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Keep reading your Bible, and I believe that you will see it eventually.

Have some respect for other people, please.

You are very welcome! I know what it's like to be challenged that way.

In my words, I make the same observation as another on these boards recently made...that Calvinists have a cult-like mentality in that they are hard-headed and will not bend to the truth even when it is clearly in front of (shown to) them. This was originally addressed to Nancy; but I...

If Calvinism isn't a cult, its adherents do at the very least act like they are members of a cult. This is my observation.

You've accused; now back up your accusation with evidence by producing a reference (link) to a post in which @CoreIssue has actually lied. I'm not talking about instances where he has disagreed with your doctrine, as there are scriptures on both sides of the issue. But I'm asking you to...

They do not become alive in the process of being drawn. They are simply enabled to make a decision in which they might be able to take hold of life, as Christ reaches out His hand to them. If they take His hand, thus taking hold of life, it is in that moment that the Lord imparts to them life...

Seems to me like you are simply touting a doctrinal position without considering its implications for your own life. Are you yourself set free from sin, is the question I would ask you, or that you must ask yourself.

The mind and the flesh are two separate things. The mind is the battleground where the spirit and the flesh fight to gain dominion. Also, a man can have victory over, and be completely set free from, the influence and power of the flesh. Romans 7:14-25 is referring to believers, yes, but to...

You were referencing John 1:13 out of context: you should have referenced John 1:12-13.

What "chapter" were you looking at? I think that you must have been looking at a different book entirely. Paul does not speak very often in the book of Acts.

I beg to differ. I myself made a decision to follow Christ, backslid after a year of following Him strong, and am now fully returned to Him and restored as the result of reading two of Finney's Sermons recently. (Of course, I have preached the Lord Jesus Christ all of these years in the hope...

The staunch ones don't even believe that free will is a reality.

Resorting to insults is not going to get you anywhere with me. Yes, making a free will decision for Christ will get a man into heaven. Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13.

John 6:47 applies to the elect; while Luke 8:13 applies to those who "believe" but are not elect.

Yet you implyingly point the finger at me as though I am the one being hypocritical. The Lord has set me free; I don't know about you: you seem to be wanting to say that He has not done so with you. So, I say, speak for yourself.

How is man still humanly responsible if he cannot make the decision to receive or reject Christ but your god makes that choice for him? Speak for yourself.

This is what I do. I also let the Holy Spirit illuminate verses and what they mean as I come across them in their context. Taking individual verses as authoritative as they exist in their context; and in my comprehension of them the context never contradicts the plain meaning of the individual...

See, being condescending as you are being to me right now is characteristic of your ilk. I do not have to defend my reputation as one who reads an extensive amount of scripture on a daily basis with a view to receiving more than the whole counsel of God about two times a year. (I read through...