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Hello Finnley, I notice you have not responded to the many posts on this subject. God is love. I see this as the totality of his reality/ being. As John reminds us; God is light and in him is no darkness at all. My understanding is that God forgives gratuitously. He does not require payment...

If we say the Bible is God inspired, do we really think its's core/ essence is negated by translation? Do we really think that God is unable to navigate translations? Do we really shackle God by our opinions of a, let's say, Chinese translation, Russian translation, Inuit translation etc? or...

I may surprise you but those making the greatest noise about fake christians are quiet likely the fakes.

Be strong Kayla, God is on your side, he knows the struggles and we pray for your strength.

I doubt that you are really interested in an answer. Even if it was given you, you would reject it. Sooooo, you are left answerless because of your own faux interest.

Your inability to answer cogently reveals, to me at least, that your position is not tenable

Don't you think calling people on their publicly posted ideas, kosher? Doesn't exploration in ways of seeing/ understanding inevitably involve a level of debate and challenge? These thing said are not to be construed as a yada yada party for the sake of hearing ones own voice ....and would...

I understand that what you say you consider important. The proof text method of trying to verify ones ideas always blows out into reams of commentary. It is as if the more words made the weightier the argument. The principle pervades every area of learning. Do you think there could be another...

Every fool is wise in his own eyes!

If only you knew what you have been and are talking about BBJ!

I thought that was what the Church said about the reformers. It's no doubt that those who had it in for Jesus said similar things. These things were said because they did not know the Father.

Of course they wouldn't understand. The question is, who is guided by the HS and who isn't?

AJ, you can rest assured, any judgement or sting you feel is not intended. I would suggest it is the result of an unwillingness and an insistence to not consider your views might need revising. If this is the case, there is nothing anyone can do, not even God, to alter those feelings. My...

Here's another explanation. We get angry when things don't suit us. We lie, we steal and we will kill when things get bad enough and we assume God approves of these things in certain circumstances. Examples might be, self defence, hunger, privation of liberty etc. What has been done is God has...

You can be certain that when you argue you have no sin, you are none of his. 1 John 1:8-10 If we say, “We are without sin,” we deceive ourselves,* and the truth is not in us. If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every wrongdoing. If...

God's wrath is giving over folk to the consequences of their choices. (see Romans 1:18-32 for Paul's definition of God's wrath) God's wrath is not an arbitrary punishment as is supposed by many. When Jesus comes in the clouds there will be those eagerly waiting for their redemption and there...

We are all life long sinners even when one is not aware of it. The operative principle is that when one draws closer to God one becomes more and more aware of ones sins and the further one is from God, ones awareness of ones own sin fades, one even considers oneself 'holy' or special or any of...

Yes, they fit. I'm persuaded that HOW one sees, and in particular HOW one sees the character of God which determines how the scripture is understood/ interpreted. If we use the OT to interpret the NT, one inevitably drags the NT through the sieve of 'Law', resulting in a whole lot of new...

I guess the rules you've outlined here set you up to sit in judgement of all and sundry. As for me AJ, I'm just a sinner who has many shortcomings of which I am acutely aware. If it weren't for Gods grace and the assurance I get from knowing that Jesus loves me as does the Father, I'd be sunk...

re Rev. 6 and your comment, it is in their eyes only that the Lamb has wrath. The Lamb comes in a rescue mission (the second coming) yet they see him as being wrathful when in fact he comes to rescue all who are eagerly waiting for him from an 'imploding' planet. The masses, from kings to...