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No link intended. An interesting thing about the Gospel spreading after the Ascension of Christ is the various ruling empires had developed the roads, and shipping routes, plus there was widespread use of the Greek language. I read that the persecution of the early Christians, by adherents to...

Take a long sabbatical, Anthony.

Your post reminds me of this passage, MatthewG. 1Co 2:6-10 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: (7) But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained...

Spreading The Gospel With Confidence. Act 28:30-31 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, (31) Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.

To your mind, but history is full of examples.

The Roman Emperors managed it.

In the realm of the natural, physical geography and finite chronology can be mapped and measured. In the realm of the supernatural, spiritual theography and infinite theology are not confined to spacetime properties of location and duration, so far from the Bible's integrity being undermined it...

Agreed. The loquacity of verbose persons is often exacerbated by their circumlocution.

Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

An Evergreen Christian stays faithful to Christ and has the assurance of salvation. A person is only ever a true believer when they are faithful. Those who were once true believers but fall away do so not because of any lack on God's part, but because of their own lack of resolve. In hindsight...

Actually, Karl, the word "dissonance" is not as fanciful as you might think, but is rather useful in the identification and remedy of problematic conditions. You may have come across the term "cognitive dissonance" and possibly be aware of its meaning, but to nurture further discussion I'll...

Eternal Salvation is assured because God is faithful to those who abide in Him. Those who fall away have no recourse to God's faithfulness because they have fallen away from faith in Him. Heb 6:4-8 For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made...

I'm posting this passage to see how it gets juggled with the comment below it. 2Th 2:1-3 Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him, we ask you (2) not to be quickly shaken in your mind, and not be troubled, either by spirit, or by word...

I'm adding this relevant passage to see what happens to some theories: 2Th 2:7-12 For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way. (8) Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his...

I like the analogy of faith being the conduit through which grace flows like water through a pipe. That conduit of faith comes to those in bondage to sin through hearing the Word of God. The argument that it is not possible for the unregenerate person to hear the Word of God and so come to...

John the Baptist and Jesus clashed with Pharisees and Sadducees because they dominated, intimidated, manipulated, and seduced the people they had authority over. This sort of abuse of authority comes from man, not God. Mat 3:7-8 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for...

Yes, unbelieving Israel got broken off, so much for being predestined there, and also if salvation is only to those predestined to receive faith, how is it, as Scripture says, they were ever by nature children of wrath? Eph 2:1-3 And you has he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins...

Yes, I have no issue with faith originating from God, just the predetermining of who gets it and who doesn't. God foreknowing who comes to faith and who doesn't, yes, but not His unwillingness to supply everyone.

Hi Ziggy, you might like to check other translations and commentators with regard to your Galatians 2:16 verse. Many of them regard "faith of Christ" to be synonymous with "faith in Christ". It is true that our faith in Christ originates in and is completed by Him, and this is simply because He...

Yes, it's hard to accept the implications of a doctrine that denies the dimension of freewill when the Bible teahes that Christ's sacrificial death on the Cross is sufficient to provide salvation for everyone. A doctrine that denies the dimension of freewill to accept Christ as Lord and Saviour...