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Interesting! Why do you have to "separate out the independent information"? What info is that? Why don't you treat it as a whole book? Why do you think parts of Matthew come from James?? It was written to Jewish Christians and to other Jews to convince them further that Jesus was the Messiah...

Besides Jesus' words, Paul writes in Romans 1, "Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Rom 1:17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is...

No, it wasn't the same group of people. They weren't the ones who replaced the pagan Queen of Heaven with Mary and the many Roman gods with the saints when the church became the established Roman religion. Instead, God guided the gathering of the Bible by the Holy Spirit so that it is the Word...

I completely agree with you, Frank!

According to the definition of "U" in TULIP by Ligonier Ministries, "unconditional election is God’s loving choice of specific sinners for salvation without respect to any good in them (Rom. 9:1–29)." Then, they go on to say, "If you are a Christian, it is because in eternity past, long before...

I agree, but the question I posed that professor was, in God's eternal plan, why he didn't make all humans his elect. Then, he gave me that answer, with which I agree.

As I said to Lamb above, I, as a Calvinist among the large majority of Calvinists, do not believe at all that God is responsible for evil choices humans make. We believe that he allows but does not cause human sin and therefore is not responsible for it. Sin is solely caused by humans' sinful...

What do you mean by election? If you say to an American unbeliever that God's elected believers by his grace before he made anything, what will he think? He'll probably think that God chose to vote for believers by their merit, as we do in our political elections, and then showed his grace to...

Yes, I said that God gave me a prophetic vision that came true in Canada when I was a pastor in Saskatoon. I would like see your "overwhelming proof" about Nicodemus and why you think it makes any difference. I appreciate your openness to people's critiques. Not too many people are open, sadly...

It's very interesting that you and I went through investigations about the truth of the Bible about Jesus. However, I accepted the unanimous opinions of the early church about the authorship of the gospels. If other people wrote those gospels, they would still be authentic because of the...

God permits evil in his plan for good, the good that Jesus would eventually bring us (Genesis 3:15) by defeating Satan.

Lamb, please don't generalize about all Calvinists, because as a Calvinist, I don't believe that God is at all responsible for people's perdition; they are. I and most Calvinists, other than a small minority called hyper-Calvinists, believe that God allows or permits people to go to hell. God...

You are right, and the rest of the Bible doesn't mention them either. They have been part of a tradition added by the Popes because of their hubris in adding to Scripture unwarranted doctrines, an action that divides the worldwide church.

I suggest the English Standard Version, which is based on the best Greek and Hebrew manuscripts.

Why do you quote Rev. Hoeksema? Are you Protestant Reformed? I was a Christian Reformed pastor for 27 years. We believe that God allows unbelievers to go to hell without determining it, that is, causing it. One of my seminary professors said that God must have a very good reason for not saving...

I agree, fuddy!

Then, what does the "immaculate conception" mean? I learned that it was Mary's conception so that Jesus' conception could be pure. Nothing in the Bible indicates that to be the case. You may like praying to Mary, but how can you be sure that she is listening as a human soul in heaven? She is...

I have not done a word study on the word "poor," but I know that several passages with the word make it mean anyone who has a deeply-felt need for God like a beggar before him, no matter what their material situation is. King David said that he was poor and needy, though he certainly wasn't...

The Book of Job shows it, but God allows him to go only so far in inflicting believers, including Job. Also, Paul's "thorn in the flesh" was a messenger from Satan, as Paul says, (2Co 12:7) "So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was...

The spiritual gifts still reside in true Christians nowadays, but they are God's gifts to them. We can't conjure them up. Tongues are not given to every Christian. Just compare the lists of the gifts in 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12, and Ephesians 4. The gifts like tongues are not mentioned in the...