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In Christ, I wish the tone of your responses was not so demeaning. We can have a loving discussion and disagree without claiming that someone is using man's arguments, following man or does not know how to study their Bible. Anyway, here's my response: 1. First, these hypotheticals are...

Well, I'm going to disagree with you interpretation on Laodicea. Most modern scholars do not read the "cold" as a negative thing (and the passage indicates that Jesus would rather them be cold than lukewarm). Rather than write in detail on this, I'll just quote my favorite Revelation...

williemac, Thanks for the response. I must disagree with you that sin is not a sign of unbelief. I think this is a constant theme in Scripture. However, I would clarify that "faith" implies belief in the truth. Sometimes the problem is not lack of resolve but being moved by deceptive...

Selene, Think about your argument. If Christ died only for "past" sins, then only those saints in the OT would have been covered. Of course his blood covers furture sins as they covered my sins 2000 years after his death. Now if you are suggesting that his blood only covers our sins once and...

Peter, you obviously do not get my point. My point is the opposite. I do believe that translations are God's word. However, they are God's word in as much as they reflect the original inspired authors message. Makahya is the one who is arguing that no Bibles are God's word except the KJV...

1. Yes, lets look at that text. "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God." Thus, Scripture is not translated by inspiration of God, but is "given." Peter says that men wrote as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. This has to do with the author who was inspired in writing the...

Willimac, No one would argue that we are saved by works. However, as James makes clear, what kind of faith it is that does no good works, does not love and lives in sin? This is not the faith of Abraham and is not a biblical definition of faith. John 5:24 and other such passages use a...

Yes. I would agree with this. Man, by his very nature, is a slave to sin and does not have the means nor desire to do what is pleasing to God apart from the grace of God in Jesus Christ. This is why it is so important to preach the Good News. It alone can free people. The reason the Son of...

Selene, You are in error. Jesus died for sins past, present and future. The reason we can confess and repent of our sins and be forgiven is because the blood of Jesus is applied to those sins. This is not about things we have to do to be forgiven, but is about walking in faith in the...

It seems the only one presenting ideas here is me and you are presenting accusations. If you have some scripture or arguments to present, please do. They would be a welcome change from broad sweeping condemnations and baseless claims that people who believe in free will are undermining the...

JB_, Well, I don't think there is a formula to the moving of God's Spirit. Wesley relied very heavily on Augustine in his writings on God's prevenient grace. Owen writes, "Knowing all, God knows more than we do how much we are proportionally able to respond. Grace comes in a way fitting to...

This is pure Gnosticism...the idea that Jesus simply came to give us some secret knowledge and therefore our response and actions have no bearing on our salvation...only that we hold certain cognitive "beliefs." If you really trust Jesus and make him your Lord, you will seek to obey his...

Well, what you said before had to do with the words of Arminians being vain and having no truth. Maybe you did not intend this to be directed toward all Arminians, if not, you werent very clear in that regard. Anyway, there are two issues with your post. First, Arminians do not believe "God's...

Yes, I think that Wesley would say the same. This is why he says, "without the grace of God by Christ preventing [going before] us, that we may have a good will." Thus, we do not have good will apart from the grace of Christ. The difference is that Wesley would not say that this grace is...

JB, Man is in complete bondage to sin and is incapable of anything, even faith. As Wesley put it, "The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and works, to faith, and calling upon God; wherefore we have no power to do...

Hiddenmanna, I can't be any more plain. If you still don't get it, someone else will have to explain it to you. JB said, "It seems to me Armenians don't understand the biblical concept of 'free will' as they keep defining it by choice and yeah by their own ignorant and subjective experience...

If baptism is a work, so is the "sinners prayer." In baptism you aren't even doing the action! Hey everyone, stop reading your Bibles. Don't go to church. Don't show kindness or tithe. And definitely don't pray! We wouldn't want to be guilty of works righteousness after all! Utter nonsense!

Sheesh. Free will does not mean rejection of God's will. It means being able to freely choose either to embrace God's will or reject it. It is the power of contrary choice. If Calvinism is correct, Paul had no choice but to live according to God's will...and even those who are unfaithful and...

Actually, Jesus did not go to hell to preach to people in prison. It doesn't say that. The implication of the text is that the Spirit of Christ (which is how Peter refers to the Holy Spirit (cf. 1 Peter 1:11)) spoke through Noah long ago to those who are now in prison. The point here is...

Not if we can trust the sovereignty of God. I find God's sovereignty to be even more magnificent in light of human free will as opposed to his controlling every action.