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"The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old." (Prov 8:22, KJV) "The LORD created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of long ago." (Prov 8:22, NRSV) 1. Wisdom in Proverbs is personified as a woman, using feminine pronouns. In this very...

The danger of not knowing the difference between “Free Will” and “Free Agency”. Read the difference – https://www.monergism.com/inability-free-will-vs-free-agency Reading a modern commentary by a so-called Bible scholar, one wonders if he is ignorant of the difference between Free Will and...

Is a believer’s justification from eternity past, at the cross, or at time of his first believing? Jesus, who was delivered up because of our offences, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous. Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through...

Cornelius Van Til, a Reformed theologian, was the main architect of Presuppositional apologetics, in contrast to Classical or Traditional apologetics. I have used the term “presuppositional” in reference to my view of Bible study and doctrines in theology and I’ll give the scriptural basis upon...

Carrie Gress: An author of 11 books, including an upcoming title on feminism, says the movement has evolved into a kind of secular "megachurch" with its own doctrines, rituals and moral code — one that she argues now serves as a substitute for faith, family and traditional Christian virtue...

The earliest Christian writer to refer to literal sacrifices in the future millennium seems to be John Darby, and if anyone can find an earlier teach of this, please give it: – Darby, Commentary on the Book of Ezekiel (published 1845) – here he writes: “The temple of Ezekiel is not a figurative...

I’m linking an article in the current Christian Post that prompts my OP. https://www.christianpost.com/voices/which-comes-first-in-salvation-order-faith-or-regeneration.html But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, who were born/gennao, not...

The attributes of God can be compared to the spokes of a wagon wheel. If you magnify or lengthen one of the spokes you no longer have a perfectly round wheel, it is distorted. Many when faced with scriptures of God’s decree and His sovereignty in salvation, will deny those scriptures since...

God had decreed in Himself, before the world was, concerning all things, whether necessary, accidental or voluntary, with all the circumstances of them, to work, dispose, and bring about all things according to the counsel of His own will, to His glory: (Yet without being the author of sin, or...

From Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology, 19th century Systematic Theology - Volume III The arguments against the assumed restoration of the Jews to the Holy Land are, — 1. The argument from the ancient prophecies is proved to be invalid, because it would prove too much. If those prophecies...

In Jesus’ day Jews made up approximately 10% of the population of the Roman Empire, and probably a maximum of 4% in the entire known world. Therefore, in Romans, Paul refers to the non-Jews who did NOT possess the Law, the Law of Moses, but they showed evidence of “the law” that was written in...

I’m in my 80s and there have been very difficult circumstances in my life when I had to embrace the saying: “When I'm at the end of my rope, I must tie a knot and hang on.” Occasionally, in prayer I’ve had to throw up my hands in frustration, “I give up Lord, you gotta do it, I’ve done all I...

A person’s moral boundaries are seen in his conscience. The conscience is made up of the natural instinct of law written on our hearts, Rm. 2:14-15. Then it is formed from infancy by example and instruction from family, religion, culture, society and peer influences, etc. The true and pure...

Based on historical data compiled by scholars such as Rodney Stark, Roger Finke, and Philip Barlow in The Churching of America: 1776–2005, the estimated distribution of Christian denominations in the United States in 1776 was as follows: Congregationalists: 20.4% Presbyterians: 19.0% Baptists...

The KJV is clearly the translation people read most often, and the 400+ years since 1611 show the KJV to be mightily blessed by God as his perfect word, though translated by fallible men. From the 1611 King James Version Bible Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of...

In supporting man’s free will, is there stronger direct support for free will than in the following verses? V13 The Lord hates all abominations, and they are not loved by those who fear him. V14 It was he who created man in the beginning, and he left him in the power of his own inclination. V15...

What we write on these Christian Forums is read not only by Forum members, but hundreds of visitors read these. They are not being read just this day or week, but they are online for years. A year or so ago I was doing an online search on a biblical matter. I began to read one of the search...

I thought I posted this yesterday, but I must have incorrectly sent it. Today, when you point out God’s commands concerning man-woman relationships and roles, you are said to be guilty of misogyny, yet many claiming that are themselves guilty of misandry. All 66 books of the Bible are indeed...

Today, when you point out God’s commands concerning man-woman relationships and roles, you are said to be guilty of misogyny, yet many claiming that are themselves guilty of misandry. All 66 books of the Bible are indeed written by men, and God designed and commands patriarchy. Scripture states...

Who can actually prove that the miracles(?) today have anything to do with Jesus Christ? Christian Miracles are: from Fausset’s Bible Dictionary, taken from theWord module: (1) Recorded by contemporaries. (2) In the same country. (3) Not based on transient rumor, but confirmed by subsequent...