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This is simply not Calvinism. All who are in hell have no one to blame but themselves. Another thing I am sick of is repeating John 3:19 over and over again. I must say, I thought you were better than this.

Well, with much respect, this is your problem, not mine. Is the Bible God's word, or is it not? The Bible teaches Particular Atonement. If you don't like that, you have a problem. Luke 10:21-22. 'In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and...

That "the Gospel must be preached to all, in the hope and expectation that God will open the hearts of His people to receive the words spoken to them" is actually very applicable to the Calvinist. The hope is a sure and certain hope, because the Lord Jesus has said that all that the Father has...

:rolleyes: I think you'll find it is. I think you'll also find that you don't understand what Calvinism is, which is what I've been telling you for a long time.

There are probably almost as many views on who Babylon the Great might be as there are commentators. Here's my take. From my blog: https://marprelate.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/revelation-12-babylon-the-great/

Actually, yep. Ephesians 2:3. 'Among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature the children of wrath.' Now 'we all' in this epistle are Paul and 'the saints who are in Ephesus and faithful in...

So I suppose the peace offer has been rejected. :( I wonder much of Calvin you have read? I am hoping that you are better than @Silverhair who rants against Augustine and Calvin without knowing anything about what they wrote. I am no Calvin expert, but I can give you some quotes if you like...

Both of those. The inability of man is not organic, but moral. To explain this, if a person had to walk on the ceiling in order to be saved, that would clearly be unfair. Mankind is simply not physically constituted to walk on the ceiling. But man's inability is not organic or...

Spurgeon et al believed what (almost?) all Calvinists believe: that the Gospel must be preached to all, in the hope and expectation that God will open the hearts of His people to receive the words spoken to them (Acts 13:48; 16:14). The idea that the Gospel should be preached only to the elect...

Very much germane. Either we were born spiritually dead - in which case we needed to be born of the Spirit - or we were born spiritually alive, in which case no new birth is necessary. However, in John 3:7, our Lord tells Nicodemus, "Marvel not that I say unto thee, ye must be born again."...

Just so. 'That which is born of the flesh is flesh; that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.' I am not talking of sinless perfection, but if someone claims to be born of God, there should be some sort of family resemblance. See also Matt. 12:33-35...

Thank you for your kind words on my profile.

I don't think the tithe applies in N.T. churches. 'So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.' My church has never required any particular level of giving from our congregation, yet God has always supplied our needs.

You may well be right; I don't know the answer. I agree with you that banning all musical instruments sounds a bit like overkill.

I came across this quotation from a guy called Theodoret of Cyrrhus, an eminent Church father who lived in the early 5th Century; Question; If songs were invented by unbelievers with a purpose of deceiving (Genesis 4;21), and were appointed under the Jewish Law because of the childishness of...

I'm sorry. I interpreted the words, as meaning "not spiritually dead." My mistake.

:rolleyes: If we were not spritually dead (Eph. 2:1 etc.), there would be no need for us to be born anew. Indeed, the term would be ridiculous.

'Let all things be done decently and in order.' 1 Corinthians 14:40. Some years ago we had a couple move into our street and the guy proclaimed himself to be a Christian. He invited me to his church in the city 7-8 miles away, and since the meeting was in the afternoon, I said I would go...

You would not know a Stoic, Neoplatonist, Gnostic or Manichaean if one bit you on the leg. I think you probably would know a Pelagian though. However, I am not going to mess up this thread any longer. If you want to pursue your show of ignorance any further, open a new thread. I apologize to...

I googled up Alice Cooper and this is the AI comment: Yes, Alice Cooper is a committed Christian. Despite his dark stage persona, he has spoken openly about his faith in Jesus Christ, crediting his faith with saving him from addiction. He is known to read the Bible and pray daily, and he attends...