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He simply is not stressing it. A balanced view of soteriology acknowledges both God's sovereignty and man's responsibility. He was simply emphasizing man's responsibility saying if you come to Christ, you are elect! This is exactly how I present it when I preach. Nobody has to come to Christ and...

The reformers couldn't help but look at things through the "lens" of their Roman Catholic thinking but they realized that in order to overcome this, they must look to the scriptures as the sole, final authority by which everything else was to be measured. When I first came to Christ, it took a...

He's not entirely wrong is he? And for the record, I lean heavily "calvinistic" here.:Cool

Dr. Adrian Rogers was a great preacher who happened to disagree with Calvinism and his arguments are consistent with those who disagree with the view. Both Calvinists and Non-Calvinists are represented here, are both welcome, and are both treated fairly so long as mutual respect and courtesy is...

Why are you using an asterisk for the last letter of Trump's surname?

I agree but it seems as if the Reformers reinvented infant baptism somewhat with their covenant theology insisting that Baptism does not save an infant but places them in the "covenant" so to speak. Roman Catholics believe that baptism actually washes away your "original sin" and puts you in a...

How do the people of Venezuela feel about it? Is that not what you are doing? I guess it is illegal to do anything about some ruthless dictator who is committing attrocities against their own people right? Or perhaps it is because they took down one of the radical left's Marxist "Comrades?"

We practiced the "hallelujah Chorus" with our choir and I can say first-hand that it is quite a difficult and complex musical arrangement either with or without accompaniment! So many different things going on together! If you guys pulled it off, you truly have my respect!

I believe they were careful and methodical choosing which battles were most pertinent, etc. What they did not do was throw out the baby with the bathwater and start from square one making things up as they went along as did the restorationists a few centuries later. Remember also that the...

If such is the case, why are most Catholics adamantly anti-Calvinist? The Medieval Church's take on Augustinianism was influenced by Pope Gregory who looked at Augustinianism from Cassion's viewpoint which is blatantly semi-pelagian! Catholics are unapologetically "Synergistic" in their view of...

How do the people of Venezuela feel about it?

No, I was thinking of a pastor intentionally going out and getting tattoos in order to look "edgy!" same reason for a pastor not wearing skinny jeans (trying to be 'relevant' and such). Mainly a joke as I am certain such things were never entertained. Two of my stepsons have tattoos (not all...

A few years ago, I spent some time with a "Bo-Jo" congregation that was transitioning to a more "reformed" direction. Great group of folks and I was actually liking where they were going - taking caution regarding the reformed doctrine, not going overboard, etc. They wanted me to give input in...

The "Without error in the original manuscripts" statement is like chumming shark-infested waters in the KJV-Only world! They certainly are not "Ruckmanites" but perhaps they want to be sufficiently "KJVO" in order to run with the more mainstream KJVO crowd? Sounds more like they are...

Such would make for interesting discussion although I feel woefully inadequate to argue either way. What I would say though is that these so-called "scribal notes" seem to be largely consistent throughout the majority text!

I guess a big problem here is that many equate Reformed doctrine as being strictly "Calvinist" and perhaps some hard-core "Reformed" types would like to keep it this way calling everyone else aside from their "Reformed" perspective as being semi-pelagian heretics or whatever! I did not approach...

Modern versions are largely a faithful representation of the underlying text of which it has been translated. There is no "conspiracy" going on to take words from the Bible! One may argue whether the words were deleted in the critical text or added in the Syriac-Byzantine line but this can be...

And I addressed this in my post did I not? Perhaps not as thorough as you may like but I am trying to be efficient in my words as I am often accused of being too loquacious!;) Mark Ward makes a great point regarding "false friends" which is relevant here and I would agree that if you use the...

The KJV is not nearly as difficult to understand as many make it out to be. However, the sentence structure in many passages brings about unnecessary confusion to 21st century readers. KJVO types who refuse to "correct" anything often misinterpret certain passages thus leading to error. We need...

I believe that nations should be sovereign and we should respect such. International laws may be recognized by treaties while respecting such sovereignty. I am against any sort of "World Court" dictating laws and forcing sovereign countries to bow to their will. Maduro and Noriega are quite...