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The Anger of the LORD for the Sins of His People (Lamentations 2) Lamentations 2 Jerusalem was Destroyed Because the LORD Had Become an Enemy (Lamentations 2:1-9) Jeremiah continued to lament the calamity of Jerusalem and observed that the Lord had “covered the daughter of Zion [Jerusalem]...

I'd like to give my understanding of these verses and will be open to other possible interpretations. 1 Peter 3:15-22 - But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: Having...

There is a foreboding feeling in the air. I've been struggling with it all summer and fall. It feels like we're running out of time. I once again come to you requesting prayer. This needs to be massive. We need to shift to a more positive timeline. The best way to do this is to gently shift our...

There are many who adhere to the doctrine of Lordship Salvation, whether they believe in total submission to Christ for eternal life, or fruit of regeneration in all who believe; adding to the gospel, as the root or the fruit, the necessity of works. But this contradicts the scriptures so easily...

According to some forms of dispensationalism, in the church age alone is salvation offered freely, obtained through faith in the gospel of the grace of God, but according to other views, salvation has always been offered freely, acquired through faith in Jesus Christ: in the former ages by faith...

Sorry. I'll stop starting new threads and start replying to some after I post this one. Starting too many threads is a really bad habit I have and I will try my best to quit it. I know. I said I find many passages in the KJV difficult to understand. But Galatians 3 is extremely difficult to...

As Christians we are told in 1 Pet 3:15 always to be ready to give an answer to those that ask the reason of the hope that lies in us in a spirit of meekness. Elsewhere God tells us that he will give us the words when a situation comes up. We know that Christ suffered a great deal the last...

I've been doing an extensive study on the question of faith. We are told in Hebrews 11:6 that without faith it is impossible to please God (in other words do God's will). Yet, when I read articles and books on the topic it is often written in gibberish. I say gibberish when I read spiritual...

It's a simple question with a VERY simple answer. What do you think about free will? Do we have it? Or does God essentially control our minds and force us to love or hate Him? I'm curious, we've been discussing this in another forum, but I wanted to see what the rest of the forum had to say on...

This applies to both demonized people/animals (those possessed by a spirit of evil, normally called demons or devils), and demonic attacks on yourself as a believer (who cannot become possessed but can become influenced by demons with thoughts of negativity, hate, sexual lust, etc. etc.) In my...

In the thread "what is God's criterion for election?" the consensual answer basically was "we don't know". In discussions with Calvinists, Romans 9 is probably the #1 reference. When I read Paul's conclusion in Romans 9, he thrice states that the criterion is faith: Rom 9:30 What shall we say...

Is salvation conditional on choosing to believe and follow Gods Word? Hi all, I am not Arminian or Calvinist. I only believe and follow God's Word. I was just wanting to hear your thoughts, as I have been reading some scriptures of late all through the OLD and NEW Testament that suggest that...

Imagine how sinners would react if the gospel offered no promise of eternal life to those who believe. If there were no amazing grace, no opportunity for forgiveness, no loving heavenly Father to welcome us into His family, no Savior who gave His life to save us, but only a proclamation that God...

Any time that some truth which is held in balance in God’s word is given an emphasis on only one side, then misunderstanding and error result. It is true, as the Calvinists emphasize, that election in eternity past is unconditional. But the neglected Biblical balance is this: salvation in this...

The claim has been made by many that Young-Earth Creationism drives people away from the faith. It is said that when believers who have initially accepted the teaching that the Bible is inerrant and therefore historically reliable when it comes to creation and the related chronology--when they...

Were there any non-Catholic Churches before Protestant churches came out of the Catholic Church? I was kind of hoping that was where Baptist churches had originated from without also coming out of the Catholic Church in being formed, but I guess not, otherwise Baptists would not have carried...

Do Baptists use the term "sacrament" in communion service? Do you believe Christ's Presence is in the sacraments? If not to the second question, then why use the term originally used by Catholics that mean otherwise? Shouldn't we show our faith by our words as standing apart from the works...

John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 1 John...

Hello, brothers and sisters in Christ. I may not be a Baptist officially, but it is the closest I think that I relate to church wise, but I am registered as a non-Baptist Christian; FYI. I was formerly a member of the Presbyterian Church until I had withdrawn my membership due to the church...

...Lyndale. I'm a 56 year old Man. A member of the Body of Jesus, "born again"...and fail's miserably all the time at it, to be truthful. My story is ? I just don't know where to begin. Growing up, was normal. Graduated from a Baptist School, went on to attend a Baptist College, but failed at...