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Good post, though I don't quite follow your characterization of repentance as somehow surrender. The Greek word is clearly a change of mind, which I must add results in a change of action (as all changes of mind do).

Now, if Lordship salvation occurs anywhere in the Bible, it must be in the book of John, because the Apostle declared in ch. 20, "30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 31 But these are written, that ye might believe that...

I know I'm going to regret joining this conversation. I've done so before here on the BB. Having said that, here is my point, which has not yet been made. A genuine Lordship Salvation position must insist that when dealing with a sinner, a demand must be made that the sinner not only receives...

There is only one mode possible Scripturally, and that is immersion. That is the only meaning of the Greek noun baptesma (βαπτεσμα) and verb baptizo (βαπτιζω). No other mode was used for the first several centuries of church history. Along in the 3rd century, pouring began to be used for sick...

Okay, thanks. But as you have kind of pointed out, we can't trust what the enemies of Jesus said about Him. There is no proof in that passage, I hope you'll agree, that Jesus was not a teetotaler. :Biggrin

That is mostly what I've read about "wine" in those days, except I've read that they didn't need to add the alcohol, since fermentation begins naturally with contact from the air. At any rate, the alcoholic wine was not that powerful, as you say, with just a small percentage of alcohol. However...

Here is what happened. Jesus was not yet ready for a public ministry, since he said to Mary in v. 4, "Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come." However, he honored His mother, and did what she asked, just as commanded in the Decalogue: "Honor thy father and...

Amen to that! The Bible says that when Jesus acted, people had already "drunk freely" (v. 10). The word is methuo (μεθύω), to be a actually drunk. The word occurs 7 times in the NT including this one, all negative. Now if Jesus had made alcoholic wine at that point, He would have been making...

Very true. Capitalizing divine pronouns is a form of honorifics. Having ministered in a language with extreme honorifics, Japanese, I like this English honorific tendency. I've even seen it outside the Bible recently. Another form of English honorifics is addressing people as sir, ma'am miss...

Amen to all of that.

Another theological issue that comes up in translation is the usage of honorifics as relates to God. Virtually all languages have honorific morphemes (sounds with meaning) and even semantics (word meanings), but some have a lot more, such as Japanese, Thai, etc. The problem develops especially...

"Arminianism." Not connected with the nation of Armenia. Just sayin'. Trying to be helpful. :) Doctrinally I'm with you.

We had a supporting church in Hawaii for many years. Had to stop there every furlough. Tough duty, but someone has to do it. :Biggrin

In any martial art, misdirection is very important. We call it "a feint." So in Judo, I make fake a hip throw and go from there to Osostogari, the outer reaping throw. A boxer of MMA fighter may jab with his left to draw the block, then hook with his right for the KO. A wrestler may shoot in for...

And Webster says about misdirection: "the act or an instance of misdirecting or diverting" (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misdirection). So misdirection may or may not have words involved. If there are no words ("an untrue statement" as your definition says), then it cannot be a...

The first battle of AI. David employed misdirection by pretending to the Philistines that he was crazy. They bought it, but he had not lied, just misdirected. Or, the Nazis come to my door and say, "Where is the Jew?" I answer, "Give me a break. How would I know?" I have not lied, but...

Misdirection involves the other side misunderstanding what I say, not me speaking something that is not true. If misdirection is lying, then God commended lying at the battle of Ai.

There is no need to lie. I would use misdirection. And pray. God cares what happens in such situations.

I have Chiniquy's book and read it many years ago. At the time I believed what it said, since it is biographical. There are scholarly books out there that do a good job informing about the religion, such as Lorraine Boettner's book. I don't remember that one. Pretty sad. He cared about souls...

I have occasionally looked at The Two Babylons, but never felt drawn to using it as a source. Never seemed scholarly to me. And as for Rivera, he was proven to be a fake (don't ask for details; it's been years) by somebody. When I myself looked at his claims, I too felt he was a complete fake...