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When will you learn to communicate with people instead of dumping your presuppositions and Calvinistic interpretations on us? Could you do that with gentleness and care?

Vince, You are correct. It doesn't say that, but 'Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." (Matt 19:14 NIV). Oz

Ezra, Which people are drawn? According to John 12:32 (NIV), Jesus said: ' And I, when I am lifted up [meaning exalted] from the earth, will draw all people to myself.’ Oz

You are lying about me. Please quit it. None of your accusations is true.

I agree. I've studied Calvinism for decades - yes decades - and that is why I'm not a Calvinist. I would not designate Calvinism as a cult but a Christian group that promotes false teaching in its doctrine of salvation. There are many Calvinistic teachings with which I agree. For example...

P4T, You don't deal with what I write and the content of it, but spin off into your promotion of Calvinism. It's called a red herring fallacy. If you do this again, I won't respond as we can't have a rational conversation when you use fallacious reasoning. Oz

Do you get it? I have ZERO religious fear. To claim otherwise of me is a straw man.

AD, According to your theology, all people cannot repent because all people are not unconditionally elected to believe. So, it's whistling in the wind to 'command all men/people to repent and believe' when ALL are not invited to do that. Oz

However, there is a fence put around what happens in a group of more than one person: 11 If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me. 12 So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to...

P4T, That's your Calvinism speaking. Evangelical Calvinist and leading Greek exegete and commentator, the late Leon Morris, in his commentary on John 3:16 wrote: ‘God loved "the world"…. The Jew was ready enough to think of God as loving Israel, but no passage appears to be cited in which...

AD, You claim that in 1 John 2:2, 'adding "the sins of" to 1jn2...notice those words are in italics as they are not in the text'. Let's check the Greek text for this verse: 2 καὶ αὐτὸς ἱλασμός ἐστιν περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν, οὐ περὶ τῶν ἡμετέρων δὲ μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ ὅλου τοῦ κόσμου (SBLGNT)...

Who's pretending to know Greek?

Willie, Where did you get the idea I have 'religious fear'. That's a false conclusion. I have ZERO RELIGIOUS FEAR. You've invented that one. It's a straw man. Oz

Acolyte, There is no problem singing or praying in tongues when you are alone at home as you are speaking to God and edifying yourself: 2 For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit. 3 But the one...

P4T, What happened with Paul, Silas and the Philippian jailer? 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all...

That's exactly what I'm requesting. Scriptural support. Again, no scriptural support provided.

AD, I would add that I can't support, 1. Unconditional election because believers are 'elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father' (1 Pet 1:2). 2. Limited atonement is refuted by several Scriptures: Passages Supporting Universal Atonement Universal (or unlimited) atonement is...

But you couldn't be edified in this group because there was no gift of interpretation. What he did was out of order, biblically.

SG, I have read White's book and do not agree with his opposition to Geisler's biblical interpretations as being 'dismantled'. Your kind of statement avoids dealing with the issues Geisler raised. Have you read Geisler's book? Oz