Chosen to Eternal Life? [Acts 13:48]

    Rebellion....that's what it is..."rebellion"...shall we mention the "remnant" you spoke of in the other thread who don't "bow their heads to baal or other gods" or whatever accusation of damnation you claim? http://www.baptistboard.com/showpost.php?p=1875904&postcount=11 1Ki 19:18 Yet I...
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    Preaching the Sovereignty of God in Salvation

    OH.....you are decidedly more confused than I might have thought. Who is mentioning "Mega-Church" Pastors??? Aren't John Piper and Mark Driscoll BOTH "Mega-Church" Pastors??? HMMM??? Is John MacArthur??? Erwin Lutzer? Skan is not referencing "Mega-Church" in any way....he is merely...
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    Divine Simplicity

    I am posting here, more as someone inquisitive than someone convinced....I see this doctrine as you do...a tendency towards perceiving God's attributes as being " This seems to be a "buzz-word" more held by Catholics than a doctrinal notion adhered to by Protestants and Baptists...Is this a...
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    Irresistible Grace, John 6:37

    ONLY..............no one has, in fact, done this on this thread....truth be told, one Calvinist has baldly asserted some dogma, and numerous non-Calvinists have (and from numerous perspectives) taken up the challenge and argued for their position from Scripture and reason. None of them are...
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    Chosen to Eternal Life? [Acts 13:48]

    This sounds like a vaguely...oh, what's the word???..."Biblical", I think? :thumbs::wavey: exposition of this passage. Almost like you took the context at face value and are expositing it for what it states...could you elaborate?
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