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Yes, and they realize that Trump’s sins affected few, whereas the sins of Marxists has caused trafficking, drug abuse, rapes, and murders of millions.

I grew up with Christian parents and attended church most every Sunday, but when I reached college age I encountered atheism and wondered why the daughter of a missionary became an atheist. This prompted me to request a modern English Bible for Christmas, which I read completely through in...

Question #3: How can we say that answering questions with logical answers is Bible-based? Biblical passages that seem to support the view that human logic is a divine gift include the following: “Come now, let us reason together,” says the Lord. (IS 1:18a) “They hated me without reason.” (JN...

Question #2: Must we have an inerrant translation of the Bible in order to know God's Word? My answer: Even if we had an inerrant translation, we would need an infallible interpretation, which not even a pope knows, so we must be content with believing that God has ensured we have very...

Question #1: Are there other earths with human life on them? My answer: I doubt it, although I have seen people say there must be, because there are so many billions of suns in the universe, but I do not understand how one could arrive at an estimate of probability from a known case of only...

My reason for beginning this thread is simply to share my fallible faith with atheists, hoping they will find what I have learned helpful for understanding ultimate truth. I am grateful to all people—famous philosophers and anonymous acquaintances—who have helped shape my beliefs. I believe...

Jesus was being truthful in this figurative statement, literally meaning that unrepentant sinners will wind up in a real hell until justice is achieved.

On the contrary, HB 6:4-6 says, "It is impossible for those... who have shared in the Holy Spirit... if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance...". IOW regarding " Presumably, someone could repent of refusing repentance and be forgiven", not twice! This is why it is logical to...

Amen!

I agree that humans are born innocent babies with the potential to attain the stage of accountability, comparable to when God commanded Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (GN 2:17). The spiritual status of humans before they reach the stage of moral...

I like the poetic techniques of repetition and parallelism as well as alliteration (e.g., struggling street singer) and metaphor (my heart is a medieval shield). I notice that the poem is free verse or unrhymed and unmetered. I also appreciate the verbal painting of some poor but contented...

Regarding "Paul forgot the first and most important of all". No, he said in GL 5:6, "In Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing [law] that counts [matters] is faith [love for God] expressing itself [working] through love [for man]." This is in the...

Actually, Sabbatarian laws were only ordained until fulfilled by Christ and superseded by the New Covenant. As CL 3:16-17 says, "Do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a [fore]shadow of...

Paul also did not commend communion, but neither did he condemn it. No doubt such practices may be viewed as in the same vein as other OT practices that may continue to be observed by Messianic Jews as long as they do not contradict the NT Gospel of grace. (ACTS 15:1-29)

Yes, and into which Jews who are not in the kingdom (MT 13:11-15) or hardened may be grafted in if they repent of being anti-Christ. (RM 11:5-11 & 17-24)

Yes! Jesus Himself expressed GRFS succinctly using three, four and five letter words: “Ask… seek… knock…” (MT 7:7). As Hebrews 11:6 states: “he [God] rewards [saves] those who earnestly seek him” (cf. IS 45:19). Three ways God/Christ is encountered include: 1. general revelation, which...

There may be people who have that false notion, but there is nothing in SonJudgment's quote that indicates he is such, so you are slinging arrows at a strawman. He did not say that "all we have to do is change the laws and all will be right with the world." Instead, he said "the closer laws...

No, God proposes (DT 30:19) and man cooperates--or not! Yes, or fail to vote against. I fear that my brother (who seems to think that Trump's sins that affected him are worse than the Dem's sins that affect millions) and my best friend (who thinks that temporal government does not matter but...

Yes, realizing that the NT contains the story of the culmination of the OT re physical Israel and the beginning of the New Covenant re spiritual Israel is helpful, and baptism with water should be viewed as symbolic of portraying baptism by the Holy Spirit.

I'm a little late responding to your question: Are you saying that Paul also taught the requirement for water baptism for remission of sins, as was taught in the four gospels? No, Paul taught baptism with the Holy Spirit, by which believers become one spiritual body (1CR 12:13. Harmonizing...