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If Noah was exempt, why weren't all believers in the Old Testament exempt from the dietary laws? I understand the difference in the old and new covenant differently. With Jesus' death, he took away the external form of the law (the "letter" of the law: 2 Corinthians 3:5-6) and replaced it with...

To me, "created" and "constructed" are exactly the same in Genesis 2. Where did you get these extra-biblical ideas? I don't find them there.

Oh, I see. :D In my stage of life (82), I have to be more like Mary sitting at Jesus' feet, but when I was young, I was more like Martha in actively serving people, especially as a pastor for 27 years.

I agree with most of what you say. Here is another way to look at the question. God's grace that was won by Jesus' death for us ended his verdict of "guilty" for our many self-centered imperfections and also ended the external, national forms of the law in the Old Testament. However, his grace...

However, today almost no unbeliever that you would encounter in the western culture or any other one would know the controveries over election and predestination the way that they probably did in Abraham Kuiper's day. In talking to unbelievers, therefore, I would never bring it up.

True, but Protestants went to the Bible alone as the source of their beliefs, not to an additional, separate tradition, unlike the Catholics.

You say that he was restored to "office." He was restored to servant-leadership of believers' needs. He wasn't even the head of the early church; James appears to have been (Acts 19), since he made the final decision at the Jerusalem Council.

At the very least, he's giving them the responsibility to examine their lives to see if they have true faith and repentance.

I agree, but God can soften their hearts to believe through our witnessing to them about God's work in our lives, which is what he has called believers to do.

I don't care about what people think of my sharing on a forum. What can they really do to me?

Kuiper lived in a different time, when unbelievers were probably more aware of theological ideas in the Netherlands. Now, in a secular society, the idea of election would never cross the minds of unbelievers. So, we shouldn't bring it up until much later when they are in the learning process as...

Your statement that "Adam embodied both genders" is an assumption that the Bible nowhere supports. Eve was a miraculous creation, as Adam was. God could have easily made a woman with the female gender out of the male one without Adam having both genders. After all, he's the all-powerful Creator...

You were told wrong; that idea may value Jesus' death to forgive our sins but doesn't value Jesus' resurrection power that enables us to begin honoring God with our lives by following his will that is revealed in the Bible.

The homosexual lifestyle is clearly unbiblical, but I love everyone, including gay people. That's the distinction that I believe the Bible makes.

Protestants who follow the Bible and Roman Catholics agree on the Trinity and Jesus' two natures.

You're right, Hammster!

Yes, every insight we have about God and his Word are to God's credit, not ours, since he gives us faith by his grace.

Yes, he was not asking them to literally eat his literal body. The same is true of all the other "I am" claims. He compares himself to the good Shepherd of Psalm 23, even though he is a carpenter by trade, not a literal shepherd, thus claiming to be David's divine Shepherd. He says that he is...

Why? What does he say about sharing election with unbelievers?

Yes, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit work together to enable us to make spiritual progress; but we are called to cooperate in the process. Notice Romans 1-11 versus 12-16; Ephesians 1-3 versus 4-6; Colossians 1-2 versus 3-4; Hebrews 1-11 versus 12-13. In the first parts of these letters, the...