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I believe "free will" is something that is scripturally supported but just willingly ignored by people who don't have free will. Confusing huh. Well it's not supposed to be, but when people pick and choose, then that's when confusions sets in. I believe people don't like the fact that they will...

See, when people say they have no "free will", then they have no responsibility for their actions. I guess when someone is "chosen, elected, or regenerated", then saved, then sin, it's not their fault because God made them sin. So nothing is ever their fault. Or maybe, the "elect" can't sin. I...

I can agree with you on the first part of you post, that we don't agree. For someone to be bound by scripture and say scripture can be changed and manipulated to fit what you want to believe because people who wrote it didn't have the right vocabulary or words is so dangerous. So if you don't...

I read inother posts, that God is unchangeable and He cannot and will not be changed by anything that we, humans, do. People have said that prayer does not change God's mind but He changes us by changing our will. I do believe God is unchangeable in the aspect of His righteousness. That will...

[snipped - warning about questioning salvation of God's elect] Now I know in the OT he did have his favorites but when Jesus came on the scene, everyone gained access to grace (Gentile, Jew, Greek, Calvinists, and yes even Arminians,etc..) Your beliefs only teach me a few things about your god...

One thing that I do, is test the spirits, which is talked about in 1 John 4:1-6, and you sir have a good spirit about you. Like you said, we as Christians, should all have the same goal: spreading the Gospel and worshipping God. I'm glad there are all types of Christians, as long as we have that...

To me sir, you seem to be very confused and you're guilty of doing what you just posted as being wrong.:BangHead: You called this gentlemen sad because you didn't like the way he said God revealed the meaning of scriptures to him. So, I guess you've been chosen to be the authority on how God...

Some of you are missing the point all together. I was just making a comparison of how people don't appreciate what they have. There is a high premium put on comfort here in the United States and that's fine and good as long as people keep their focus on God. We live in a time, where people are...

First of all, let me offer some clarity, since it seems to be lacking. When I respond to a post, first and foremost, I pray about it. I ask God about everything, not a professor, or a book with man's view, or anything else. Then I wait. If he gives me something to respond with or that matter...

No, we are not dead. Go all the way back to the beginning, God himself breathed life into man. Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostril the breath of life;and man became a living soul. Even later on in Genesis when Adam and Eve (of...

Just an update: The baptism went great. It started out in Sunday School this morning. The Holy Spirit was present and people were being obedient and testifying and then we also had a wonderful church service. After that, we left and met at the creek and had the baptism. The temp. outside was 29...

In response to Menageriekeeper: 1) Our congregation does have several chronically ill people. It's a personal decision that they make whether to go or not. I believe that if you have the faith, which is lacking nowadays, God will take care of you. People must think that their God is so small...

Yeah thanks for the education and definition glfedrick. How much do I owe you for that or is it on the house? Always those people out there using smoke and mirrors to take away from the true subject matter. Jesus had it in his day and it's still going on.

No, someone cannot be saved on this basis. They're not getting the whole truth and I believe that a half truth is a whole lie in disguise. This is classic "ear tickling preaching". Telling people what they want to hear, but it's not the truth. And there are a lot of half truths out there in the...

Almost sounds to me that people are worshipping "a man" and not the one that we truly need to worship and thank for everything, which is Christ, not Calvin or any other man. This is very dangerous to our spirituality and to the church. There have been a lot of great men throughout time and none...

My own belief is that running water is not necessary, it's the act itself that's most important. We've even baptized in a swimming pool before. It's all personal preference. Myself, I prefer a creek. It's a very spiritual setting. As far as some of the posts that seem to refer that baptizing in...

I truly appreciate all the comments. As far as counseling, I'll be the first to admit that I have no formal training or education that qualifies me to counsel anyone, but I believe I have the most important requirement of all and that's the call of God to preach and teach the gospel...

Hello everyone and God Bless, I started pastoring about 4 month ago and I will be performing my first baptism this coming Sunday. I'll be baptizing a young girl (17) who was saved at a youth seminar that our church attended. I love seeing young people step up and not be ashamed of...