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But how will the tattoo be transformed to include a missing sola. The salvation of God is by His will and for His good pleasure alone. Some would say that this is included in "Soli Deo Gloria", but pleasure is not glory and none of the Solas explain His desire that we be pleasing to Him or why...

Or a willingness to simply ignore the biblical prohibition under the law. I acknowledge that Christians have liberty in Christ and are not bound to observe the law, but a large swath of professing Christianity still believes that they remain obliged to obey the law and try to divide it into...

Mariology, or the study of the virgin Mary, has been in effect the attempt to explain Mary as an equal to Jesus Christ that has been an ongoing internal struggle within the church between biblical doctrine and extrabiblical visions, dreams, and fictions. The church father, Origen, was the first...

Well, you're not wrong. Kingdoms existed before Christ, before Israel, and before Abraham, but after the founding of the church and the Christian understanding that Jesus Christ possesses all authority upon heaven and Earth, blood lines became exceedingly important in the Christian world. The...

The Chinese may not have created the virus, but they did distribute the genome for the virus at about the same time as the original outbreak in Wuhan, to any and all pharmaceutical companies interested in producing a vaccine. And they did this gratis, so I consider the laboratory accident theory...

I agree with most of this, but the elite don't see the general population as a burden or menace, just cattle to drive and consume, or a resource to use. My family is a cut off branch from the Spanish nobility, but we've still received some "privilege " for our namesake and the "attitude " of the...

I' don't want anything. I already have everything but the redemption of my body. However I wouldn't expect you to understand this (or anything. )

There's no fault in living according to the laws of God, but scripture very plainly says that no one is perfected by the law (of Moses in context) and also that those who fail in any point of the law are guilty of breaking it and under the curses of the law. You'll find this in the book of...

Balaam was a "real" prophet that was hired by Balak to "curse" Israel, but instead ended up blessing Israel to Balak's anger and dismay. However scripture tells us that Balaam advised Balak how to cause the judgment of the tribes of Israel by tempting them with sexual sin. Balaam, though a...

Did death make Jesus weep, or was it lack of faith in Him and the resurrections that he'd already publicly performed? Maybe His weeping was just a sign of grieving with those who grieve. What did he actually say in that moment ? 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who...

Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the Lord. Some of us just take God at His word. I'm pretty sure that the...

The Lord gives a peace that surpasses all understanding. People tend to disturb that peace when they make themselves "the authority " in your conversation. There's nothing wrong with godly counsel, but only God knows what kind of trials you'll face or what your experience will be based upon...

I don't know if God lead my choices, but I waited for the approval of the J&J vaccine because of my awareness of the function of mRNA in living organisms. Just this morning I heard an interview on ABC's news stream, with a geneticist from the human genome product, who was "hawking" a book that...

President Dwight D. Eisenhower introduced the concept of "the Military Industrial Complex" to the American public in a speech made at the end of his term of office. He wasn't a "conspiracy nut" but the military commander of our armed forces during WWII and afterwards the elected commander in...

The problem with our understanding of Jesus' mother is an entire extrabiblical tradition surrounding her from the Catholic Church. I don't know if the Orthodox church shares the same traditions, but I was raised in the Roman Catholic church and heard at least some of their very elaborate...

In 2 Peter 2, the Apostle warns of the impending judgment of false "Christian " teachers, comparing them to the false prophets seen in the Old Testament and the judgment of fallen angels who did not stay within their given domain. So why would Peter bother calling false prophets angels when...

Yes they are, but God's judgment is not so explicitly defined by scripture and what few passages we have leave enough room to frighten us when we make evil choices. I suspect that is by design and meant to be a restraining influence. Clearly some people have abused Christian liberty as license...

No and probably never will.

Yes it is, and His election isn't a popular subject but is taught in scripture. Never the less, people consistently reject the idea that salvation is God's work and according to His will, because we want to believe in our own free will, and because if it is entirely God's choice, He may not want...

This isn't what I've said, but rather I've quoted scripture directly: 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to...