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    The Holy Trinity and the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ

    This is something I have a difficult time with about Catholicism. First it seems to go against the First Commandment in that it puts something ahead of God. Second, it seems dangerously close to necromancy which is a forbidden practice. Consider the Witch of Endor and Saul consulting the dead...
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    Africa more Christian than the US?

    I wouldn't say Africa is more Christian, but I've long considered African Christians far stronger Christians than American Christians.
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    When people play "the victim"?

    Sort of depends on why they are doing it, and why it bothers me that they are.
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    What do we tell unsaved about biblical election?

    Oh, I believe that salvation is by grace alone, but John 3:16 seems it depends on our actions to receive it. But your preaching seems to indicate that your actions (i.e. believing) are of no value unless you are among the elect, the elect apparently being decided way back in Genesis 1:1 so that...
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    What do we tell unsaved about biblical election?

    Well, it seems to me that you are saying that it is by no action of our own that we receive salvation and that God acts alone without our actions being involved so that it doesn't matter what we do or don't do. If this is not what you are saying, then what are you saying and what was the...
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    What do we tell unsaved about biblical election?

    So would that mean we should not preach the Gospel, urge people to repent and be Baptized since that would lead us astray (i.e. taking credit, boasting, etc)?
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    The end of the world

    So what of the part about after a thousand years (generally called the millennium from what I understand, when Jesus rules) Satan being unleashed? Are you suggesting we are already 700 years into it? I'm not fitting this all together so I can make sense of it.
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    The end of the world

    I'm having trouble understanding that 300 years thing in relation to Revelation 20:8-9, especially in light of Revelation 20:7 Could you explain this in more depth to make it clear?
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    Christ died for them not appointed to Wrath.

    Well, here's a question I gotta ask but it's not meant to offend or challenge anyone, just to give me some thought food. If we believe that some are condemned no matter what, isn't sharing the good news of salvation with them as if it were something open to them be the same as lying to them...
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    Discrepancy between Esther 4:16 and 5:1?

    Not really, some just focus on one thing and others on another and some, as was prophecied, follow unsound doctrine because they like what they hear that way and never need to consider the larger picture that is the entirety of the Bible with all parts of it in harmony with each other. The way...
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    Where was Jesus born?

    That's what the Bible says took place, why is there any reason to doubt it? Considering the circumstances of those born in Bethlehem returning to it to register in the census, it should not be a major surprise to have the inn full since Bethlehem was unlikely to be a major center with need to...
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    Discrepancy between Esther 4:16 and 5:1?

    You believe what you believe because you choose to believe for whatever reasons you what I believe because that is how I have found understanding and have chosen to believe what I believe because I seek understanding.. But who can say which is right? As in the story of the blind men and the...
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    Discrepancy between Esther 4:16 and 5:1?

    The New Testament is written in Koine Greek. While Koine Greek was widely spoken at the time I find it unlikely that Jesus spoke it to the people of Israel so that makes the NT itself a foreign language translation of what was originally said. Without the Holy Spirit, I doubt that anyone can...
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    Discrepancy between Esther 4:16 and 5:1?

    What is the importance of any author? Do they all write in the same style of speaking? In any event, unless we are on entirely different wavelengths and I'm misreading what your general view is, when some 'discrepancy' is noticed in the Bible you seem to look for the fault being in the Bible...
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    Christ died for them not appointed to Wrath.

    Wouldn't that suggest there is no sense in wanting or not wanting salvation since you have no say so in it and it will happen or not happen with or without your seeking it, que sera sera.
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    Discrepancy between Esther 4:16 and 5:1?

    So who wrote the book of Esther, when, and how do we know he or she was an eyewitness to it as it happened? That's what this thread is about judging from its headline.
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    Discrepancy between Esther 4:16 and 5:1?

    In which language? Japanese maybe, or Cantonese, or Swahili? The English Bible is a foreign language translation of the original Biblical texts and should be looked at as such.
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    Christ died for them not appointed to Wrath.

    So we, each of us, were appointed for either wrath or salvation at creation with no other fate available to us? That would seem to say we have no choice in the matter and striving for anything at all regarding our fate is just an exercise in futility. As Einstein would say when examining a...
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    Discrepancy between Esther 4:16 and 5:1?

    I think many of those things that seem to be a discrepancy in English in the modern day may well have made perfect sense in Hebrew to the people of the time they were written.
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    Saint Irene, prayer and poem

    That's interesting. Does the Eastern Orthodox share any saints with the Catholics or are they completely independent of each other in this?
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