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Brother, I think CB could benefit from eliminating an immediate 'edit' tag at the bottom of the page even if the edit is done only a a few seconds after making a post that needs a few changes. Some of the forums I visit allow a few minutes before giving an 'edit' tag. Only an idea. Oz

Ezekiel, Thank you so much for sharing your very sad story. But it's brilliant for you because God used it to help you return to the Lord. In these kinds of circumstances, we need to understand that it was not God who did this. They were 'four horsemen' who dealt horrific evil to you. God does...

With what are you disagreeing?

So are you saying you don't agree with the content of Gen 3 that I posted that all of creation was affected by the fall into sin? Do you believe in original sin or not?

pom, I gave you a biblical answer and now you have skewed it to make my words say what I did not say. I am not interested in playing that kind of game. The biblical evidence from Genesis 3 is: 17 To Adam he said, ‘Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I...

pom, Genesis 3:14-19 (NIV) does address the animal world and the vegetation: So the Lord God said to the snake, ‘Because you have done this, ‘Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. 15 And...

pom2014, There are three fundamentals of evangelical theology that answer this issue: God is sovereign. As the Creator of all visible and invisible things, God owns them and he has an absolute right to rule over these things (see Matt 20:15; Rom 9:20-21. Charles Hodge said: 'Although this...

hldude, What is the issue that you want us to discuss? Oz

This is a red herring response as you didn't address the issues I raised. Oz

Wormwood, Thanks for your response. I Cor 14:5 (ESV) states: 'Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up'. This seems to be saying that...

aspen, Take a read of this thesaurus for synonyms of 'forfeit'. One of them is 'loss', Therefore, you are quibbling over something that does not exist. Losing and forfeiting are synonymous terms. They mean the same in the English language. Oz

ATP, The content of John 3:36 NIV; John 6:47 NIV and John 15:6 NIV teach that eternal life is conditional on people continuing to believe. People will continue to have eternal life if they continue to believe and they continue to remain in the vine. These verses are contrary to the view of...

I have provided some of the evidence from Scripture. However, you continue not to listen to the scriptural demonstration I provide.

You are not listening!

I've already dealt with this at #76, but you don't want to accept what I wrote. Here it is again: I dealt with your Unitarian god by addressing two questions that are coherent with one another. Are we commanded to believe in God? Yes! What is the nature of God we are commanded to believe in...

Well said, Stan. If we want to find the exact words, 'Jesus is God', we won't find them in Scripture. However, the teaching of John 1:1 (ESV), John 8:58 (ESV) and other Scriptures demonstrate the deity of Jesus, i.e. Jesus is God. Where do we find the word, 'Bible', in Scripture? How about...

Not true, newbirth. I missed no part. I answered what you asked but you didn't extend to me the courtesy of reading what I wrote. But now you have the temerity to say, 'You missed the part where I asked'. How would you know what I missed when you have already told me that you didn't read my...

Wormwood, I defend my thesis on 29 June on Skype. I speak to my supervisor about it this Wed. As for no prophets today, I'm not convinced of that theology as Paul taught the Ephesians, 'And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints...

That's a false accusation. Please do not accuse me of being a liar by 'altering the question' you asked. I did nothing of the sort. I directly answered your question, but you don't like the Trinitarian answer I gave with direct references from Scripture. Seems to me that you would be right at...

When you don't read my post, you demonstrate ignorance of having a reasonable conversation. I dealt with your Unitarian god by addressing two questions that are coherent with one another. Are we commanded to believe in God? Yes! What is the nature of God we are commanded to believe in? The...