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Welcome Jenn! I'm a couple states away and to your southeast. Thanks for your open declaration - that's what we like to hear! :)

No, using Biblical logic it's the prerogative of God to change a heart, meaning were are incapable of determining whose heart has been changed with certainty. I Corinthians 4:5 Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now...

I mean look at his avatar...that's him on a good day.

Mark, yes, that's kinda the goal and hope! :D Episkopos, yep we wanted to do away with the long threads, so that was the other prong of our fix. I don't know why this community felt the need to quote every long post in virtually every reply, but it was happening so we compromised! ;)

My wife has always made a mean turkey chili. I kinda view turkey as a secret ingredient, but it usually has to do with using some fresh vegetables as well, I think.

Meh, the whole Paul argument is one that requires building on one supposition after another. Paul was converted sometime in the AD 30s - his letters date that to about AD 31-36 in most accounts I've seen. Romans was written sometimes in the 50s, so you're saying that effectively Paul was still...

Isn't that kinda the whole story of the original 12 disciples, though? All of them were ordinary men, they were not notable for any reason. At least one of them would have even been a rascal/scoundrel (Matthew the tax collector) for his profession. Enter Jesus, and suddenly they're going out in...

Welcome, glad to have another UK believer with us! :)

Excellent point Jiggy, the goal of "church discipline" there was ultimately to restore a believer to the fold. This passage pretty much states that outright. To anticipate the argument, though, you have to look at how people are seeing this on the other side. I've read up on this subject, and I...

Moved you to the IT Christian Forum - this is a little more general than specific site help. It may help your replies. Thanks.

Mark, there is not I am afraid. We have a 48 hour merge rule when it comes to consecutive posts. Unfortunately, we had a number of members post entire short books, chapters or other copy + paste correspondence in numerous threads. We would end up with 2,3,4,5+ posts in a row by a single member...

If someone is saved, then I'd argue there is no dead faith. Faith without works is dead, meaning not alive. Hebrews 9:14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God...

Actually, that's a fallacy. I've seen this argument line across a couple of threads. There are several doctrines that deal with the inherent tension - just like Webers_Home shared above - found in the Bible. I've been conducting my own soteriological study as of late as I attempt to fully flesh...

This thread is being reopened; there was a mistake made. I apologize for the inconvenience.

It's oversimplified. First off - yes I recall Miss Havisham from a number of years ago. One word that comes to mind is stale. I can remember constructing her in my mind - as well as a movie (I believe) that depicted one of her scenes. I'll never forget how sickly and lost of a picture I got...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LimVvo4fgOY&feature=youtu.be This is actually from another church in my small town. It's a pretty neat testimony as a man struggles with his realization that life is waning. He is a Doctor of Vetinary Medicine who has cancer. He really has set his priorities...

:D Tim, I used to be on the Linux bandwagon, but then I got a Mac. I'm sorry, but Mac and Windows just do it better when you go beyond just surfing the internet, etc. Security is debatable at best, because a lot of the issues I see are user error as opposed to major issues with the product...

I've always defined futurism as the concept that there will be a pre-tribulational rapture sometime in the future, and the events as set forth in Revelation as well as the other places in the Bible will occur in the future. Basically, they believe Revelation hasn't happened yet...