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Excellent ... you have stopped telling me what Reformed believe (and getting it wrong) and actually addressed Scripture for a change. I am EXCITED! "it’s clear in context that the Philippians had from day one, partnered with Paul and supported him in the work of preaching the gospel," I...

You cannot prove Stanley said what you claim. Got it.

"... so he could safely harvest apples from the highest branches of the trees." You forgot to finish the verse. :D

Quoted for TRUTH. :cool: (It is no shame to be ignorant, which is just to admit that there is something that one does not know; rather, the shame is in refusing to learn.)

Perhaps @Curtis felt overwhelmed by R.C. Sproul. Here is an easier place to start: Philippians 1:6 [NKJV] being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ; Could you please explain why this verse is not true? In the...

@Curtis You claimed Charles Stanley said something, but never quoted Stanley or offered a link to the source to allow us to check your claims. That is RUMOR not example. HoWever, as you can see here, I have provided you with AN ENTIRE TOPIC for you to respond with something of substance that...

I created an entire topic JUST FOR YOU … with “strawman” and “exegesis” and “eisegesis” all in the OP to make you happy. ;)

I loved that movie! (… but I am still eating Bacon Cheeseburgers).

Why do you take the risk of eating murdered animals? Most animals are too large to swallow whole. Most of those that are small enough to be swallowed whole, like cockroaches or grubs, are not desirable for food. The few animals that might be both “food” and small enough to swallow whole (like...

Actually, @forever … quite (and you are forgiven) ;) The “few chosen” in Matthew 22:14 are “chosen” for the “Kingdom of God” and eternal life.

I decided to place this in the DEBATE forum because I have no expectations that @Curtis will engage in anything approaching a brotherly discussion on the Calvinist teaching from the Doctrines of Grace commonly called “Perseverance of the Saints”. BEGIN FORMAL DEBATE: It has been falsely...

“It is commonly taught” … the battle cry of Every True Strawman* (with an actual name and example never provided). :rolleyes: *(a pun on the expression ‘no true Scotsman’ … a logical fallacy)

Names, please. So we can judge credibility. I had someone tell me that aliens hunted dinosaurs to extinctions with laser rifles … that does not make it a generally accepted belief. Without references or exact quotes, we have only your memory of what you believe you heard SOMEONE say with no...

When the shoe fits so perfectly, it is hard to ignore it. To skillfully refute what I have never claimed … like “God saves us to be able to live the most selfish, self centered, and sinful life possible, with no repentance, and remain in Christ” … really is all about a straw man. It would be...

That statement had nothing to do with my question. It shows that I have no interest in chasing after ARMINIAN bunny trails when MY ‘heart of the matter’ question is completely ignored.

What was my question, because we seem to remember it differently if THAT is your answer to it. [HINT: That DOES NOT answer the question that I asked … which reveals something.]

Let us all shed a tear for the strawman. You have killed him. You have WON the argument that I was not making about who is right. Your victory would be complete if only you had BOTHERED to answer the question that I had actually asked and told me what is the point is of worshiping a god that is...

That was as foolish and empty a bit of rhetoric as I have ever read. I may actually be dumber after reading your post. I would correct the factual errors in it, but … Proverbs 26:4-5 prevents me. Take a civics course. Read a history book. Talk to some guy in a bar. Something, anything … o_O

There are plenty of wasted topics on “eternal security” and “falling away”. Rather than wasting EVERYONE’S time responding to your eisegesis with an argument you will already have heard and ignored just explain to me how ANYONE (even one person) being “eternally saved” for a while but ending up...

It is a funny thing that most roads have a ditch on either side. It makes no real difference which ditch you run into, you are still going nowhere. It is a NARROW road we follow. On one side is a ditch to trap people that think that they can “get saved” and change nothing about how they live...