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I have been wanting to dig much deeper into what the Bible actually teaches about prayer, and I decided to start working through it one subject at a time. I am going through this study myself as I post it, because I know there is a lot about prayer that I still need to understand better. I don't...

You are still appealing to what “the early church believed” and to revival history instead of showing that Scripture teaches the doctrine you are defending. If by “healing from sin” you simply mean that sinners heard the gospel and were saved, Scripture explains that plainly: “faith cometh by...

This article I saw today made me think it would be a good topic for discussion: Church membership biblical, theologians say, despite cultural headwinds Church membership and commitment are becoming a live issue as formal membership declines. Baptist Press reports today on declining church...

@Episkopos, this is not a minor disagreement over terminology. You are teaching false doctrine about the very basis of justification, and Scripture directly contradicts you. You said, “It is NOT the death of Christ that justifies us.” Romans 5:9 says the exact opposite: “Much more then, being...

If you teach this publicly on a Christian forum, then yes, I will answer it publicly and warn others when what you are teaching contradicts Scripture. You do not get to present doctrine publicly and then declare that nobody is allowed to challenge it. Paul told believers to “prove all things...

The problem here is not AI. The problem is that you are making claims for yourself and your book that Scripture never makes, and then using AI responses to give those claims an appearance of confirmation. AI is not an independent witness to your interpretation. It can be influenced by the...

This thread has gone far beyond simply discussing John of the Cross. You are building doctrine out of mysticism, spiritual stages, private illumination, and the experiences of men, then trying to make Scripture fit that system. That is backwards. Scripture is the standard. Everything else must...

I do not defend every version of “once saved, always saved.” Some people use that phrase as though anyone who once made a profession of faith is secure no matter what they later believe or how they live. I do not believe that. I believe those who are truly born again have eternal security...

The grammatical observations do not establish your conclusion. Yes, συνεσταύρωμαι is perfect passive indicative, and Χριστῷ is dative. But none of that says Saul was already saved and “in Christ” while he was an unbeliever. The perfect tense tells us Paul's crucifixion with Christ is a...

NO, you do not “do the same” as the biblical authors. That is exactly the arrogance being exposed. The prophets and apostles spoke by divine inspiration. Peter says, “holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost” (2 Peter 1:21). Paul says Scripture is “given by inspiration of God”...

You are teaching salvation by grace plus continued human merit. Your own words say it plainly: God makes a man worthy, but the man must “remain worthy” by his obedience or fall from grace. That is not the gospel Paul preached. “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth...

You keep telling everyone that God taught you directly, God impressed things on you, people were sent to you, miracles happened around you, and you have received special instruction about doctrines the rest of us supposedly do not understand. At this point, one has to ask: where is the...

Sure. You accuse others of taking verses out of context while you invent a “MERITOCRACY aspect” of salvation that Scripture never teaches. Romans 4:5 says God justifies the one who “worketh not, but believeth.” Romans 11:6 says if it is by grace, “then is it no more of works.” Ephesians 2:8-9...

You were asked a simple question: Where does Scripture teach these symbolic meanings? Instead of answering from Scripture, you quoted Samuel Bownas from 1750 assigning still more meanings to Pharaoh, Egypt, Moses, the wilderness, and Canaan. That does not answer the question. Samuel Bownas is...

You are a false teacher, and all the noise in the world will not turn your private interpretation into Scripture.

That is an important question, but the Bible does not tell us how the man got into the wedding without a garment, so I would not invent an explanation. What Jesus does tell us is enough. The servants gathered “both bad and good” (Matthew 22:10), but when the king came to examine the guests, one...

Five to ten years old? Excellent. Then surely a man of your great spiritual depth should have no trouble answering the question of a child. Where is the verse? You have had page after page, post after post, and plenty of confidence. Yet the one thing your doctrine desperately needs still has...

I agree with one thing you said: any true interpretation will be consistent with the whole counsel of God. But an interpretation can fit with biblical truth without actually being what a particular passage teaches. That is the issue I keep raising. “We walk by faith, not by sight” does not mean...

That is quite a convenient definition you have invented. Apparently all someone has to do is label his teaching “spiritual,” and suddenly anyone who questions it is guilty of blaspheming the Holy Spirit. That would certainly make your interpretation easy to protect from examination. The problem...

A parable is proof of what it actually teaches. It is not proof of every symbolic meaning someone assigns to its details. Saying the Holy Spirit must “reveal” an interpretation does not remove the obligation to prove it from Scripture. The Holy Spirit inspired understandable words and commands...