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At the end of the day, even if we got it all wrong about something, fall 100 times, God will forgive and bless the repentant. That much is true. At least we can still repent after all.

First thing that comes to mind from my experience is to just be real about it all. It's tempting to make ourselves out to be someone better than we are, say all the right things, and check all the right boxes when we interact with God. I would actually advise against this, based on my...

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What I had in mind was along the lines of the below. However, I would also add my own words in which we come to God as servants, but with the attitude that we are also His children and He loves us. Hebrews 11 6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must...

I think it’s possible to become so absorbed in doctrines because we can control them, argue about them, and bend them to our will. We can’t do the same with God. We cannot control God or tell Him what to do. I believe only those who truly love God will approach Him, for He is both kind and...

I believe God exists everywhere or can be somewhere specific.

Yes I have read these and have considered them. I have pretty firm ideas about what I believe they are talking about. They're good verses.

I believe the answer is that they would say one can't be saved without the tenets of Calvinism, at least that would be the argument.

It would have been incredibly easy to just stick with what the Bible already says and not add anything to it. However, I think there were ulterior motives, at least to some extent, among people. The reasons for converting Jesus into God are multifaceted and diverse. First of all, there were...

God exists independently of the Bible and isn't limited by it. Yes I believe it's possible to trust in God apart from Christian doctrine. Ever ask a Calvinist how people got saved before TULIP was invented? The answer may surprise you.

Even though I am a Christian, I accept that most of what the Bible says relies on its own internal witness. Much of its content is not falsifiable, so there is no way to truly debunk it or prove that something it says is wrong. That's actually a big part of why we can debate the Bible without...

Unfortunately, the Athanasian Creed didn't work that out completely. The error in this work is that, in the doctrine of the Trinity, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three distinct persons but one God. On the other hand, the Son is said to be both human and divine, yet is a singular person...

Right. The "vessels of destruction" doctrine in Reformed theology isn't actually about people being predestined to go to hell in the New Testament. They have misunderstood that, I believe. Everyone vessels gets destroyed sooner or later regardless of their salvation status.

Everyones' vessel gets destroyed sooner or later, but it's just a matter of when. The vessel in this context is where the Spirit of God would be, the temple, but I don't believe Paul was saying some people are going to be predestined to be destroyed in hell for example. I think all Paul meant is...

What I have experienced is that even when someone deserves to be disrespected, it's better not to do it. It won't teach them anything good, and it will likely escalate the situation. Even when it would have been classier and more mature for them to show some humility, most people aren’t thinking...

Before I was a Christian, I did read the Bible on my own a bit here and there. I think Chick-fil-A used to stamp John 3:16 on their bags and cups back in the day, so I at least knew that verse. It wasn't until after I became a Christian that I actually began taking a serious look at the Bible...

Most likely, there are different uses of the word for "God" in Hebrew culture, but as far as I can tell, the Greek isn't nuanced enough to capture that. Every now and then, someone writes something with the word for "God" in it that is quoted from the Old Testament, where there are many...

I hate to break it to you, but in context of Colossians 1:15-20 Jesus is a human who was crucified. Blessed be his holy name. However, you are wrong on the concept of Juesus as a man who is God. That's wrong. Humans aren't God. So I will end my final comment in this thread with respect to @Hepzibah

Curiously, the Word is spoke of as God in the past tense in most translations of John 1:1 I have seen.

Oneness with God and each other isn't something that is unique to Jesus. Jesus didn't say he was God nor did anyone say you must believe Jesus is God as part of the gospel. It's looking like you're the cursed one, since you bring the subject up. John 17 20Neither pray I for these alone, but for...