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This clump of quotes from Spinoza consists of a litany of lies spawned by the darkness, our enemy. All of it contradicts the Bible as it vainly attempts to sound jolly and rational, appealing to Enlightenment blasphemers and mockers of Christian faith. I regret letting it pass through my mind.

Was Trochee your wife? Have you beheld her in dreams? I saw my beloved deceased wife in a dream last night. Not sure if that is pleasant or just bewildering. We don’t fully know what we’ve got until it’s gone. I am sure that when a loved person departs, we are always tormented by regrets about...

To limit the atonement of Christ by saying “He saves by His Grace those He died for” is so utterly anti-biblical. At judgment day, those who did not accept the sacrifice of Jesus can declare, “He did not die for my sins, He only died for for the sins of those who accepted Him.” But the Bible...

I know we are not supposed to forsake the assembling of ourselves together, but I never got much out of church services, aside from fellowship with other believers. I am generally repulsed by repetitious hypnotic praise choruses and contemporary rock worship music. Sermons are often good, but...

I think much of it is recorded in the book of Hebrews.

Does this… Hebrews 6:4,5 those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age— … refer to saved, born again, Holy Spirit in-dwelt, new creation in Christ...

It is God’s Word. He watches over it. People can get saved and follow Jesus, even when they use a Bible with poor translations and textual errors in it. But it is good to try to identify the most accurate versions. I enjoy using 12 different versions.

Welcome Psalty! I hope you enjoy the discussions here on Baptist Board. You’ll find many very serious biblical researchers, devoted pastors, brave missionaries, studious scripture lovers, dogmatic disciples, and enthusiastic doctrine slingers. Some topics can turn into convoluted debates...

Regarding Obama’s wars. He launched airstrikes or military raids in at least seven countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan. Obama’s lawyers claimed authority to continue war indefinitely across space and time, devising formal legal frameworks for targeted...

Rather than debate hypotheticals, let us simplify: how salvation happens and how we KNOW for sure we are saved. Salvation is a new birth. I do not see how that new birth could be aborted. Instead of worrying about losing our salvation, let us focus on loving God and neighbor. Trust and obey! If...

This is a very good list of ways to keep youth and youth ministry leaders safe in church settings and activities. Thanks for sharing.

I would like to know your definition of “good”.

The real question to start with is “what is my absolute undeniable assurance that I really am saved, born again, converted into a child of God?” Each of us likely has some anchor of the soul that seems to prove that the Holy Spirit truly resides in them. Once we are fully convinced we are true...

Gandhi said he liked the gospels. When a racist church turned him away, I wish he would have started his own New Testament Bible study. Gandhi was heavily influenced by the extreme pacifism of the Jain faith. So his anti-militaristic, non-violence perspective on the Prince of Peace, who...

Again, my remarks may not be comforting or chase the gloom away. But what I try to do is take the 21 years of sweetness that my deceased wife put into my soul, and transmit that sweetness to others. Being a hermit pretty much, my lack of human interactions limits my opportunities to bless...

Repenting and trusting in Jesus Christ’s sacrifice on the cross for our sins, believing God raised Him from the dead.

You say “the whole world…must be limited to the ones atoned for, saved”… but that is not what the scripture specifically declares. Whole world cannot mean only part of the world. The verse of 1 John 2:2 could have said “only the elect in the world”, but that is not what it says. You have to...

Brightfame52 you accidentally proclaim universalism by claiming that “the whole world” is “the elect”. If the elect is the whole world, everybody in it, you got some universalism going on up in there. ******** 1 John 2:2 He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours...

Philippians 1:16 The latter do so in love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel. I Peter 3:15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with...