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netchap, I agree with the premise of what is written here, but I think the issue is more involved than this. For instance, John Wesley argued that if someone's condition (to use your wording) was not changing toward holiness, then their standing must also not have changed. He argued that it...

It just seems to me that you are saying we should fight against people taking our guns because ultimately that is the plan of Satan/Antichrist. Which also implies that the Body of Christ should be a militant group that arms itself if the agenda of Satan is to disarm them. I see no biblical...

Well, help me understand. You said earlier nothing happens outside of God's decree. Then you said, "God did not force Adam to sin it was Adam's choice yet God decreed it would happen. In this though you must recognize God does not base His decrees after decisions of men." To me, this simply...

junobet, Well, I dont think you are accurately reading Paul. Paul said there is nothing wrong with marriage and those who have a desire to do so should. In fact, his letter to the Corinthians on the issue could be read a couple of ways. We dont know what their questions were, so it is quite...

mj, The purpose of this conversation is to look at Scripture and see what it has to say about these issues. I am not telling anyone they have to be anything. I am explaining my understanding of what Scripture teaches. If you or someone else doesnt want to obey the Scriptures, that is your...

mjhealth, I take offense at this comment. This has nothing to do with who is "worse." The discussion is related to whether or not homosexuality is an acceptable behavior for a Christian. If you would like to add to the discussion, please do. If you just want to make pot-shots at people and...

No, that is not what I am intending to say. What I am saying is that it can be considered mercy if God gives something to someone that they do not deserve. It is not mercy if God is creating some for glory and others for condemnation. You see, if I create a robot to go shoot someone and then...

So, are you suggesting 1) we can thwart the "Antichrist" by maintaining our guns and 2) the true "body of Christ" will be locked and loaded and ready to kick butt with their machine guns when the Antichrist comes knocking? smh. I think you have been getting too much of your eschatology from...

junobet, You are in error on a few counts. First, the slavery that was permitted among Israelites and Romans and the slavery that took Africans from their homes were two very different forms of slavery. Roman and Israelite slavery was much more like having an indentured servant. They were...

Well, I tried to answer it, but I guess I wasn't very clear. My point is that God elected Israel as his instrument to usher in salvation to the world. His revelation to this people was based in grace. Yet even in that grace, not all of the "elect" were saved. Many Israelites did not believe...

Well, I have been following and contributing to this thread, and I dont know where anyone would get the idea that those who have commented in favor of restrictions on personal weapons lack critical thinking skills. The implication, again, is that because you may support something a Democrat...

justaname, I appreciate the conversation as well. Hope all is well with you.

Dcopymope, I would encourage you to engage in a respectful discourse where you explain why you disagree rather than making comments that people who think differently than you are dumb and lack critical thinking skills.

Lets just take a minute to look at Romans 1:26-27 for now... “Διὰ τοῦτο παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς εἰς πάθη ἀτιμίας, αἵ τε γὰρ θήλειαι αὐτῶν μετήλλαξαν τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν, ὁμοίως τε καὶ οἱ ἄρσενες ἀφέντες τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν τῆς θηλείας ἐξεκαύθησαν ἐν τῇ ὀρέξει αὐτῶν εἰς...

No. Let me illustrate the difference. Suppose you have 10 criminals going to court. They are all guilty. They all deserve the death penalty. One of the 10 breaks down sobbing in repentance. The judge can see that this criminal is truly repentant, but he is also truly guilty...just like the...

No, Oneness theology argues that there is one God who manifests himself in different ways. It is also known as Modalism or Sabellianism. Thus, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are merely masks or modes by which the one God manifests himself. Trinitarian theology argues that God consists of three...

junobet, There is a lot to cover here. Sorry for the slow reply, but I have not had much time. I till try to cover just a little of this and maybe come back to the rest on Monday.... Well, I don't think that holding the convictions about what the Bible teaches and what Jews and Christians...

This is a false statement. Thus the rest of the argument is based on a false premise. The Father, Son and Spirit are one substance. No Trinitarian would argue that you can deny the Father and have the Son.

Richard, Well, I am not going to try to find out every jot and tittle of your particular flavor of dispensationalism. In the future on this board I think it would be helpful if you give people background of your views when you make comments out of the blue such as suggesting James and Paul...

I'm trying to understand, but it just doesnt make sense. I mean, ALL of the Bible is written FOR US and not TO US. The book of 1 Corinthians was written to the Church in Corinth, not to me or you. Yet it is for us. The Old Testament, for that matter, was written "for us" but not "to us."...