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My OP gave the answer to this argument of what church is authentic and true. Stick to the stated beliefs and practice given to us in the New Covenant Scriptures. "Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not to...

You either did not read or do not comprehend the English language. I said in closing my remarks: "using various AI search engines helps recognize biases and varied perspectives." The AI search engines usually give the source and if they don't, you can easily use "Find on Page" <ctrl F> and...

I suggested the readers go to "neutral" sources of historical fact, rather than the catholic.com references you gave. Personally, I use 6 different AI search engines daily in various areas of research, including health issues, etc. It certainly pays to be informed and using various AI search...

For you evangelicals on here, reading Roman Catholic Augustin56's replies, notice with whom you are in agreement with on "free will". Martin Luther' book Bondage of the Will was an answer in debate with the Romanist beliefs. The arguments made by the Romanists against Luther, are many of the...

I have taken the time to research some of these claims by Lorraine Boettner and find him to be accurate when seen from neutral sources of historical fact. Readers, if you doubt, use the various AI search engines and check for yourself.

It is laughable that the Roman Catholic Church claims to be "the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints" in the first century, Jude 1:3! See page 7 on this pdf file of 402 pages. Link at bottom of list. "One of the first things that we want to point out in this study is that the...

Randy, maybe it is just my IQ level, but your writings come across as convoluted rambling. For instance, you mention "the incomprehensible mysteries of God" and connect that to "what the word of God says". What word of God? What particular verses and statements of scripture do you mean...

"The sincere Calvinists in the pew that I've known do not boast over their sovereign election by God. We are greatly humbled, and in deep reflection are so very conscious of our own sinfulness, why would God choose me? I feel so undeserving of God's love that I understand David's thinking of...

I do not get into the mystical or philosophical discussions which try to read the mind of God. "O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! 'For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?'”...

"Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not to go beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other." (1Cor 4:6 ERV) "And these things, brethren, I have in a...

And that is just your personal opinion.... everyone has one...

Ronald, I 'was' in agreement with you on the relation of 'koites' to 'coitus'. Yet this morning I got curious and looked at the etymology of our word "coitus" and I found no reference indicating that it goes back to 'koites'. I suppose it is because in the Greek 'koites' basic meaning is a...

"as it is written: 'There is no one who is righteous, not even one; there is no one who has understanding, there is no one who seeks God.'" (Rom 3:10-11) "You were dead through the trespasses and sins...But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we...

Scholars pretty much agree that since arsenokoites was first seen in Paul's writings, that he coined the word. It is a compound word, and usually an etymology is seen as the history of a word, not its meaning. But, when you are dealing with the one who coined it, things are different...

I invite the readers of this thread to read my OP and see if it is reasoned well from Scripture, and presented orderly? Then read these various replies in opposition. Are they presented orderly, and logically reasoned from Scripture? Do the replies address the two specific verses of my OP, or...

When you hear and read people quote the Bible, by quoting just half of a sentence, BEWARE! How often have you read or heard it stated: "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:" (John 1:12 KJV) Notice the colon at...

You think maybe I used the name of "Calvin" to get a rise out of many? LOL Most today are not aware that no historic or major denomination embraced Arminianism until John Wesley deleted the 17th Article of the 39 Articles of the C of E. The Methodists then became an official denomination...

ET, you either did not read my OP carefully, or you are intentionally distorting what I wrote. I quoted from John Calvin's Commentary and said nothing about "Calvinism". A true "Calvinist" holds to the Five Points from the 1619/1620 Synod of Dort, which were the Five Point rebuttal to the...

In my scenario, I said absolutely nothing of "preference". Of course, the proper word is "orientation" anyway.

Yes, let us go back 200 years, and that puts close to the definitions found then, as stated in the 1828 Webster's English Dictionary. "ABU'SER, n. s as z. One who abuses, in speech or behavior; one that deceives; a ravisher; a sodomite. 1 Cor 6." You see that an abuser, a deceiver, a ravisher...