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Karl, I may approach this a bit differently than what I'm understanding from you. I think as follows. When you meet that special one, the one who is going to be the one and only in your life; your love compels you to seek to know every little detail in their life, from babyhood to the 'now'...

One illustration alone illustrates my point in the Title - "And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed." (Acts 13:48 KJV) "And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the...

From the Merriam-Webster - free - "not determined by anything beyond its own nature or being : choosing or capable of choosing for itself" will - "used to express frequent, customary, or habitual action or natural tendency or disposition" NOTICE - "free" refers to anything beyond his own...

E G, in line with how you worded the question, I was thinking as follows - One possible solution for me is influenced in how literal to take the creation account, and how much is more figurative. I reject the evolutionist millions of years approach, and I do not follow the literal approach of...

Yes, I believe Roman Catholics are wrong on Baptism. I tend to view Roman Catholics as in the Christian family, but I view them as distant cousins. I do not even agree with my Lutheran brethren on their connecting water baptism as the vehicle of regeneration, but I know they do not teach it...

The Reformers did not strike out on their own free style, divorced from the history of the church. Luther and others quoted often from earlier theologians, largely Augustine. An example of a Reformed person quoting from theologians in the past can be seen in the footnotes of the book...

The church I grew up in had the “spring revival” and the “fall revival” and sometimes just a special speaker for a few days of special occasion. It was largely following the “new measures” of Charles G. Finney, who I consider a heretic. So I cannot compare to the church I grew up in. I...

St. SteVen, that is really a difficult question for me to give a halfway confident answer. I am convinced that the gospel was to go throughout the world, and the true 'born from above' conversions produced men of God who then had great influence on their culture, society and nation, etc. So, I...

Whether it is a “yeah, but...” or a “No, but...”, the “but” shows there is a conflict between two interpretations of proof texts, individual verses. You cannot have a conflict in the word of God; so a study of the verses that seem in conflict is called for and the historic approach is the only...

Let me answer with the statement in Westminster Confession, which is adopted in the 1689 2nd London Confession of the Baptists. “The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary for His own glory, man’s salvation, faith, and life, is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good...

NO NEED to apologize, your reply goes to my point, the different understandings among the people of God. One view, such as held by many Lutherans, is that at conception, both the body and soul come from the parent, traducianism. The other view is creationism, the soul is created and formed in...

Let me suggest a different meaning to the passage that I don't see in this thread. Let me quote the verse in a larger context - "...but refuse profane and old wives' fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness: for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all...

Jeremiah 1:5 is within a context where Jeremiah needed assurance - "Now the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations. Then said I, Ah...

St. SteVen, my own experience and observation here in Florida may not exactly address your question, but this is what I see. Many who came south to Florida upon retirement did not continue church attendance. It seems that with some, the comfort of the home church where they attended for years...

DeSantis on anti-abortion bill in last night's debate- https://www.christianpost.com/news/6-highlights-from-the-second-gop-presidential-debate.html?page=6 Perino asked DeSantis, "How are you going to win over independent, pro-choice voters in Arizona?" DeSantis replied by saying, "the same way...

The phrase "faith of Jesus Christ" is found 3 times in the KJV as follow - "Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:" (Rom 3:22 KJV) "Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by...

I believe any Christian abhors abortions as a means of birth control, or to make promiscuity easier, but at what point do we depart from being American and enact a Civil Law that is not supported by all the Christian community? We have no established religion which would include no particular...

It is clearly obvious that persons on this thread no NOTHING about the rules of hermeneutics and what they may know, they ignore because it does not fit their narrative. So, I recommend a free, online textbook on Interpretation - https://icotb.org/resources/PrinciplesofInterpretation.pdf I'm...

The KJV, RV, ASV, YLT & NRSV all agree that arsenokoites is correctly translated by the phrase "abusers of themselves with mankind", or "sodomites". In no way does "homosexuals" fit. I know that is the correct translations for the following reasons - No one can show that any other than the...

You are giving your logic, your human thinking. That means NOTHING! Explain why the points on the scripture I gave do not mean exactly what I explained.