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And that revelation is the Bible, which enlightens our lives.

What I've been trying to tell you, Behold, is that we do not deny the cross; we uphold the salvation that Jesus brought us through both his death and his resurrection. Why do you think Calvinists "deny the cross"? I categorically deny that Calvinists have "doctrines of devils." Your charge is...

Please don't judge our motives that we don't express. I'm not trying to SELL anything. I'm trying to enlighten forum visitors on the truth and to correct misconceptions. It's up to forum members how they respond to it, as it is to you. As far as I'm concerned, you can believe what you want to...

Yes, please don't read into Scripture an order of events that isn't there.

Why are you so angry at people like me who believe and interpret Scripture a little differently from you so much that you put your condemnation in bold, large font, Behold? Why? Can't you just engage in a good, loving, rational discussion without throwing such accusations at us? A principle of...

No, I think that God created Satan good like all of creation and that he allowed Satan's rebellion to bring out of it our testing. Otherwise, God would be guilty of Satan's sin, which is not possible.

Of course, you're right! Remind me what post you're responding to and how you differ with it, to further our discussion.

You are correct in all that you say, but it's human self-centeredness (sin) that prevents people from accepting the genuine offer. God could give everyone the new birth, which is his free gift, but he doesn't. We can't give it to ourselves, since we are born dead to God and slaves of Satan...

Brother, if you won't quote from it or post it, people will be suspicious that you are twisting and slanting its true teachings and listening to other people's twisting and slanting of it. Your false representations of it might become exposed. If you are so scared that we might see that it is...

Dan, respectfully, as a Calvinist, I say that you don't know enough Calvinists, because most Calvinists do NOT believe that only we are saved.

We believers, including Calvinists, need to stop griping and sniping at each other and start spending more time finding ways to reach out to unbelievers around us with the Good News.

I have one suggestion: Quote exactly the five points of Calvinism directly from the Canons of Dort, and let us decide what we think about those teachings instead of telling your incorrect interpretation of them. By the way, the five points aren't just based on Paul's letters but on other...

You only quote verses 14-17 but neglect the following context, which says, " Joh 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. Joh 3:19 And this is the judgment: the light has...

Have you read the Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin? Your opinions will change once you learn from the original source instead of listening to what people are saying about Calvin.

No, being an author is God's calling to me in my retirement from being a pastor in seven churches. He has given me the spiritual gift of creativity through writing. I just finished the first draft of a historical novel that is my 14th book. At the age of 82, I'm thankful that God has given me...

Fellow believer, you refer a lot to the Church Fathers. You don't believe that they were infallible in their writings, do you? You only cite one Bible verse out of context. For me, I will not claim that I'm sinless, when the Apostle Paul struggled with sin (Romans 7) and said that he wasn't...

With all due respect, you do a lot of generalizing about Evangelical Christians' teachings and actions. I've been a member of and preacher in several Evangelical churches. They all have their faults, of course, but God has promised to bring good out of their weaknesses. I am a seed-scatterer; I...

You're very welcome! NotTheRock, God has a very good purpose for every evil he PERMITS to happen. Witness his allowing Satan to take away Job's family, wealth, and health. Those were Satan's fault entirely, not at all God's; but God showed us the persistence of true faith in Job's faithful...

I don't know. The reason is that I don't know whether or not they accepted Jesus before they died. I leave it in God's hands; I'm not their judge; God is.

Heresies also involve paying attention to certain verses (for example, that point to universal salvation for everyone), while unintentionally or intentionally ignoring all the verses that limit (for example, by showing that many unrepentant people will be lost forever) the first set of verses...