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How can something so simple be so challenging at times!? :wacko:

skypair, I think you are making the opposite point that the author you are quoting is making. The author is arguing that Total Depravity is central to the construct of Calvinist thinking and that the other elements are reliant upon Total Depravity as their foundation. This is true. The...

Yikes. Hopefully just a bad day at the office...

Well, first, I think you are a bit pessimistic in your view of God's ability to intelligibly communicate with fallen man. Of course we are bound to mess things up. But that doesn't mean that God's message is out of reach. Besides, I believe most things Christians debate about are not...

“Μὴ γίνεσθε ἑτεροζυγοῦντες ἀπίστοις· τίς γὰρ μετοχὴ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀνομίᾳ, ἢ τίς κοινωνία φωτὶ πρὸς σκότος; ;” (2 Corinthians 6:14, NA27) I did a brief word study on koinonia. The above text is an example of Paul using it in a metaphor. Paul says, "May you not be unequally yoked with...

Thanks for your reply. No, it is anachronistic because you are imposing modern theological debates on Ignatius who was not dealing with the issue of transubstantiation. Ignatius was dealing with people who did not believe the cross had any value and the Jesus came to give knowledge rather than...

The great commission I was referring to in Matthew 28 was given after the resurrection and the establishment of the new covenant. So, no, Jesus did not give these commands for making disciples under the Law of Moses. Both the New and Old Testament equates disobedience with unbelief. Grace is...

"What do you think qualifies one to be one of Christ's disciples?" ​Jesus said discipleship came about by 1) baptizing people of all nations and 2) teaching them to obey everything I commanded you. So, I would say discipleship comes as a person hears the message of Christ, believes it, is...

Thanks brother. I have not been offended at all. I would offer the same disclosure to you that my critiques of Calvinism may not always line up with your exact views, so I apologize if any of my critiques do not fit your personal views. 1. I think this is a key point that I want to take a...

"Sure, but it's also the way of the world. It has nothing to do with God's plan. It has nothing to do with Christ's explicit instructions [your reference here is to selling all our stuff] as to what it means to truly be a disciple." 'Jesus said to give up working for a living. Walk in faith...

Hey Justaname, Thanks for responding. I appreciate the discussion and the effort on your part to understand better my position prior to sharing the ways in which you disagree. I think sometimes people disagree without really taking the time to really understand the other person's views. So...

RELIGION the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. a particular system of faith and worship. a pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance. I think...

Well if God has chosen to reveal himself, I think he would do it in an intelligible and reliable way. So I guess it boils down to whether or not one believes in divine revelation or inspired Scriptures.

Well, there seem to be some that had wealth....there are a few Scriptures that indicate as much. However, you are right, the early church was predominantly very poor and highly persecuted. For many in the early church (and in many places around the world), to become a Christian meant to lose...

mj, I thin it is just the way you come across. Perhaps you do not intend it, but I think the reason so many here have you on ignore is because your comments constantly come across as condescending and elitist....as if you have it all figured out and are the only one on here that has a genuine...

So a church cannot be doing the will of God if a building or land is involved. Is that what you are arguing? The preaching of the Gospel is made void if a building is owned? Yes, and God blessed him and made him a very wealthy man with a lot of servants, flocks and herds. And Jacob was...

Yes, we are all sinners with our failings....including you. We all need grace and that is what should unite us. In fact, the closer one gets to God, the more they realize, like Paul, that they are the "chiefs of sinners" and are wholly unworthy to be called by Him. There is no chest-pounding...

Well, heavenfold, my view is that we are made in God's image. Therefore, perhaps the emotions we feel are, in some way, like God's own expression of Himself. Certainly the Bible gives us an anthropomorphic rendering of things that is more for our benefit than likely an exact portrayal of...

As you alluded to, the Gnostics scoffed at the concept of the "flesh" of Christ being of any value because they deemed all material things to be evil. Thus, their issue had nothing to do with transubstantiation vs. memorial views on the bread, which is how you are presenting the quote. No, the...

First, I would say the issue with the Gnostics was not that they rejected the concept of transubstantiation. This is a misuse of this quote. Ignatius is not making this point. HIs point is that the Gnostics rejected that Jesus died for sin which is why they rejected the Eucharist. You should...