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The problem is that people say God is no respecter of persons when the principle doesn't apply to the subject at hand. That God is no respecter of persons is indisputable because the Bible says so. The question is what this lack of divine respect refers to EXACTLY in a person. If the Bible...

That's a nice bit of equivocation you've got there. So, we can't operate of our own free will, but both God and man can "over-ride" each other's will, is that it? Reminds me of an old country song about oceanfront property in Arizona. .

I can imagine, to some degree. When one has worked in personal ministry as you have, it's hard to be isolated. Nothing lives unto itself for very long. This was brought to my mind recently when I was recalling an interview of a woman who had born no less than 17 children. When she was asked...

I don't know about you, Brother, but sometimes when my "prayer life" gets blunt-edged, I've had to dispense with some of the dogmatic maxims insisted upon by some. Sometimes I have to get real and raw in order to keep my connection with God from becoming feeble. Jesus is my Brother as much as...

Revelation 22:20 — He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. :)

Speaking of things that are weird, we have one guy on our street of a dozen or so $250,000+ houses who has a Trump/Vance sign in his yard. The rest of us are fairly apolitical. Oh yeah, the weird part is that Trump guy is also the guy who mows his lawn twice a year whether it needs it or not -...

I struggled with my decision to break away from popular orthodoxy and follow the truth of what the Bible actually says about certain, (in my view) widely misunderstood subjects. But I don't recall anyone leveling this kind of "us-and-them" cynicism at me. I wonder how such words would have...

"Leaving only righteousness?" What righteousness? Christ imputes and imparts His own righteousness to the soul that is dead in trespasses and sins. Romans 3:10 — As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: According to your own claim: How can one "pass from death unto life" if...

Hopefully "His goodness" doesn't include Sabbath-keeping, I guess. .

Because just as God winked at the ignorant practice of idolatry (2nd commandment) for a time (Acts 17:22-34), so now He winks at the ignorant practice of trampling His 4th commandment... For a time. You are stubbornly and quite typically missing the point to further your slanderous agenda...

2 Corinthians 5:17 — Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. This is the very essence of righteousness by faith. .

I appreciate your charitable attitude more than this reply will likely reflect, but your soteriology—which I thought at first to be some flavor of hyper-Calvinism—is simply too convoluted for simple folk to understand, which is just an intellectual deal-breaker for me. Nevertheless, I respect...

"'Cause we don't need no help in Pennsylvania... especially from a Jew." :P

How does all this great stuff happen to my nephew, who died before he reached a year old? (That is, if he was lucky enough to be chosen for Moses's team.) .

God makes and remakes the things that are seen from the things that are not seen. This is only inconsistent with the narrow view of human reasoning. Hebrews 11:3 — Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things...

I wanted to be a Blue Angels pilot back in '82 but I had imperfect vision. I guess today you could just identify as 20-20 and the Navy would just have to fork over one of those blue and gold F/A-18 Hornets for you to drive around. :)

:watching and waiting: .

It was sarcasm, Jay. I'm a free-willer and I've visited a few caves but the two are not related. But you should do what you think is best instead of threatening to do it. :)

Meanwhile, we have two dudes dukin' it out for Olympic Gold in the Women's Boxing finals? Kinda puts things into perspective (or not o_O). :/

Hey that's not as bad as my dad shacking up with his gal pal - lol.