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Grace and peace to you.

The same to you, Bombastic. Maybe a big part of the problem with some, here, is that they don't really understand what it means... or just haven't given it much thought, maybe... that "in Him..." ~ in God ~ "...we live and move and have our being" (Paul, in Acts 17:28), and that we can "work...

No, I don't, Bombastic. Again, the term total depravity can be very confusing... it's a bit of a misnomer, unless understood properly, particularly with regard to the proper sense in which one can or can't do something. I don't ignore. It's kinda stupid, really. <smile> <smile>...

She's a hoot, that's for sure... <chuckles> As do I. But again, the question is whether the man will or not. And, if left to himself, which is the case in the case of those who God gives up to their own selfish passions and desires (Romans 1), they will not. They could, because they know...

In your humble opinion. Yeah cool. In your humble opinion. Yeah cool. No... But yet... <smile> ..."by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not of yourself..." (Ephesians 2:4-8). It is literally impossible for anyone with an intelligence quotient over, say, three, to...

Nah, you just foist that on me. And Calvin, and Calvinists... <sigh> It's not "total inability" at all. At least not in the wooden sense that you say that. Which is funny, because you say it doesn't have anything to do with not being able to do anything good at all, but then you say it...

Well, how many times do you want me to... well, dismiss your saying that for what it is (rubbish)? <smile> I just don't... "understand" it in the way you want me to, because... it's wrong. <smile> Right, because you change the definition into something entirely different that what it is...

<sigh> "That's what they are called, "moslems" No, Muslims. <smile> They are actually very offended at being called 'moslems,' as they used to be quite some time ago... back in the dark ages, so to speak... PinSeeker: A man cannot change his own heart from stone to flesh "No, God does...

"Scripture teaches that God wants all people to be saved and offers salvation to all people (1 Timothy 2:3-6, 1 Timothy 4:10, Matthew 22:1-13, Titus 2:11), so we can safely assume that God makes it possible for all people to be saved." Absolutely. Makes it possible, yes. I've affirmed this...

"The context (of Luke 18:27) is in relation to Jesus using hyperbole to illustrate how difficult it is for a rich man who seemingly has everything he needs to enter the kingdom of God. The question was not asked in relation to all people. Rich people tend to not realize that all the riches in...

"If it's not man's responsibility to believe, then it makes no sense for Jesus to marvel at how much faith the centurion had or to marvel at the unbelief of the Nazarenes He was talking to. The faith someone had or lack thereof would never have surprised Jesus at all if faith was given to people...

"Not that I've seen. Where did you give your understanding of total depravity and total inability? Give me a post number." I've done so several times... It's easier to first explain what it is not, and from that we can understand what it is. In a recent thread in the Christian Apologetics...

"Ah, yes. The "general call" to repentance and belief and offer of salvation that goes out to everyone, but somehow can only be answered by relatively few." Two points here... First, the use of the word "can" is problematic, here, as I have said. The issue is not woodenly whether they "can"...

<sigh> "Faith is not any assurance. Faith in Christ is TRUST. God does not give you this Trust (faith) .....>He requires it from you, to save you." Okay, once more... <chuckles> These are God's words not mine: "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not...

You mean as if I haven't? <chuckles> Right, this is the general outward call of the Gospel. Sure. Good. I certainly didn't make up Hebrews 11:1... <chuckles> I mean to deny the very definition of faith given to us by the Holy Spirit is... astounding. And then also there is Hebrews 12:2...

Sure. Of course not. Calvinists reason through Scripture and understand it along the lines that Calvin did. Only the Holy Spirit can lead folks into Biblical truth. Hmmm, so you're not answering the question either. Again, Calvinists only say Calvin was right, as opposed to Arminius...

It is what it is, and it isn't what it isn't. Yes. Any Calvinist worth his or her salt would say that for one to be a worshiper of God, he or she must be regenerate. I mean okay, you think that, fine. But they would say... or they could really only say... what I said, which is that that's...

This is at least part of the problem. Folks have some... well, wrong ideas about what is meant by Calvin (and thus Calvinists) by the terms "totally depraved" and "total inability." God's grace ~ His unmerited favor, His mercy and compassion for us ~ is the reason for our salvation. And our...

No, I don't think I did. <smile> I mean I get that you think I did... <smile> Well, and neither did I, really. <smile> What I said was, the Lord opened her heart, and at least effectually that the Lord regenerating her heart, her quickening by the Spirit, her being born again of the...

Well, I do admittedly have really nice cheeks... <chuckles> But yeah, sure; everyone here at least claims to be a Christ-ist... <smile> That has no bearing, really on any one of the "isms" being discussed here... which, actually is better stated the opposite way, that none of the "isms" being...