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St. SteVen said: What is your definition of repentance? (process or one-time event?) Does spiritual rebirth come before or after repentance? But you agreed that repentance is a process. How long until spiritual rebirth occurs? God doesn't impose a spiritual rebirth? Say what...

In most cases repentance is a natural outflow of a spiritual rebirth. Because of a spiritual rebirth, a person WANTS to turn away from sin. https://www.christianityboard.com/threads/thoughts-about-confession-and-repentance-not-the-same-thing.65651/ [

J. Preston Eby states that spiritual rebirth comes first. But I don't want to put God in a box. I can see it happening either way. @Lambano nailed it in post #122. Humans have a natural tendency to want to clean up their lives before they come to God. But is that true repentance, or a fleshly...

St. SteVen said: What is your definition of repentance? (process or one-time event?) Does spiritual rebirth come before or after repentance? But you agreed that repentance is a process. How long until spiritual rebirth occurs? [

St. SteVen said: What is your definition of repentance? (process or one-time event?) Does spiritual rebirth come before or after repentance? [

No salvation in the here and now? No assurance of salvation? NOSAS? [

What is your definition of repentance? (process or one-time event?) [

And what of the countless billions that have never heard/seen? What becomes of them? [

State your case on the "Yes and No." Thanks. [

As Christians, we are commanded to "love everyone". But that doesn't mean we need to LIKE them, right? RIGHT? - Have you found yourself in the position of having to "love" someone that is unlovable? - What does it mean to "like" someone? - Is "like" greater than, or even EQUAL to, love? [

Cessationism claims that the miracle gifts of the Holy Spirit were signs to authenticate the early church. And consequently the miracle gifts disappeared when the Apostles did. Continuationism says that all the gifts were for the church and that all the gifts of the Holy Spirit are still valid...

"Man chooses that which is according to his nature, and therefore before he will ever choose or prefer that which is divine and spiritual, a new nature must be imparted to him; in other words, he must be born again. Let me appeal to the actual experience of the reader of these lines. Was there...

That is key to the point I'm trying to make. Thanks. Oftentimes it is the church or "Christianity" with its political slant that is being rejected. Christians have such a bad reputation in society that no one wants to be associated with them. This is markedly different than rejecting God...

St. SteVen said: How can they be tried and true when they deny the continuing ministry of the Holy Spirit? Good point, sobering as it is. It seems as though the believers demanded to know why we weren't seeing these miracles of the Spirit today. And instead of the leaders...

You might enjoy this topic. https://www.christianityboard.com/threads/what-makes-a-doctrine-false.55281/ [

Yup. The forum is a failed economy. Everyone is selling, but no one is buying. [

Every road leads somewhere. - LOL [

Agree. That further supports my statement. Possession of a Bible is of little value to the illiterate. [

My point is that the Bible wasn't available to the masses until the 1600s. As I understand it, the Wycliffe, Tyndale, Matthew (?) and Geneva weren't in possession of the general public. [