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Here is my problem with the above (and why i mentioned logic). You said: Logically, God is infallible. He knows the future (although you used the term foresee as if he views time linearly). Since God is infallible, then what he knows beforehand cannot be wrong and thus cannot occur any...

That made me laugh... Actually, my wife and I are talking about making new curtains. So you were almost right. Freakish!

Boy 2 was me. And I wasn't "saved" until repentance. My boyhood confession was nothing (it was 5 for me not 6). I lived in complete sin even though I heard the gospel and professed to be a Christian. How I fooled everyone, even myself. It was not until God regenerated my heart and granted...

is it consistent with logic and Scripture (not necessarily in that order ;))?

I'd slap her! Then rebuke her!!! Then punch her husband!!!!!!! J/k (except for the middle one)

And if God cannot be wrong, then this "choice" is a silly concept since it was predetermined by God's infallible knowledge. That is how your argument seems to defeat itself.

So writing 1 book on Postmodernity makes one an apologist??? Carson is a NT scholar first and foremost. That much is observed by the majority of his other books and articles. My professor wrote a a book on linguistics, but he would not call himself a linguist. He is a NT scholar (see his...

Snickered in my head when I heard this :D

Pretty positive he's not arminian either.

How do you compare a NT intro w/ an OT intro? That seems silly. And I don't think Archer's is the end all be all of OT intros anyways. Hill and Walton is top notch, IMO. As for his apologetics, what are you citing or thinking of when you make this statement? I would not put him in the...

Similar to the story of my wife and me. She came from a KJVO fam, and I stirred the pot. In the end, there were more important things to deal with, and the fam never made that big of a deal about it. Although they almost made her give back the NKJV I bought her for a Xmas gift. Now my wife...

Middle ages??? Where did you get this stuff?

Definitely not. What I am saying is that faith and repentance is ongoing and continuous. The result of the perfect tense perhaps. This is before the Porter debate. If you have not read the article, I think you would enjoy it. It is a standard in aorist discussions. Also, I'm not sure...

I'm extremely evangelical. I don't see anything in that statement that says otherwise. Certainly not a fundamentalist though. I fear you misunderstand what I am saying about continuous faith and repentance. We have the same sense of understanding for the perfect tense. However, I would ask...

You are entering into a humongous debate in the exegetical and theological world. I would recommend reading NT Wright on this, but that might be considered the unpardonable sin by some :D

This is another problem I have with something that is not LS. Belief unto salvation is not an instanteous thing. It is an ever-going thing. One's repentance and faith continues and grows in the life of the believer. Otherwise, the gospel is not something you live out and grow into but simply...

Here is my logic. We are called to believe in Jesus (pistis and cognates). We are also called to repent. Since pistis means faith and faithfulness, then the faithfulness side is similar to repentance. Repentance is a turning away from sin to Jesus and godliness. What is that if not...

There is no distinction between to believe and to trust and to have faith in. However, the word also has a sense of faithfulness as well. We might be mistaken in distinguishing these nuances in the words. Perhaps they are always implied in every case.

But a call to faith and faithfulness to Jesus is not as congruent to the illustration as you gave. Faithfulness to Jesus means a consistent obedience to him. I would go so far as to say that the "faith" concept is the cognitive side and "faithfulness" is the active side of the concept of...

Simply because "faith" can just as easily mean "faithfulness" as Havensdad pointed out. It is also etymologically related to the word "to be convinced" (though I don't mean to make an etymological fallacy). So it has the meaning of more than mental assent and trust in a truth but a belief in a...