Revolution in Iran

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This was the one war worth prosecuting.

That has been the excuse every time, and none of them were. Chaos, destruction and bad things have resulted in every case. This time will be no different and is, in fact, clearly pushing civilization to edge of destruction. Time to do what's right for the US and not for a foreign country. It actually isn't worth pursuing at all.
 
Yes it doesn't make sense because your definition of "saved" is not Paul's. You equate "saved" to be saved from eternal damnation. But Paul's definition is much bigger than that. He is attacked during his ministry, Satan is trying to put him to shame and defeat the gospel going out. This is what he means by "in nothing put to shame but to be saved". Paul equates being saved to having Jesus Christ magnified in His body.

One way that Jesus Christ is magnified in us is when we can discern the lies and deceits of the evil one. So when you said I would agree with you that we would not be judged for our ability to discern, I clarified. Your ability to discern will not have anything to do with whether or not your are saved from hell. But it is altogether has to do with Jesus Christ being magnified in your body, and it is altogether to do with whether or not you will be put to an open shame or be saved from that.

You can be saved from hell but then teach according to your opinion, not according to the Spirit and be put to an open shame. Paul wants to be saved from that error.
I don't agree with your interpretation of what it means to be saved. You seem to have overlooked many of the important aspects of salvation, while focusing on only two points. Let me remind you that there's a whole lot more to salvation.

To be "saved" is a sovereign, monergistic work of God—not a human achievement—whereby the "elect" are rescued from the guilt, penalty, and power of sin through Christ's atonement. It is defined by unconditional election, regeneration by the Holy Spirit (effectual calling), justification by grace alone through faith alone, and ultimate perseverance in faith.

Salvation is 100% a work of God, who initiates the process and grants the faith needed to believe. God chooses whom to save based on His purpose, not on any merit or foreseen faith in the person.
Those chosen by God will be drawn to Him and cannot ultimately resist His call to salvation.
The believer is declared righteous based solely on Christ's obedience and sacrifice, and the heart is regenerated to love God.
Those truly saved will not fall away permanently but will endure to the end because God keeps them.
It is deliverance from the penalty (hell), power (sin), and eventually the presence of sin, for a life of worship and good works.
Essentially, it is being brought from a state of spiritual death into eternal life, secured entirely by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ.
 
Yes it is serious, very much so.
Just think of it: emancipated from the shackles of super-determinism aka Calvinism aka Augustinian error.

Here, let me lend your busy, salaried, denominationally enslaved pastor another lockpick.
Maybe between the both of us we can bust him out of prison?

1. Before Augustine: Biblical and Early Christian Roots

Early church fathers before Augustine (like Justin Martyr or Irenaeus) generally:

Emphasized human free will
Did not teach strict predestination in the later Calvinist sense

The strong deterministic framework isn’t dominant early on.

2. Augustine’s Role (the Turning Point)

Augustine of Hippo (354–430) is where things shift dramatically.

In his conflict with Pelagius, Augustine argued:

Humanity is radically fallen (original sin)
People cannot choose God on their own
God must choose and enable salvation
This choice is not based on foreseen merit

This is the first fully developed doctrine of predestination in Christian history.

However:

Augustine did not teach “double predestination” as strongly as later Calvinists
He still held tensions (e.g., mystery, partial universal grace language)

3. From Augustine to Calvin

A thousand years later, John Calvin (1509–1564) builds directly on Augustine:


Takes Augustine’s ideas and systematizes them more rigorously
Develops clearer doctrines like:
Election and reprobation
Total depravity
Irresistible grace

This becomes what we now call Calvinism.

Calvin himself frequently cites Augustine and saw him as a theological ally.
As I stated earlier, you are yet to find a single fault in anything my pastor teaches or preaches. But you're quick to criticize him and make all kinds of false accusations without any foundation or evidence to support you.

I get the sense that you're jealous of him, because he's a highly respected authority and if I remember correctly you're not even a member of a Church. So, I can only conclude that you're a self appointed teacher of yourself, while my pastor has a Seminary Education, he's a "Master of Theology (ThM)".

You claim Augustine and Calvin taught unbiblical doctrines, but again. You make these baseless claims without any kind of evidence to support your charges. You are yet to point out any errors from any of these men, you can't just attack them out of envy, you need a better reason. How about you tell us what's unbiblical about what they teach/taught.
 
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So then I see that you agree with, aid and abet, and are now acting as advocate and apologist for the IRGC terrorists.
Do you often use the term "Zionist entity" when describing Israel? Asking for a friend.

Please tell your friend that he shouldn't judge everyone by his own standards. I don't support terrorists of any flag. I certainly don't support pedophiles, either, which seems to be a common theme of Zionist-captured governments. Does your friend support the withholding of US foreign aid from all governments that offer safe harbour to pedophiles?

Personally, I'm a believer in a Matthew 18:6 style solution for pedophiles, including those offered safe harbour in Zionist regimes. I would be especially cautious of anyone protecting pedophiles for political purposes. He who protects a pedophile from justice is an accomplice in his crimes.

Matthew 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
 
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Trump should use the military to destroy their ability to block the Strait of Hormuz

If he does not, then Iran is not actually defeated meaning Trump is screwing up.

He apparently does not know you cannot negotiate with moslems as they never stick to the agreement.

They never have and they never will as their false god (satan) leads them not to.
I understood (from some of the military experts commenting on this) that the only realistic and reliable means of accomplishing this for any appreciable length of time would be occupying the country with a half million troops, basically the entire US military. A logistical, public relations and strategic nightmare, as the US would be left vulnerable on all other fronts.

Nobody in the US (except ultra-hardcore Zionists) would want to prosecute such a war against Iran which profits no one except Jewish supremacists and elite pedophiles. Its therefore doubtful that Trump will engage the military to resolve the problem he himself caused (without creating even more outrage and opposition at and to his crimes), and greater potential for him to be removed from office (and put on trial, which is frankly where he should be).
 
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I'm trying to figure out why so many Evangelicals want the following?


They have been brainwashed/indoctrinated.
Christians are not immune, history has shown us this many times over.
All it takes is continuous repetition from someone in authority.... soon the more widespread it becomes the more it becomes credible.
I think evangelicals have largely become in name only as well, posers .. how often does one actually here the Gospel preached correctly.
But agree even though I this and even see it here on CC, it still baffles me.
 
That has been the excuse every time, and none of them were. Chaos, destruction and bad things have resulted in every case. This time will be no different and is, in fact, clearly pushing civilization to edge of destruction. Time to do what's right for the US and not for a foreign country. It actually isn't worth pursuing at all.


Post #5344 shows us why this eschatology is so dangerous and not Biblical.
 
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Except for the fact that Daniel says the fourth beast has 10 kings, and so if Rome were the beast from the time of the writing of the prophecy it would have ended with Septimus Severus whom actually like founded a whole dynasty and Rome continued for like a few more centuries. So preterism strikes out again both against the actual Roman history as well as the Bible. Praise Jesus.


Wrong, learn history from real sources not You Tube.
 
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This was the one war worth prosecuting. The IRGC nutters were an existential threat to the Nation Israel.

This is true, but it's not even about their threats to Israel, because they literally threatened everyone in the region. Their big mistake was thinking they'd massacre my generation in the dark and then lie about it. How the wicked think they can gaslight even God, and God shows them how wrong they were to think that, praise Jesus.
 
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Anyways, reply notifications taken care of let's squeeze some actual news in there. Vice President JD Vance is in Pakistan and just met with the PM of Pakistan a few minutes ago. Some video and details.

 
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