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@Van, We have been through all this multiple times. To my mind you are utterly confused, but I'm sure you think the same about me. Anyone who is undecided has had many opportunities to make their own minds up about the matter without an endless to and fro from us. So I'm going to leave it there.

:rolleyes: You are very free with accusing others of making totally false claims while you are making totally false claims. The word translated 'draw' in John 6:44 is helko or helkuo. The same word is used in John 21:6, 11, where a net full of big fish is 'drawn' or 'dragged' ashore; in Acts...

This is true, but it is true of many countries, including the USA https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/fertility-rates-decline.html The worst country in this respect is South Korea, but the only continent where the birthrate is increasing is Africa...

Of course both of these are correct. No one is saved without calling on the name of the Lord, but men and women will only do so when God does a work on their hearts (John 6:44). That is an understanding shared among both Arminians and Calvinists.

Finding a single English word to translate a single Greek word every time is an impossibility. I have mentioned context, but one should also compare the appearance of the word in one verse of Scripture with its meaning in other places. But sometimes, it has to be accepted that the Greek word...

That's not quite how Paul describes himself in 1 Tim. 1:13-15: 'a blasphemer, a persecutor and a violently arrogant man' (NKJV margin), and also 'the chief of sinners.' He needed 'exceedingly abundant' grace from the Lord, as we all do, not just a little nudge in the right direction.

Exactly! Presbyterian covenant theology treats the new covenant as a 'renewed' version of the old covenant; particularly that baptism in the new covenant is simply the equivalent of circumcision and therefore applicable for children. This is crazy for all sorts of reasons, not least that the...

If I am offered the choice between tea and coffee, do I have 'libertarian free will' or is my free will overturned by the fact that I prefer coffee to tea? If men are offered the choice between sin and righeousness, do they have 'libertarian free will' or is their free will overturned by the...

Spurgeon was certainly Historic Premil, but others are Amil (like me) and others Postmil.

I don't think so! Gal. 1:15. 'But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me.....' There is a general call (e.g. Mark 1:15) and there is particular call (e.g. Luke 5:27-28). Saul experienced the second kind. Acts 15:18...

I did know it, but I do forgive you. I understand 'ethnic Israel' to be used for those of the Jewish race wherever they may live, as opposed to 'national Israel' which is one of the nations on the Eastern shore of the Mediterranean. I am not aware of any nation that does not have a 'prophesied...

I am certainly not able to speak for all those who believe in Covenant Theology, and I am not aware that there is one universally approved position. My reading of Romans 11 leads me to the view that there may well be a revival amongst enthic Jews before the Lord's Return. I pray that there will...

I was just going to quote this Proverb, but you beat me to it. The NKJV translates the verse as 'Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but happy is he who keeps the law.' I suggest that where there is no public proclamation or preaching of God's word, people no longer fear...

Luke 11:21-22. "When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are at peace. But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overpowers him, he takes all his armour in which he trusted, and divides his spoils." Sinners are the goods of the strong man (the devil), and the Lord...

Oh dear! Oh dear! Another thread is being hijacked into an Arm vs. Cal non-debate. Give it a rest, PLEASE!

Hey! "Great minds think alike!" We both posted the same thing at the same time!

@John of Japan is John R. Rice's grandson and has written his biography. Unless I am very much mistaken, he has said several times that J.R.Rice was not dispensational. Dunno about the other guy.

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Playing chess with Donny.

A recount has revealed that we had at least 82 people at the church last Lord's Day.