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  1. Albion

    Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?

    Because you cannot defend your theory? No, misrepresenting my belief like that isn't the way for you to do it. :rolleyes:
  2. Albion

    Sinners Prayer

    Well, that's the rub, isn't it? While one of the most famous and important of doctrines seems to put you on the Catholic side of the issue, there are a lot of other teachings that you naturally could not agree to--Papal infallibility, Transubstantiation, seven sacraments, veneration of the...
  3. Albion

    Pilate’s regret

    Pilate faced a difficult decision that he'd tried to finesse by putting it to the crowd in hopes that they'd choose the obvious criminal over Jesus. We can't say that Pilate brushed off his wife's advice, but I think we can understand how Pilate was in a position where maintaining order was...
  4. Albion

    Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?

    ...and that's all you ever say after you've been shown your errors. If your theory about the Bible being unreliable was a valid one, you'd be able to defend it.
  5. Albion

    Sinners Prayer

    In the first place, we cannot speak for every Christian person in any or all denominations. Some individuals believe the craziest stuff despite what their own church teaches them. So when we say "Protestants believe..." it's a reference to what those denominations believe and teach and what the...
  6. Albion

    Sinners Prayer

    This discussion has raised some interesting ideas IMO, not just whether we are Justified by Faith or are not. For one thing, we're looking at the #1 dispute that kicked off the Protestant Reformation. Even now, it divides the churches of Christianity rather solidly. All the Catholic Churches...
  7. Albion

    Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?

    That's exactly what it means. The only issue is whether or not they can come to Faith by their own striving or whether God makes that possible. If you have to dismiss Scripture like that, the word of God, when you're deciding on your theory, the theory cannot be very credible. But beyond that...
  8. Albion

    It’s Gotten Worse

    Of course it's still true! And as for the LCMS stand on evolution, the official view is of a six day creation, but many members don't think that's what happened...and they are in good standing in their church. The vote on this matter, when taken in the LCMS convention, saw the delegates...
  9. Albion

    Sinners Prayer

    For one thing, "praying a prayer" isn't the issue. It's what that particular prayer, if anything, is supposed to accomplish that is the issue. And for another, nobody here has argued that reading the Bible and going to church will save anyone. No. You don't. Doing that MAY (or may not) result...
  10. Albion

    Sinners Prayer

    Excuse me if there's some miscommunication going on, but you appeared to have said exactly the opposite in the post I replied to. See below.
  11. Albion

    Sinners Prayer

    Is that an improvement over one or another of the versions of the Sinner's Prayer? It looks very much like both men considered that Bible verse to have almost magical powers. "Do this in exactly the following way or else it won't work..." And none of this stuff does a thing to improve upon a...
  12. Albion

    Sinners Prayer

    You'd need to find a better church. ;) I think the issue may be the so-called Sinner's Prayer itself. You outlined some reasons for believing that salvation comes with a change of heart and making a commitment, etc., but then added "So I say yay to the Sinner's Prayer." To begin with, there...
  13. Albion

    Sinners Prayer

    It's never a good idea to attempt to negotiate with God, to flatter him, or hope to "strike a bargain" with him.
  14. Albion

    Non denominational

    The reason I'm reluctant to say that it's a denomination is because the term non-denominational is claimed by a wide range of churches and people with a wide range of beliefs. So what exactly is the "it" there? The truth is, however, that in practice, MOST of the churches that identify...
  15. Albion

    Sinners Prayer

    Thank you for indulging me with that explanation. I'm sorry that I apparently am not following along with it. At the start, it sounds as though you believed as a result of hearing the word of God . But you follow that by saying that the word is believed thanks to some other person reciting the...
  16. Albion

    Sinners Prayer

    You prayed the Sinner's Prayer, in which the person professes his faith...and that helped you to believe/come to faith...at a later time?? Then what is it about the Sinner's Prayer that was important? It would seem, from your testimony, that it was John 3:16 (and other Bible lessons) that...
  17. Albion

    Plan B?

    The second view is most likely on target. God does know all, just as you said. That means it is not likely that he has been thwarted in his eternal planning by either group of his own creatures, Men or fallen Angels. But we can appreciate the story line that's revealed through the Old Testament...
  18. Albion

    Non denominational

    Hmmm. I wonder if we're talking there about congregations that actually ARE affiliated with the SBC or the UMC or some other denomination while carefully concealing that fact and while representing themselves as "non-denominational." (?) OR is the point simply that many denominational...
  19. Albion

    Sinners Prayer

    That may be so. However, it's also true (as Josiah pointed out) that SOME of these events that feature the Sinner's Prayer are accompanied by urgings from some minister who's conducting the service for penitents to recite the Sinner's Prayer and, as a result of them doing so, be guaranteed...
  20. Albion

    Sinners Prayer

    Yeah, there's nothing actually wrong about the Sinner's Prayer itself. New believers sometimes do need to be helped along slowly and carefully. We might say "'led by the hand.'' And we recognize that churches which employ the Sinner's Prayer do not stop with the convert mouthing these words, but...
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