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  1. Albion

    Once Saved, Always Saved

    I suppose that their answer would be that he never did believe, not even if he seemed by his external behavior to be a disciple prior to "Jim's" later lifestyle and attitude as you described it. Indeed. Right. I don't see the problem. At the same time, this doesn't mean that I'm a fan of...
  2. Albion

    Once Saved, Always Saved

    True...but it is not hard to identify certain people who DO NOT have saving Faith. In the case of "Jim," we have a person who willingly lives a non-Christian life while claiming that he's born again, etc. If he really did have Faith, he would not hold to the POV that "I can do anything I want,"...
  3. Albion

    Once Saved, Always Saved

    I think that the response of many Christians would be that Jim, as shown by his attitude and actions, quite obviously has not been given saving Faith. Therefore, nothing is proven about the point, one way or the other. That is the main theme of the Epistle of James--that Faith is not something...
  4. Albion

    No Whites Allowed

    It may not be a governmental function, strictly speaking, but it is a tradition among the elected officials in the area. And she is widely known as their colleague and leader in the local government. Thus, she's not simply some private party who can be expected to invite only her personal...
  5. Albion

    Freedom From Religion Foundation

    What I don't 'get' about that decision on the part of a government is that there's no particular connection between Satan or Satanism and Christmas. So why would the Satanists be given equal treatment any more than if it had instead been vegetarians or some political organization demanding to...
  6. Albion

    Discussion Forums

    Hmm. Well, that can happen with most topics, I would suppose. And if the various contributors do not bother to explain WHY their view is what it is, and why it is backed up by Scripture or Tradition or whatever that person values, then it probably will stagnate. That being the case, I hope that...
  7. Albion

    Discussion Forums

    Well, I do agree with that point about it being easy to "discuss" when some unorthodox poster puts up some ridiculous personal religious theory and everyone else here who is a conventional Christian speaks against it. That isn't the best kind of religious discussion, though. And I don't regret...
  8. Albion

    Are NDEs evidence of the soul?

    That wouldn't be an NDE, though, even if it were true.
  9. Albion

    Are NDEs evidence of the soul?

    Except that he COULD have known or thought that she had had a miscarriage. The fact is that we assume that he had never been given that information, and it is unlikely that he would have known it, but he still could have been so informed. Or, if not that, he could have gotten the idea for one...
  10. Albion

    Are NDEs evidence of the soul?

    To be absolutely clear, NDEs MAY be real, but most of the claims of people saying that they have had a Near Death Experience do not describe what a Near Death Experience is all about. These are merely tales told about supposed experiences in heaven or hell or the like. That does not describe a...
  11. Albion

    Are NDEs evidence of the soul?

    Unfortunately, these are claims that have possible explanations. The point of NDEs is that such experiences defy all explanation other than that the soul continues on after physical death. For example, the person who was pronounced dead reveals something that he could not have known otherwise...
  12. Albion

    Are NDEs evidence of the soul?

    What that seems to demonstrate is not that his NDE was genuine or a proof of the soul, etc., but simply that he believed it to be proof. I am not one to dismiss NDEs out of hand, but for somebody to have a change of life on account of something that happened to them without any certain and...
  13. Albion

    Immaculate Conception

    The doctrine is based upon Luke 1:28-30 in which the angel Gabriel declares to Mary that she was favored (or highly favored) by God. Virtually every Bible translation uses these words, but the old Roman Catholic translation, the Douay version, has it as "full of grace," which allows the church...
  14. Albion

    U.S. Alone with Israel again

    It all depends on whether Biden's handlers think siding with Israel or with the terrorists will be of greater benefit to him in the coming presidential election.
  15. Albion

    Discussion Forums

    IMO, people come here to Christianity Haven in order to see and perhaps participate in discussions about religious matters. What a surprise, huh? Nevertheless, there have gotten to be fewer religious issues being debated nowadays. Instead, there are plenty of questions, etc. about the members'...
  16. Albion

    Last time your church made a major change to worship style?

    Thankfully, it never has done so. However, people keep coming up with what they think might be a good change--often minor, I admit--but I wish it were not human nature to want to tinker.
  17. Albion

    How many forums have you been banned from?

    Exactly right. In the forum that we're usually thinking of, all that was necessary for action to be taken by a moderator was for some protesting member to have made a personal and incorrect interpretation of the contents of a post. And no explanation thereafter was of any use because, you see...
  18. Albion

    Christmas nativity scene

    I think that this idea might be okay if done right. As it is, however, this presentation looks essentially like a pile of rubble, period. The features of the traditional manger scene are so minimized that they look almost absent or else pushed aside as if they are now unimportant.
  19. Albion

    Advent Devotions

    IMHO, that's one of the best features of the Advent wreath (mentioned here a few days ago), but unfortunately most people who use an Advent wreath simply place it somewhere and think of it as another Christmas decoration. The prayers appointed for the Sundays in Advent -- from the Book of...
  20. Albion

    What would you vote for?

    I agree that the listing is incomplete and that the categories which were presented overlap each other in some cases.
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