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That's what we do in my church. Now we're going to weekly communion services and I wonder--does that mean we'll be saying the Nicene Creed at every service then? For some reason I just love the Nicene Creed.

I think what he may be saying, devin, is that he would like to see people help others because they want to not because God commanded them to so that they're doing it out of a sense of like they have to but if it wasn't given as a commandment by God they wouldn't help anyone. That is what I got...

I didn't really care about others before I was converted--if it didn't interfere with my time and I was able to, I would help. I would do this because it made me look good and I felt good about it. Jesus came to call sinners to repentance, not the righteous, and as you can see I definitely was...

Oh my--the only True Church is the invisible catholic one. I've heard the the OPC (Orthodox Presbyterian Church) is commonly known as the "Only Perfect Church"--but we say that jokingly, knowing it isn't true. Every church has elements of imperfection in it. It's just the tares among the wheat...

Exactly. I am all for engaging with those who are questioning or who are not sure that is what God has revealed to us in his word (that Jesus is His incarnate Son in which "the fullness of deity dwells bodily"--from Colossians, yet one more verse in the Bible those who deny the deity of Jesus...

It is my own personal policy to ignore any post in which the topic is the denial of the deity of Jesus. If there is no engagement, not much will come of such statements. There appears to be an incongruity with the Statement of Faith and then there being, as the one poster pointed out, an...

Hey Possible, I don't think very many believers have the grace to love their enemies. It's just not natural. That is why we have Jesus' righteousness and not our own. My friend was telling me yesterday about these scammers in another country and what they do to people and I really felt hatred...

@PossibleThrowawayAccount , I hope you will consider these things that we have posted and take into account your own life in light of our experiences too. If you look at what happened to me (though not nearly as difficult as the experiences Devin has gone through or many other saints of the Lord...

Well, the best temporal thing that has ever happened to me after being converted was meeting my husband (since I would never have met him if I wasn't a believer); I met him a little over a year after turning to Jesus. Unfortunately, that led to the worst thing that ever happened to me, when he...

Because Jesus is the only hope there is in this life. Even if your life does get better, ThrowAway, I hope you realize how quickly it goes by. Do you realize that before you know it, you will be standing before God? This life is meaningless without trusting in Jesus. I'm not sure how you got the...

You can believe that, but it's not in God's word. God has never promised us any temporal blessings in this life, rather he has promised that we will suffer in this life. The only reason you feel that God hates you is because of the events in your life. That is you going off of what you see and...

If it is a conscious sin, and homosexuality is a sin as it is clearly revealed in God's word (and that is not homophobia--I was once transgender, a gay transgender so I don't see how it is possible for me to be homophobic), it must be repented of. There is the modern idea that homosexuality is...

Greetings, MJ! Praise God he brought you into His heavenly kingdom. I hope you will have joy in serving Him and knowing that he has given you the gift of eternal life (it sure gives a better purpose to our lives, I have found). The Lord converted me in my early 30s and this February it will be...

Awww, thank you--but yes, it seems like it may be at that point (or beyond it). I agree, definitely not--TULIP is straight Calvinism. I feel that hyper-Calvinism is when the balanced view which Calvinism portrays of the scriptures (it is God and man, sovereign and free will and to us we just...

That is exactly how I feel about the Calvinist POV as well-- it is the only way every single verse makes sense. When I posted Romans 9 Grail replied that it makes God look evil. That is us applying our own morals to God not submitting to the Lord's morals and trusting Him that he alone is good...

Yes, Prim. I agree. He seems to be viciously anti-Calvinism and replies the same way to points which I already successfully disputed (and successful by presenting unadulterated verses of God's word which directly speak against his claims). Yet he repeats the same claims. I am at a loss at how to...

What I have found doing a quick search is that firstly, yes--you are confusing Calvinism with hyper-Calvinism. It is hyper-Calvinism which describes God as a puppet-master. Secondly, Calvinism does refer to the 5 points and that's about it. Reformed theology can be seen as like an umbrella term...

I understand Calvinism to be included in the Westminster Confessions. I'll ask those more familiar with it about it. A majority of people in my church identify as Calvinists and they adhere to the Confessions. The only thing I am familiar with in Calvinism is the five points, which I already...

It is taken together as a whole. That's what Aremienism fails to do, acknowledge the sovereignty of God in all (and I can only understand it, as I was talking with a friend yesterday who once was an Armenian but now sees the Calvinist doctrines in God's word, that their eyes must glaze over...

(From Westminster Confessions of Faith) Chapter 9 Of Free Will 1. God has endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that is neither *forced* nor, by any absolute necessity of nature, determined to good, or evil. (supports for this include: James 1: 13-14 Let no man say when he is...