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Dr Google will help you find the definitions of TULIP. See also 'An Outline of the FACTS of Arminianism vs the TULIP of Calvinism'. Oz

Will you back quote in future? Perhaps I'm assuming too much that you know how to back quote. I'll be happy to show you!

Jun2u, You did not address the matter I raised about the damage done by allegorical interpretation, which you used for Matt 14:29-30. We know from the context of Matt 14:29-30 that Jesus was talking literally of Jesus walking on the lake and calling Peter to take courage and walk on the water...

Because, in my understanding, you are unclear in what you are trying to communicate. Do you support Calvinism's TULIP?

Stranger, So you do seem to be a Calvinist in your Soteriology - doctrine of salvation! Oz

That is allegorical interpretation of Matt 14:29-30. It is not what the text states. Allegorical interpretation looks for the supposed 'deeper meaning' in a text and does not deal with the plain meaning of the text. It is very much like the postmodern deconstruction method where the reader makes...

Would you please back quote so that I know to whom you refer when you make this kind of post?

Norman Geisler directed me to his primary source which he posted on Wikipedia. I generally don't recommend Wikipedia as an authoritative source, but when Geisler directs me to his own outline of apologetics on Wikipedia, I know he is directing me to his primary source. Facts are stubborn...

GodsGrace, My 13-year-old grand-daughter, Mackenzie, is a champion figure skater. She is the young lady on the right of the pictures: She is a delightful young teen, so courteous and caring to her old PaPa. Oz

BOL Thank you for confirming that the Roman Catholic Catechism is a secondary document. Don't you understand the chronology? If it's backed up by Scripture, Scripture precedes the Catechism, thus making the Catechism a secondary document. Here is a linked version (each line is linked to the...

The Catechism is a secondary document. The primary document is the Bible.

GodsGrace, In my understanding, there is no salvic cleansing in water baptism, but there is when one is 'born from above'. I'm gradually settling in to the new villa, meeting new folks, most of whom are non-Christian and very secular Aussies. I love being in this environment because of the...

While the people of Jesus' day may not have known what 'born again' means, they knew what 'born from above/born anew' meant. The NT Greek of John 3:3 is: τις γεννηθῇ ἄνωθεν οὐ δύναται (tis gennethe anwthen ou dunatai) = Lit: one born again/anew/from above not able. So born again = born from...

I've been a counsellor of kids for 34 years. I have 3 children and 6 grandchildren. I have a pretty good understanding of what 6 year olds know. Two of the seniors in a seniors group I teach once a week, are teachers of Religious Instruction in the state schools. They keep us well informed of...

It's a method of investigating and discussing to try to arrive at the truth.

John 3:36 confirms that eternal life begins when one believes in Jesus Christ for salvation. 'Actual salvation' (your words) begins at that moment. There is no future time that I need to wait for to receive salvation. I have it here and now and it's 'eternal'. What kind of salvation comes at...

GodsGrace, I'm discipling a new Christian in his 40s and he wanted me to work through the book of John with him. We are in ch 3 at the moment. This is John 3:5 (ESV): 'Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God'...

Angelina, That's not what John 3:36 states, “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life". "Has" is Greek present tense, meaning one has continuous eternal life from the moment one believes. Actual salvation is received in the here and now and continues beyond death or to Christ's second...

Angelina, If you asked Dr Google, 'meaning of dialectic', you'd find a pretty good definition. Oxford Dictionaries Online give the meaning as: 'The art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions' (2017. s v dialectic). I expect that you would use dialectic reasoning plenty of times...

Knew = sexual intercourse is not known by 6 year olds in my part of the world. They knew/know "a" is not "m" and 1 is not 6. They know that mountains are not the sea and that banana trees are not roses. However to say that "knew" = experience sexual intercourse by a 6-year-old who can read and...