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From the "Everything I need to know I learned from Dr. Suess" department... :) Horton had it right when he said (several times), "A person is a person no matter how small" (Horton Hears a Who, ©1954). Where do babies go? Well, it depends on the condition of the heart, which depends on God...

Yeah, that's a "good question." :) The problem is that some folks, for one reason or another, unwittingly vastly underestimate God's truly amazing grace. And they actually make His grace out to be something quite other than grace, which is unmerited ~ wholly undeserved ~ favor. Grace and...

So, the rest of your post is just meanness and spite ~ full of the works of the flesh (Galatians 5:19) and void of the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), but this response is worth addressing, and very close to being an encouragement in the Lord. So, in saying you "continue to go and sin...

The only squirming, et. al., is coming from you, Robert, because you can't bring yourself to answer a very simple question with a very simple yes or no answer. Never mind, though, because your silence speaks volumes, and assures me that you see my point... and now the truth of scripture, though...

Yes, the Holy Spirit is enabling me to do so, but that does not mean I am without sin or that I sin no more. Consider what Paul writes to the Colossians: "And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, He has now reconciled in His body of flesh by His death, in order...

Yes, and yes, Robert. Do you think, Robert, for one second, that Paul, in saying his/their conduct toward the believers was holy and righteous and blameless, is saying that he was/is without sin? Apparently you do, and if so, you are very mistaken. He most certainly did not, and neither...

Hebrews 6:1 is about not relying on works to achieve/keep salvation, which seems to be the thing you can't keep from doing. Yeah, like I said, I really have no idea what a "filthy grace dreamer" even is. But God's grace is truly amazing. Nevertheless, I guess Paul ~ the chief of sinners (1...

And again, I understand your opinion. I disagree with the idea of "synergy," as you present it (though not the idea of synergy altogether; more on that in a moment) because of what I said in my previous post about talking about two different things. Man contributes nothing to his salvation...

Trusting your children’s education to public schools and turning a blind eye to what is being taught are... not congruent ideas. It is surely possible to send your children to public schools but point out things being taught that are antithetical to God's Word and steering your children in the...

It absolutely is. But your opinion is noted; we will agree to disagree. Agreed. Absolutely. The problem is ~ Earnest T. :) ~ that we're talking about two different things. Yes, nobody (much less God) violates anyone's free will or makes anyone go against their will "by forcing them to be...

Paul's confidence was in God to ensure the perseverance of the saints. Yes, Christians will and work, but because of God's work in the believer. This is what Philippians 2:13 says: "...work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to (or so that we)...

In Philippians, the basis for Paul’s confidence that God began (which is justification, His call, and rebirth in the Spirit), is doing (which is sanctification), and will bring to completion at the day of Christ (which is glorification) this good work in them is the outward evidence ~ the fruit...

LOL! God's grace IS that "there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1). But this is certainly not a "license to sin." Paul addresses this very misunderstanding when he says the following: "Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no...

No need to mock in any sense, at, as I'm sure you know. But it is a sad thing that so many think they have no sin, for sure. As you well know, I'm sure, all who rely on works of the law are under a curse (Galatians 3:10). Exactly. By the will of the Father, through our Advocate (with a...

In your opinion. Sure. Well this is not true at all. We are called to help bear one another's burdens, for sure, and build each other up in the Lord. And for me, personally, mercy is my most dominant spiritual gift. But it's not in the same realm as what John is saying in his epistle. Well...

A "mid-tribber"... That's the same as an a-millennialist or a nunc-millennialist ~ as opposed to a pre-millennialist, a post-millennialist, and a preterist ~ right, RDB? If so, good for you. Grace and peace to you.

Well, no, you do. Again I will say, Jesus's prophecy makes sense only with reference to the fall of Jerusalem. It cannot possibly apply to Jesus’ return. When he comes it will be pointless for an unbeliever to try to flee. And a believer will not want to flee; in fact, they will go out to...

The term “abomination” (Hebrew toevah and siqqus) appears more than 100 times in the Old Testament and just a few times in the New Testament. An abomination is normally a great sin, commonly worthy of death. Readers immersed in current debates about sexual ethics may first think an abomination...

Great find. The Greek word translated into English as 'drunk' contains ideas of complete saturation in the Spirit in all of our walks of this life. Given the book of Ephesians’ stress on the work of the triune God in salvation and on the fullness of Christ (1:15–23; 3:14–19), Paul’s stress on...

No need to be belittling, NM. I would exhort you ~ as I exhort myself ~ as John exhorts us all, as I said above ~ to love one another. :) Sinners though we are, we can all do a better job of that... ;) Grace and peace to you.