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  1. Albion

    The 5 points of TULIP for 1689Dave

    But you were, or are, assessing God, not the world. When it comes to that topic, Christians normally assign a role to God's word, the Bible. What we consider to be divine revelation. But that's just Christians, for you! ;) Agreed. In that case, you have misunderstood.
  2. Albion

    Is the doctrine of Penal Substitution incoherent?

    Well, that certainly raises a question. Is there any religion or similar philosophy that DOES work for you or at least come close? Unitarianism, perhaps? Buddhism? Or Solipsism?
  3. Albion

    The 5 points of TULIP for 1689Dave

    Well, that's Christianity, Lucien. You aren't obliged to agree with it. Now you're mixing human standards of justice into the Biblical concepts that deal with God and Man. Says, who? And besides, it's not as though God gave Adam and Eve no choice. On the contrary, what he asked of them was...
  4. Albion

    The 5 points of TULIP for 1689Dave

    You are expressing there the idea you associated with the word from your own past experience. But here's another way to look at the matter-- God was faced with a human race that had fallen from grace, thanks to Adam's sin. All humans after Adam and Eve deserved nothing from God because they...
  5. Albion

    For those who hold to TULIP, are any of you non-elect?

    Naaa. Catholics neither believe nor are taught by their church that simply being a member of the church guarantees salvation. They do believe that their denomination is the only one founded by Christ and is, therefore, the only one that is actually complete, authentic, etc. When we turn to...
  6. Albion

    Biblical understanding

    We don't approve of that. Not any more than keeping the wording as it stands but altering the meaning to have it fit some doctrine.
  7. Albion

    Nature of the Church according to Scripture!

    I know you don't care, but as you've been advised before, there is NOTHING in that verse and NOTHING in the wording that says the reference is to a church service. The verse is referring to God being faithful, not abandoning his people, that he'll be "with" them even when as few as two of them...
  8. Albion

    Not permitting a woman to teach...does that include hymn writing?

    What's the argument against new hymns that recount the teachings of the Bible? And that's nothing against the Psalms, but if sticking with them exclusively is the right thing to do, why do we allow anything to be done in a Christian worship service that wasn't done by the Old Testament Hebrews?
  9. Albion

    “Dividing the Essence?” Forbidden by the Athanasian Creed.

    If that is answered, you will define "Trinity" any way that appeals to you, but not as the Creed does. And you will proclaim yourself infallible, as always. That being the case, a discussion is impossible. We have the Creed that the great majority of Christians though the ages have...
  10. Albion

    Do you think sinning is unavoidable?

    The meaning there concerns deliberate sinful acts. Everyone sins, but a true believer can resolve to avoid deliberate, willful sinning such as cheating, shoplifting, adultery, slanderous speech, and hatred. It is possible to resist the temptation to commit all of those offenses.
  11. Albion

    Reformed theology?

    You posted the same message a few posts back. And then you were answered by both Josiah and myself. Why not offer your response to those replies now instead of going in circles? Thanks.
  12. Albion

    Nature of the church!

    Just about every Christian denomination and congregation recognizes that principle. There is of course a range of opinion about this application of the principle. Many of the cults are very authoritarian, however. They share that kind of organizational model with your own denomination...
  13. Albion

    United Methodist Splitting up

    And thanks for asking about others' thoughts on this subject. I am in no way as near to the topic of the UMC as you probably are, but the split seems not to have been covered in the news as much as we would think appropriate. Which churches are going either way--to the UMC or the GMC--would be...
  14. Albion

    Jesus died for the sins of the world

    That's what it most often means, but the member who uses it in a lot of his posts probably has some other idea. He seems to think it's funny.
  15. Albion

    Jesus died for the sins of the world

    Okay. No one is without hope since the Crucifixion, but the ones who will ultimately be saved are those--as you indicate--who believe in and trust Christ as Lord and Savior, these having been freed from the estrangement between God and Mankind that had existed as a consequence of the fall of...
  16. Albion

    The Unmentionable Truth behind “Christ Paid for the Sins of All”.

    So...your religion holds that sinners are incapable of changing their ways, no matter what...and also that God spent a lot of time preaching the Sermon on the Mount and a hundred similar lectures as recorded in the Bible, in which he calls sinners to choose God and a different lifestyle, to love...
  17. Albion

    Jesus died for the sins of the world

    Sorry, but we have a pile of posts with your name on them which substantiate that "notion." Maybe it's just that you don't communicate very effectively. No, it says he lays down his life for his friends, not that he does it ONLY for his friends. Besides, you've misunderstood the meaning of...
  18. Albion

    Jesus died for the sins of the world

    You aren't making any sense. There is a multitude in heaven from all nations, so there's nothing about that which supports your notion of Christ having died only for a select few.
  19. Albion

    Reformed theology?

    I think you have misunderstood all of those verses! Probably simply because what you wrote is what someone else taught you at some time in the past. More important, though, it looks like you really want to teach Roman Catholicism to us rather than have us help you understand Protestant/Reformed...
  20. Albion

    Jesus died for the sins of the world

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