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Our faith by grace is God's gift, not a part of our brain: Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, Eph 2:9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

I have never heard that some Pentecostals don't believe in the Trinity. That's a new one to me. Those passages show the roles of the Father and Jesus, not their divine status as equals. When do you think that Jesus' Sonship began? Was it when the Holy Spirit conceived Jesus in Mary's womb...

According to Paul in Romans 1:18-20, the creation experiences his creative power and divine majesty as their Creator every day but has chosen to ignore or actively or passively rebel against him so that all humans have no excuse before him. It all started with Adam's rebellion and spiraled...

I suggest, Lucian, that you confine your reasoning within the Bible's limits instead of going beyond it. John Calvin said wisely, "Go as far as the Bible does and then stop." He was right. Your definition of "omnibenevolence" (I've never heard the word) is not the biblical definition that God...

You say that your faith doesn't produce the results that the Bible says it should. What do you mean? Do you expect to become perfect when you have faith? We don't. What are you referring to in the Bible?

I'm glad that I could clear up that important distinction.

Well, the Bible doesn't say anything about purgatory, Mary's birth, that we should pray to her, what the role is for the saints, or other doctrines that Popes have added to the Bible. That's the extra tradition I refer to.

I have similar experiences every day when I write. I ask God where he wants the next chapter to go, and he pops the directions into my head as I write on my computer! I can't explain the process further than that.

I will be interested if you would post summaries, because I don't spend a lot of time here. The reason is that God has called me and made me a published author of many books in my retirement from being a pastor, for which he keeps giving me ideas to fulfill in writing books for his honor.

No, fuddy, the point is that you don't know for sure who is elect and who isn't, because they may be false Christians or people who will become Christians who will become Christians much latter and actually an elect person like my father, who accepted Jesus at the age of 77. We can share the...

It's Esau or Edom, meaning "red," according to my dim, unreliable memory.

Please tell me where your write-up about that prophecy is, and I'll examine it. What do you mean that you depend on your visions more than you do theology. The best theology is when it lets Scripture interpret Scripture instead of importing external ideas. That's the kind of theology I have used...

Please answer my question instead of putting on me the burden of proof. What about the added tradition added to the Bible by the Popes? Did they do that or not? If they did, why?

I agree with you about the need to have eyewitness testimony to prove Jesus' resurrection. In fact, that's exactly the way God saved me by demonstrating that his rising again was a historical event. The four gospel writers, including Matthew and John as two of the twelve, along with what we know...

No, they aren't. God teaches us truths through his creation. Do you deny that truth, brightfame52? If you deny that truth, read the first part of Psalm 19. The Word of God is our glasses or contacts to see creation clearly, but God does reveal himself there. The Holy Spirit is very pastoral as...

Remember that the ancient culture was a listening one, not a modern, visual culture. As a result, the tribes would have one person with a very good memory who would carry on the stories of the past accurately. Besides, the Holy Spirit worked in Moses to enable him to distinguish his narrative...

"Chain of custody"? Now, you sound like a policeman seeking evidence. Just remember that in those days, it was a listening culture, not a visual one. As a result, many people carried on the heard tradition about the gospels like Matthew writing the gospel. The "proof," then, is that the early...

No, I don't accept the Popes' pronouncements if they vary from the Bible, which is the standard for interpretation of the truth.

I go by what the Bible itself says is inspired in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 and 2 Peter 1:16-21 as well as Jesus' preaching to the two disciples on their way to Emmaus: 2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in...

How much do you admit that the Popes have added a tradition that is beyond the teachings of the Bible like the doctrines about Mary's immaculate conception, the need to pray to her, and purgatory, that aren't taught in Scripture? Such doctrines will keep Protestants away and perhaps their...