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  1. Albion

    Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?

    To put the theory another way, everyone who believes is therefore deemed to be one of the Elect, and everyone who doesn't is deemed by the first group to be among those who are lost, regardless. This may explain why these days there are so many people who make themselves into "lone wolf"...
  2. Albion

    Why Preaching Is Necessary.

    But also, and keeping with the topic of this thread, if God had prechosen the few for whom Christ died and their salvation was assured under all circumstances, there wouldn't be any need for "preachers", strictly speaking. Maybe somebody would be selected to go through the motions of running a...
  3. Albion

    Born again

    How so? They have to make a public profession of their conversion to Christ, answer questions, take vows about being committed to that new life, and undergo the ritual with water, etc. That sounds to me like it's anything BUT an "impersonal" thing that "doesn't require them taking the...
  4. Albion

    Till the Last Penny Paid

    What the "many" people believe about it is unknown, but I'd guess that more people prefer to think of hell as temporary rather than a place of eternal punishment or annihilation. But either way, it's what the Bible teaches that matters...and you started us off in this discussion by referring...
  5. Albion

    Why Preaching Is Necessary.

    As we grow older, I think we forget the perspectives we used to have--and which we'd been taught--when we were children. Anyway, my own view of these things was like that when I was still young, and it was only at a certain moment in later life when the real message of the Cross made sense...
  6. Albion

    Why is public nudity condemned by Christians but not by the Bible Christians follow?

    Rcouple's point about the verse in Corinthians (and some others) being about vanity and 'showing off' more than about immodesty is correct, but you are right that Adam and Eve did not clothe themselves in order to parade around in their new duds! Adam and Eve clearly were embarrassed or shamed...
  7. Albion

    Do you agree that there are verses in the Bible that seem to express contradictory ideas?

    He paid a price, but it's not necessary that it be exacted in precisely the same manner for everyone. Obviously, the penalty for Hebrews who did not keep the Mosaic Law before Christ came was not crucifixion and nothing else. Indeed, we all know that the penalty in that case was to be...
  8. Albion

    House shutters

    FWIW, those seem like the kind of shutters that look good, and your house is of a style that benefits from them...but wow, I never would have imagined that keeping them affixed to the wall could be the problem you described to us.
  9. Albion

    Why is public nudity condemned by Christians but not by the Bible Christians follow?

    Do you suppose that public nudity by one or both sexes was routine enough in the first century AD in the Asian provinces of the Roman Empire that it needed to be addressed specifically? Yet, it was Adam and Eve who chose the fig leaves, so the question would be why they chose to clothe...
  10. Albion

    Faith

    How unfortunate. I was responding to your post #21 concerning the meaning of faith. I realized that you were responding there to the Original Post in which the author took care not to promote any one slant on the subject. He instead was challenging the rest of us to offer our own views...
  11. Albion

    Faith

    The word itself is just that--a term that, like many others, has several different meanings, depending upon context. When used in a Christian and religious context, it doesn't just mean trusting in something or other, such as believing fully that Tom Brady will actually retire or that Biden...
  12. Albion

    House shutters

    I said "cheap" because those styles are so obviously phony, not even looking like they could function as shutters, whether or not they would ever be put to that use. Perhaps it would be better to say they look odd or silly, but I'm guessing that shutters that are manufactured using half the...
  13. Albion

    House shutters

    I'd say that there is a point to having them as decor, and there's no question in my mind but that shutters often do dress up the looks of a house. Of course, it depends on the style of architecture of the house. Some are simply better off without shutters. What I personally don't care for...
  14. Albion

    God did not create sex for pleasure

    Ah, but that isn't the issue. As Lucian was saying, the question concerns the primary purpose for which God created this activity. Was it so that humans would have pleasure...but that came with the secondary consequence of producing children? Or was it created so that the species would...
  15. Albion

    Who would you consider

    Ron will be pleasantly surprised to learn that he was elected after all.
  16. Albion

    USA Biden signs gay marriage law

    I don't consider the legislation put into effect during the time period in which the slave trade was significant in certain areas to have defined our heritage as part of Western Civilization. That's really what the issue is about--the heritage that we call Western Civilization. In context, it...
  17. Albion

    USA Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies

    ...and why would Biden announce now, January, that he was waiting until May (!) to put the change into effect??
  18. Albion

    'In God We Trust'

    Better than laws that prohibit the use of the nation's motto. Not only that, but West Virginia wouldn't have done what it did if it were not for the campaign of the "other side" to erase the nation's heritage.
  19. Albion

    American Evangelical Accretions

    Maybe a sparkling wine, then? ;) Maybe because you didn't really like the Michelob, it killed your appetite for food? Otherwise, I haven't a clue what was going on with all of that...but I liked reading about it!
  20. Albion

    Self-Righteous Celebrities?

    Personally, I don't mind this sort of celebrity involvement. For one thing, the telethon or whatever it might be needs the famous personality in order to attract viewers to watch to the program. Then too, the amount that he himself could reasonably be expected to contribute would not equal the...
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