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13 Signs a Church is really a Cult: 1. The church leader has an overly charismatic and arrogant personality.Watch the leader of the church and examine their behavior. Determine if they are trying to spread their religion or are out for personal gain. Avoid churches that have arrogant, pompous...

He is “Presbyterian“ (or one of the early “reformed” denominations) and follows the WCF as baptists adhere to the London Confession as a clear statement defining what Particular Baptists believe.

I am 99% sure that “The Church of England (Baptist)” was meant to convey that Baptists (as a movement) was an attempt to reform the Church of England and centered on a different argument than the earlier Reformation of men like Luther and Calvin who were attempting to reform the Roman Catholic...

I have reread it several times, and I think this is the “core” of his argument … So I suspect he is not advocating for the Cross as “UNIVERSAL ATONEMENT” but as something closer to a sweeping “PREVENIENT GRACE” … something with the POWER to undo all sin. I admit that I cannot follow the...

I heard a recent argument of merit that claimed that the Traditional Republican Party was defined by: FREE TRADE … but Trump is calling for Tariffs which are anti-Free Trade PRO DEFENSE … but Trump is calling for an end to International Conflicts and LESS US involvement CHRISTIAN RIGHT … but...

He did not explain them. I think they (a, b, c, & d) were generic place holders. I think his only point with them is that for ATONEMENT to remove sin from the WORLD, it must remove sin from all parts of the world … it cannot remove sin from one part (whatever and however you define it) but...

Sigh, are we really going to beat the “Rome is the author of the Bible“-“No it is not” dead horse AGAIN? :rolleyes: Count me out. On the topic of Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone), I was always very fond of the expression “norma normans non normata” [more Latin] that roughly means “the rule of...

Same as the “need” then (when gentiles were reading the letters from the Apostles and the Jews had seen and heard Jesus for themselves). 1 Co 12:4-11 [NLT] 4 There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. 5 There are different kinds of service, but...

To claim that all scripture is “profitable” is not the same as claiming that all verses point to Jesus Christ. Paul, I agree with. Pious sounding rabble that make unsupported claims, not so much. That is the exact reason that I reject ‘appeals to authority’ that quote ECFs or Luther or...

Ultimately, God can even use a donkey and a terrible prophet [Jonah or Balaam], so the idea of following the Anglican UK into inoculating the population against Christianity by forcing them to study Religion, does not negate the power of the WORD to transform a heart. [and it will not even be...

I have heard that before, and it sounds ‘pious’ … but it never quite rang true to me. So just selecting a couple of random paragraphs, could you explain “Jesus and the Good News” that saves one’s soul from here: Numbers 2:10-11 [NKJV] 10 "On the south side [shall be] the standard of the forces...

Greetings Paleouss, While true that man is merely "totally" depraved and not "utterly" depraved, it is equally important to remember that the original meaning of "depraved" is closer to "inability" than it is to "diabolic". Like a bent arrow that can NEVER hit the bullseye no matter how many...

Pretty much everything in "Revelation" ... although I don't know if "wrestle with" is the correct term to describe "shrug in confusion and move on". ;)

I must be a terrible communicator, since I acknowledged that point in my reference to the "Greatest Commandments" and it completely misses the point that I was attempting to make. We KNOW that Jesus cannot be talking about that issue, since other scripture is so clear on the matter: Matthew...

I have heard this explanation before, however, I do not think the CONTEXT supports that as the correct interpretation of Malachi 1. Would you care to comment on the underlined examples of how God “loved Esau less” as I am to ”love my family less”? Malachi 1:1-5 [NLT] 1 This is the message that...

Could you explain to me how it substantially alters things that God does not hate a specific individual, but rather, God hates every member of a nation collectively … forever! How does that make things “better”? Malachi 1:1-5 [NLT] 1 This is the message that the LORD gave to Israel through the...

It follows as an inevitable conclusion of the words that you did say. Your exact words (which I quoted) were … … then you take me to task for DARING to interpret it LITERALLY.

True. Let me correct that. I am utterly indifferent to the writings of the ECFs. First, they are not “God Breathed” like the writings of the Apostles, so why allow the “second string” to overturn the “first string”. Second, they got as much incorrect as they got correct. Shall we reject the...

So we should expect Jesus to look like an animal slaughtered with a sword sticking out of his mouth ... because John meant every word to be understood as LITERAL. Got it. Why did John lie about "soon"? Rev 1:1 [ESV] 1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants...

Let’s make this PERSONAL and cast ourselves in the role of Adam (which in a sense we are). Given: We are forgiven at this exact moment (washed by the blood of the Lamb) and starting out at least as well as Adam. Now, let us each resolve to live such a way that, moving forward from this point...