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It shouldn't be hushed up, ever, and that is one of the worst things about how churches handle sins and crimes. Secrecy is a bad thing, we, in the pews, need to start saying so very loudly so that it can change.
Some among the elect of God, that is to say those who are to be saved, and are saved, and have always been saved, are sinners, every one it seems or at least nearly every one, some perhaps murders, some perhaps child molesters, some commit other crimes, and some no crime but other sins such as...
But whatever church you go to, it is all part of the one holy catholic and apostolic church is it not? But if you say that each individual church carried its own guilt and that no others carry it too, then how can each individual church be part of the one body of Christ? Do you see the body as...
I see that some of you have moved away from discussing what faith is - which is the topic outlined in the original post - and on to discussing Calvinist doctrine. I wish you'd keep to the thread's topic.
How do you feel about the notion of collective guilt?
For example if you are in a country that did something bad recently should you feel guilty?
Or if you are in a denomination that has recently been implicated in something bad, sex abuse comes to mind, and coverups, should you feel guilty...
It seems to me that such can be said of every person using CH. Each says "I am a Christians who accepts the Nicene Creed and Trinitarian Baptism" but that does not make it so, such is the implication of the reply you've given. Thus a person cannot say "I am a Christian" and expect to be...
If only that were so. I watch the news where people say shocking things in support of a particular politician and at the same time say they want Christian family values, and a good number who say the shocking things attend church quite regularly.
I have some doubts concerning the phrase "salvation is by Faith through Grace", but mainly because it is so often concatenated with "alone" or some similar word to mean that one's way of life, faithfulness, and deeds play absolutely no role in one's final judgement at the end of the ages; and...
That's fairly innocuous. But you are treading on thin ice with the word "elect" used in that way. I prefer to think of the elect as those who the Church intends to receive into baptism, having examined them after they have been catechised.
Salvation is complex to describe and define the moment...
Do you think that Christians ought to lobby for social and societal good?
For example, some among the elderly and some with disabilities have a hard time smart phones because of the way their user interface works, so should Christians lobby phone makers to make the user interface better for...
I imagine that most folk have decided one way or the other if Limited Atonement is a godly doctrine of grace unmitigated or a demonic slander against the loving and good God who revealed himself in Jesus Christ. But perhaps another round of the eternal battle is called for.
I have a Teclast T30 android tablet. It's good. Battery life is about 11 hours per charge for reading and entertainment on full brightness. It has Android 9.