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By the way, early church fathers are not infallible authorities. And, sometimes when someone claimed to be a student of an apostle (or his student), they were overexaggerating their claim. Scripture is infallible, not early church fathers. Their opinion might give a clue on the...

For this cause, yea and for all things, I praise Thee, I bless Thee, I glorify Thee, through the eternal and heavenly High-priest, Jesus Christ, Thy beloved Son, through whom with Him and the Holy Spirit be glory both now [and ever] and for the ages to come. Amen. —Martyrdom of Polycarp 14:3[21]...

Provide specific references please. By the way, Trinitarians believe that Jesus was eternally begotten from the Father, and that the Holy Spirit proceeded from the Father, therefore there is no conflict. However, there has never been a time when the Son or the Spirit did not exist. So I...

I have no clue what you are claiming.

To elaborate further, if there are not three distinct Persons within the Godhead, then this would make God a self-lover. Scripture records that the Father loves the Son, and the Son loves the Father. How meaningful is this if the Father and Son are the same Person, only two different roles...

What is confusing about this statement? The is one God yet three distinct Persons; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? It's pretty simple to me. And, let me ask you this: Are the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit distinct persons, who have real relationships? or Are the Father, Son, and Holy...

Before the incarnation, Jesus only had one nature. Now, Jesus has two natures, being fully God and fully man. He is the bridge between humanity and God. He is truly God and truly man. These two natures are held together in a hypostatic union. The exact way this works would not be possible...

No, this is not true. The Trinity maintains that there is one God, in terms of being or essence, yet three Persons in terms of Personhood. The sock puppet analogy was meant to show that in Oneness theology, there is only one Person, which is a false teaching. You can laugh about it all you...

Here's the way I would phrase it: There is one God in terms of being or essence, yet three distinct Persons, in terms of personhood, Father, Son, Holy Spirit. There is one "what" and three "who's. In regards to the unity or oneness of God, he is one in terms of essence, so there is only one...

For those of you who don't know what the doctrine of union with Christ teaches, I am attaching a lesson that I prepared for a study group in this regard. I would recommend the books I mentioned over this simple document though.

I am firmly convinced that misunderstanding or ignorance of the doctrine of union with Christ is the fundamental error of dispensationalism. Abraham was promised many things by God. The phrase "and his seed" is mentioned in some of these promises. Galatians 3 indicates that the promises were...

I suspect that very few cessationalists would claim that God doesn't heal today. Their real issues is with healing being associated with a particular person who has the "gift of healing". Additionally, they have issues with "miraculous sign gifts". Generally, they don't claim that God...

By the way, pisteuo doesn't mean "spiritual persuasion". Pisteuo means faith. Additionally, God doesn't need to sit around waiting for some virtuous person to come along. He regenerates the elect and uses them. They have NO virtue of their own. Your assertion is like Leignton Flowers...

LOL Funny thing is I haven't even read anything more than quotes from Calvin, yet these guys think that "Calvinists" sit in a corner reading his books like they are the Bible. This sort of thing is just typical ignorant free-willer propaganda. The reality is that I noticed the biblical...

I addressed John 3:16 already with you. There is nothing inconsistent with Reformed theology and John 3:16. Perhaps you heard some reading of John 3:16 by some free-willer theologian who bellows out WHOSOEVER at a higher volume in order to make his free-willer claim. Here's the verse: John...

I have no clue what you are saying. I suspect you don't understand something correctly. I didn't "fall away" from salvation whether I was a free willer at one time or not. I don't claim that understanding Reformed theology is necessary for salvation.

Simple question. Is election a biblical doctrine? Does God choose individuals for salvation? That's the main problem you face. The reality is that God has elected particular individuals to salvation. Ignoring this is unbiblical. Accepting it destroys the theology of free-willers whether...

I had to omit most of your post due to space constrains, so I encourage those who want to understand my comments to refer back to it. You didn't quote the entire section of Scripture that I mentioned (1 Cor 1:26ff). You only qouted the first verse, which didn't really make my point. Do you...

Steven Bancarz is a young Canadian Christian apologist. He wrote this today: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just put a ban on over 1500 semi-automatic weapons, such as AR-15s. This has been bothering me all day, because Trudeau has done a variety of things the last 4 years that have turned...