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    Crazy Christian Theology

    Oh, okay. You'll forgive me if I continue to call that gospel Matthew. :) 1) The disciples had varying degrees of faith and doubt about Jesus' resurrection. John 2:22 emphasizes their faith, because he is big on faith in his gospel, but you notice that in that passage, it doesn't tell at what...
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    Mariology

    @George It wasn't the "early church" that added a tradition to the Bible; it was the whole line of Popes. When the church became the favored and only one in the Roman Empire in the fourth century, I believe, they made a huge mistake of merging Christian beliefs with pagan ones. For instance...
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    Christ died for them not appointed to Wrath.

    Show me the source of Calvin's writing that says what you say he says, fuddy. Or is it something you heard someone say that he says. I spent a whole semester reading and studying the Institutes under a Calvin scholar and never heard such a distinction. Where did you find it, and what is its context?
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    Bonhoeffer’s Theory of Stupidity

    It's important that we not accuse people of stupidity just because they disagree with us. The law of love calls us to respect everyone.
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    Crazy Christian Theology

    James 16?? What specifically is that piece of writing? I'm not familiar with it. Is it a gospel? I'm leery of "validating" anything from extra-biblical sources and would prefer to stick with the eyewitnesses Matthew and John along with Mark and Dr. Luke, who both got their material from...
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    Mark 13:10

    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...
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    A deeply troubling and awful thing.

    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...
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    The Holy Trinity and the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ

    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...
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    The Holy Trinity and the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ

    I completely agree with you, Frank!
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    What do we tell unsaved about biblical election?

    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...
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    Christ died for them not appointed to Wrath.

    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.
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    Bound for Hell, not God's fault

    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...
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    What do we tell unsaved about biblical election?

    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...
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    Mark 13:10

    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...
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    Crazy Christian Theology

    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...
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    Bound for Hell, not God's fault

    God permits evil in his plan for good, the good that Jesus would eventually bring us (Genesis 3:15) by defeating Satan.
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    Bound for Hell, not God's fault

    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...
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    The Holy Trinity and the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ

    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.
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    The Holy Trinity and the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ

    I suggest the English Standard Version, which is based on the best Greek and Hebrew manuscripts.
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    Christ died for them not appointed to Wrath.

    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...
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