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Angelina, I'm not understanding your nuance of salvation very well. Since you said you were not talking about Stan's comments and Scriptures in support of universal atonement (rather than limited atonement), what do you mean when you speak of 'salvation is for all mankind without question'? Is...

Angelina, I endorse this list, but I would add the Inspiration of Scripture as a core belief. For me, 'inspiration' is defined as 'breathed out by God' as in 2 Tim 3:16-17 (ESV). Oz

lforrest, I'm a graduate of Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland OH, which is a seminary of The Brethren Church, a related Anabaptist denomination. Oz

Angelina, I now have checked the notification section in my settings. All that I had previously ticked were working with an email to me, up to about 3 weeks ago. Something has happened to cause them to become un-ticked. For my post in this thread, I received no email stating you had responded...

r4, I don't know what the reason was for a Google security risk with the link to my homepage. There is no such risk from my end. Yes, Bundy is the home of the famous Bundaberg Ginger Beer and Bundaberg Rum. It's mighty good ginger beer - one of my favourites.

r4, So does that mean you were originally associated with the Pentecostal Apostolic Church (ACTS churches of NZ)? Is this the WCCRM with which you are now associated? I think you could get some interesting comments about that kind of church on this forum. My journey started as a religious...

I have regularly received email notifications when a poster has replied to me. It has stopped in some threads in recent weeks. For example, Wormwood was replying to me in this thread: http://www.christianityboard.com/topic/22237-apologetics-of-low-interest-in-churches/ I did not receive an...

WW, I don't think I misunderstood your point. My point was that even postmodernists (based on the examples you gave) have to be challenged on the nature of their postmodern presuppositions and the consequences of pursuing their lines of feeling, thinking and doing. I dedicated a large section...

r4, What an amazing story of God's redeeming grace in your life! You have blessed my heart as I'm about to head off to bed with this wonderful testimony of God's intervention in your life. Praise the Lord for what he is doing in your life. You mention that you have been used lately in...

Only if these are symbolic commands from God that we are disobeying. However, I regard the Lord's Supper as an opportunity for remembrance of Jesus' death, based on 1 Cor 11:23-26(ESV): Oz

Rocky, I have attended and taught in a Pentecostal Bible College in Australia and there was certainly an emphasis on the full range of theological topics. It sided with Arminianism and was dispensational premill, pretrib (I'm not of that eschatological view). However, there was openness to any...

Deborah, This is a great topic. Thanks for starting it. Throughout the times of growth in my Christian life there have been times of doubt. Some Christians were harsh on me when I asked doubting questions, but I was being honest. Heb 11:1 (ESV) translates this verse as, 'Now faith is the...

Kym, I'm so pleased you have joined us. In which part of the Caribbean are you located? Are you free to share that? Sharing is an important part of growing in Christ. I hope you can have many enjoyable times on CyB with us. In Christ, Oz

r4, Welcome from another bloke from Down Under, across the Tasman, in the Land of Oz. I loved that world record century of a 100 runs in 54 balls by captain Brendan McCullum today in the 2nd cricket test in Christchurch against Australia. I've been reading about it on espncricinfo.com/. On a...

WW, A problem with that approach is that postmodernism itself needs a solid critique through a defense (apologetic) that exposes the glaring holes in postmodernism. You say that people are not impressed with 'proofs, truth or facts'. Oh, yes, they are! They would not be driving a car or getting...

King J, I cannot agree with your statement that 'only after Jesus died could any man be reconciled with God'. We know that Abraham was justified by faith. This is confirmed in several NT places. Rom 4:1-3 (NASB) states: This last statement is found in Gen 15:6 (ESV), 'And he [Abram] believed...

Well said! :)

iakov, The reason the ESV translates as 'practice of sinning', compared with with the KJV's 'committeth sin' is to accurately translate the Greek present tense participle. With 'committeth sin' in English, it gives the idea of committing an act of sin while the 'practice of sinning' more...

See, 'Is sin transgression of the law?' (Len Joson 2011). Here, Joson explains that the word in 1 John 3:4, anomia, is not best translated 'transgression of the law'. That's why the translation, 'Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law' (1...

Singing a song to confirm 'What a day that will be in heaven/paradise' was meant to be my finale to this thread. Bye, Bye, Stan! Oz