2 Peter 3:9 states: "The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance."
So predestination does NOT mean that God chooses who will or will not come to Him. Because this very scripture tells...
I think you answered your own question. Matthew 22:34-40 is the Great Commandment Jesus has given us. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself...
This is interesting as I have not heard this debate for predestination. I am a Nazarene and do not believe in reformed theologies predestination teaching. I believe that God has predestined those who make a willful choice to follow Christ as Lord are predestined to take on the likeness of...
I study scripture using the 5 W's Who, What, When, Where, and Why as taught by most seminaries and Bible schools across the world in some similar fashion.
Well the math would be dependent on what base your in. YHWH. YHWH, and HE has always been. HE is the transcendent one outside of time and space and not limited to the ways of mankind, but is intimate enough to send HIS one and only Son to die for all of the humans on planet earth to restore them...
Well, I'm not about to justify myself to you for my belief's because there is nothing that I can say that is going to change your mind about whatever your going on about. I'm just saying that the whole existence to the universe thingy this is all that matters. Let's keep this board in context of...
Actually I have yet to find any bad reviews on it. Amazon.com has 4 and 5 star reviews and it has good reviews from leading scholars. And William Mounce and Williams Wallace, two prominent Greek scholars in today's world of academia and Bible translations, would disagree that it has many...
The more literal definition of the actual word "Christian" means "Christ-follower" and carries the meaning of one who follows the teachings of Christ as He instructs.
Well excuse my errors I'm tired and not thinking straight so it's a bit hard to construct a well thought thesis. lol But, I will refer to you a very well written book by Dr. Alexander Varughese, Ph.D. who is one of my professors in school wrote the book Discovering the New Testament Community...
Not sure which preacher you've been listening to, but your statements seem to indicate a Christianity and Bible teaching that I'm not familiar with. And as far a 9/11 is concerned it was not plotted by the Muslim people as a whole, but a group of radicals. Last I checked Islam prohibits the harm...
When you study the books for what they are you find that these are stories written for a certain group or crowd. Matthew for instance is Peter's account of Christ. Peter is tasked with the ministry to the Gentile Christians. One of Peter's followers thus probably took what he was saying and...
Plain and simple, a Christian is one who has realized their need for God's forgiveness of sin and has asked Christ to come into their life and be Lord. This is very simple and involves confession of ones sinful nature and the need for forgiveness, asking for that forgiveness, and changing from a...
One of the most controversial topics in the Christian community is the biblical doctrine of entire sanctification. This is known by many terms such as Christian perfection, filled with the Spirit, heart purity, etc. What are your thoughts, disagreements, etc on the matter of Christian...