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Happy Election Day! :cool:o_O:mad::LOL::sick:

I like your logic and believe your reasoning is right. (y)

I have been carrying on on other threads, but I'm baaack and want to revisit what you said, sibling: 1. "The Bible is not a moral book. It is spiritual and to be understood spiritually.": The Bible contains BOTH moral instructions AND spiritual truth, nicht wahr? 2. "That means without the...

I thought there might be some commentary regarding the ways God might (theoretically) be disproved, which addresses arguments by atheists that faith is blind or the existence of God is disprovable, but since I see none I will continue with the logical train of thought I am sharing: Both theism...

And GN 2:16-17, from the beginning God has revealed His will/law/word to man. BTW, PS 119 provides these and numerous other synonyms in each verse.

Hmmm. At least you provided scriptural support for the last item, although I did not mean that Paul contradicted himself but rather that he blamed both for the first sin--perhaps because they were "one flesh" (GN 2:24)--although he held Adam to be more responsible, perhaps because he was...

Jesus and Paul did the best they could, but many people got angry and eventually killed them, so it may be very difficult although not possible for us to know which are fertile soil and which are callous, as in MT 13:14-15 and ACTS 28:26-27. All we can do is our best to follow the instruction...

IMHO, both S and C need to discern the difference between God's eternal moral will/law, which is summarized by Christ's law of love and elaborated by such NT passages as MT 5:21-48 and GL 5:13-26; and Moses' temporary Sabbatarian or sacrificial law, which God commanded Israel to observe in order...

I looked at an earlier post and discovered something that might help MM, who said that Paul's description of the Gospel in 1 CR 15:1-4 said that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures, but that...

I guess you ignored the smiley face following my joke, and you seem to ignore Scripture that many of us have been sharing that teach there is only one Gospel and one Kingdom in which we serve God every day of the week. Capice?

Thank you ewq. The meaning was changed because P added "a much larger sea creature". BTW, the meaning of "falling away" in the NT is not an accidental trip, but an intentional repudiation of saving faith, probably manifested by the opposite of the fruit of the Holy Spirit.

For Iconoclast I think it will be helpful for me to explain my hermeneutic or parameters for interpreting the Bible. My method begins with the instruction of Paul (1THS 5:21) to “Test everything. Hold on to the good.” A truthseeker wants to know the truth, and is guided by the question: What...

Not sure how God saves everyone without purposing to do so. The OT except in a few places and in some of the prophets did not understand that God loves and wants to save all who satisfy GRFS, not only the Jews. Not sure what words you think are added to Scripture by saying that the Bible...

I am glad we agree about where to place the blame, and that God created the law and Christ is right to administer the logical consequence for not cooperating with it.

I would call this wording not keeping in mind that the Judge should not be blamed for the free sinful choice of evildoers that justifies punishment, which means they are casting themselves into hell in accordance with God's permissive will although His desire is that they repent and join the...

Christians can resist Satan (JM 4:7), such as the devil's temptation to abuse drugs and become addicted, but if biblical demons refer to mental illnesses, then a miracle/cure may be needed.

It just seems like Paul should have given Adam's rib/ Eve equal credit, since in Christ both sexes are equal. (GL 3:28)

Good, although not as simple as "the phrase "who was with her" means Adam was with Eve and so they co-sinned.

Since KOTH is surely not God’s will, what is His will regarding migration. What biblical teachings are applicable? After suggesting this topic I did some study and here is what I came up with: The Bible mentions the migration of Cain (in GN 4:12 & 16) and migrations following the building of...

The issue of apostasy has been debated ever since Augustine of Hippo developed his doctrine of predestination about A.D. 400. Romans 8:38-39 seems to say that it is impossible for a Christian to fail to persevere. Paul writes: “For I am convinced that neither death nor life… nor anything else...