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All of grace All of grace My heart beats Grace, Grace, Grace.

There's absolutely no hope built in to this doctrine. Think about it. If you're a person who's prone to uncertainty about your resolve, unless the Holy Spirit does some kind of hocus-pocus on you, you live your entire Christian life counting on your sincerity. It isn't worth a hill of beans to...

Uh, well, nowhere except maybe in the OP that you wrote.

And embrace pluralism and ecumenism. "Let's be one under confusion." I've been told by a fellow who's studied their activity that they're entirely driven by attendance rates. And it shows.

Straw man much? I say what I mean, and mean what I say. I'm not trying to impress anyone. I don't see anything innuendo-like, but if you want Pauline quotes, I got Pauline quotes. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness...

Amen, Sister. There is absolutely nothing in Romans 4:8 or its context that even implies eternal security.

Wow! This place is like the Wild West compared to CF.com!

I'm not sure that being aggressively confident in one's own interpretations makes a person correct. I think it just makes them, well... aggressively confident.

Brother, you are not alone. I do so sympathize with you. I've been struggling with this type of thing for nearly 50 years. I was born again when I was 8 years old, but my father said I was too young to be baptized, which for a little boy raised Southern Baptist, was a grinding halt to...

Update: I'm afraid I haven't made myself very clear. My intentions were to provoke critical/analytical thought harnessed by Scripture--not to solicit personal suggestions per se (not that I couldn't use some, of course). With all of the bright hearts and minds I've encountered so far, in the end...

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I joined the forum some time ago but haven't been active until today. Just wanted to say Hi.