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Hello Arkangel, the two leaders of these two faiths (in this case I'm referring to the Lord Jesus Christ and the 14th Dalai Lama) both say "no" to your first question (1. The Dalai Lama reluctantly admitted this to a pesky reporter at an ecumenical conference in Switzerland a few years back...

Hello Arkangel, I agree, other religions (all of them, I believe) are all about being good enough, personally (doing enough good deeds, having enough good karma or, as you put it, earning enough "moral money" to become acceptable to God .. I like that description, "moral money" :Thumbsup:)...

While that's true (that Christians choose to do good works/deeds done in righteousness .. Titus 3:5), no one is saying that we are somehow forced to do them either, are they? (it seems to me that you are unnecessarily conflating things above that need not be). Before we were saved, we sinned...

Well, I don't believe that it's too great of a length, because it comes directly from the Holy Writ. For instance (though I know this passage has already been mentioned above), Ephesians 2 (NASB 95') 8 By grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is...

Hello Nedsk, that would be true if all who have faith were also saved, but they aren't. James speaks of two different kinds of faith, 1) a lively faith that, along with salvation, results in all of the other things that accompany salvation (Hebrews 6:9 cf Ephesians 2:10), and 2) a dead faith...

Thank you Sister :clmSmlx

~John Newton | Biography, Conversion, Hymns, Abolition, & Facts | Britannica ~Who was John Newton? | GotQuestions.org

Here are three that I like, from 1960, 1993 & 2022.

Hello Finn (@FinnleyGraves), welcome to CB :ntmetu I'm glad that you found us and joined in the discussions with us! As far as getting answers to your questions and finding Christians to fellowship with goes, I believe that you've hit the jackpot :Hnds As far as deserving to be forgiven, NONE...

Hello @TLHKAJ, your former church sounds like a cult :oops: God bless you!! ~Papa Smurf p.s. - Happy Memorial Day :csm

Hello bdavidc, of course, they wouldn't be much of a "false teacher" if they didn't at least sound Biblical, would they :IDK: Matthew 4:1-11 would be a great place to start (since the Lord dealt with THE false teacher himself in that passage). So, it seems to me (as others have already...

Hello Grailhunter, what some refer to as "the scarlet thread of redemption" began in the Garden of God (e.g. Genesis 3:21), right after our first parents sinned. As others have already mentioned however, this was God's plan all along, from eternity past, IOW. As far as OT salvation goes, the...

The Reformers believed that the Law, including the Decalogue, of course, has had a number of important uses throughout the history of the church. Here's a short article concerning what they (the Reformers) referred to as the "three-fold use of the Law". THE THREEFOLD USE OF THE LAW Every...

Hi Doug (@Doug), while I agree with you that the Decalogue is for all ages ("omnitemporal" is the term that comes to mind), when you say that the Apostle Paul did not "void" it, but "upheld" it in his Epistles instead, in what sense do you mean, "upheld"? Speaking more specifically, do you...

The Apostle Peter seems to understand Isaiah 53 as pointing to the Savior, at least in his 1st Epistle anyway, yes? Isaiah 53 5 He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed...

As far as I know it is, and these folks (at www.rentthechicken.com) are not the only game in town apparently (one of our local news stations did a feature on renting chickens too, just a few days ago). BTW, I'm not sure why the URL that I pasted into my last post had a "ww." instead of a "www."...

While others are renting chickens (apparently it's a thing now :))!! www.rentthechicken.com

Hi Bob, I believe so. In fact, it seems to be something that is pretty important for us to have, if eternal life and living out the balance of eternity with Him, instead of apart from Him, is what we want, yes? For instance, Matthew 7 22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not...