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I don't follow. How does my post sound prideful? My point is that we all should weep and seek repentance for our sins rather than trying to defend or excuse them. How is that prideful? I am referring to those who defend sin (such as homosexuality) with the excuse that we are all sinners...

7angels, That is also a good point. God does count some sins as more grievous as others. The OT clearly testifies to this (based on varying severity of judgments) as well as the NT. Clearly, homosexuality is a sin that the NT uses its strongest language in condemning. Of course, that is not...

This is utter nonsense. Do you know WHY Jesus had such disdain for the Pharisees? Was it because they were "religious?" Absolutely not! He loathed them because they saw NO need for his grace. They felt their lives were just fine and they had no need to be baptized by John or repent of...

Justaname, Thanks for your response. Again, I must strongly disagree with your stance on this verse. It seems you and Hodges are implying that this verse is only referring to the inner, legal stance of the believer. Please correct me if I am wrong. I find this entirely out of scope with the...

I must say I strongly disagree with the "objection" listed by this commentator. Comparing 3:9 to 1:8 is apples and oranges. One is the Greek word "to do" and the other is the Greek word "to have." Clearly there is a distinction here. It is one thing to use a present active verb describing...

mj, you wouldn't even know what "walking in the spirit" means if it were not for your Bible. Why is it that you continually seem to argue that to believe and follow the Scriptures is unspiritual? The reality is that the Spirit uses other members of the body of Christ and the Scriptures to...

Someone can believe that a person can still have a sin nature without believing in the faulty doctrine of Total Depravity. Total Depravity teaches that human beings are so depraved that they cannot even recognize or accept the truth. The idea that human beings are so depraved that they cannot...

Here is my support for partial depravity and biblical argument against total depravity: PARTIAL DEPRAVITY Adam's sin had physical effects on all his progeny (arduous labor, pain in childbirth, physical death) - Genesis 3:16-19 We are by nature children of wrath (Eph. 2:3) (note: this verse does...

Your comments seem very scattered. The Bible is God's Word. God inspired it and it its Gods truth with the power to transform the eternities of those who believe and accept its message of God and the work of salvation through Jesus, correct?

Personally I do not hold to the doctrine of total depravity. I believe in partial depravity. So I would say it is not biblical. However, my point is that even though many Arminians agree with the doctrine as it relates to humanity after the fall, most do not believe it applies today, post...

First, I would say that my simple point is that merely because something is "different" does not mean that one is valid and the other is not. I tried to use multiple examples to clarify this idea in mj's mind because it seems he is over simplifying the issue that if two things read differently...

Oz, What you have said is true. Yet there are various stripes of Arminianism. One of the differences is concerning HOW that grace is received. The traditional view of Total Depravity espoused by most Calvinists argue that all people are totally depraved and are only saved as a result of...

So your argument is that not all of the Bible is Scripture and parts of it are not from God? If that is your belief, then I would contend that you are not a Christian. If you do not believe that the Bible is of God then you have departed from one of the most fundamental beliefs Christians have...

Lets get back to the OP. The focus of this discussion topic is not Catholic vs. Protestant views on authority and ecclesiology. So, going back to the issue of the Scriptures and how they relate to "the Word..." First, most Christians agree that our "versions" are based on what we understand...

"Are you calling Jerome a liar?" Tom, give me a break. Im saying that 400 years is a long time between the time of Jerome and Clement, especially without media as we have it today. Not to mention Jerome was not an inerrant writer of Scripture. Should I quote early church writers who argued...

"This Clement became the 4th pope." Yes, according to Jerome who lived approximately 400 years afterwards (which, just for reference, is about twice as long as the United States of America has been in existence). The documents that argue for the bishop of Rome's supremacy are hundreds of years...

Tom, I don't have time to respond to everything. Allow me to just make a few quotes from scripture and briefly comment. 2 I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. 3 Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel...

Kephas, Thanks for your reply. I understand the RCC stance on ex cathedra. However, the statement I was referring to read the following: _________________________ "Ex cathedra refers to binding and infallible papal teachings which are promulgated by the pope when he officially teaches in his...

""Ex cathedra refers to binding and infallible papal teachings which are promulgated by the pope when he officially teaches in his capacity of the universal shepherd of the Church a doctrine on a matter of faith or morals and addresses it to the entire world. This concept is derived from Jesus...

Tom, Thank you for your response. You have a great many assumptions in your response. First, you are coming from the perspective that all these various groups are splinters from the Catholic Church whereas the Orthodox would likely see it quite to the contrary. So, you kinda have homer...