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I haven't paid much attention to your posts. I don't like the label "Calvinist" so I don't use it. I know very little about John Calvin. I would prefer the label "monergist" but most people here wouldn't be familiar with it. So I use Reformed. I am more like a Reformed Baptist. I am not...

Well, I guess you know that then. Why did you use the Romans 10 voice to prove that belief precedes salvation? By the way, I could agree that belief precedes conversion anyways. The Reformed position is that God regenerates the person, which produces faith and repentance, which leads to...

Define cessationist. Some "continuationists" think that "the gifts" are isolated to miraculous sign gifts, such as tongues, interpretation of tongues, healings through a specific individual, and prophecy. When they use the phrase "the gifts", what they are really talking about is their version...

I agree concerning your remarks about the biblical gift of discernment. Additionally, my understanding from friends who watched the videos of this Servus Christi is that he isn't even in regular fellowship at a church and disdains the need for this. I was also reminded about a contact with...

God is multi-personal. There is one God yet three Persons. All share the same essence. It's no more complicated than that. By the way, since you asked this, you will likely hear many analogies that don't really reflect the Trinity doctrine, from people who think they are orthodox Christians :)

Recently someone made comments about the income and net assets of two prominent Christian leaders. This information was obtained from a Youtube channel called Servus Christi. The individual who produces these videos is Josh Chavez , who is associated with Jacob Prasch and Moriel Ministries...

By the way, I'm not a big fan of "discernment ministries" in general. Why? One of Satan's tactics is to accuse, and to spread falsehood about believers. This especially involves leaders in God's church. However, there are false teachers that need to be exposed. Where is the balance...

By the way, I'm not a big fan of "discernment ministries" in general. Why? One of Satan's tactics is to accuse, and to spread falsehood about believers. This especially involves leaders in God's church. However, there are false teachers that need to be exposed. Where is the balance...

Servus Christi is a professional heresy hunter. He is involved with Jacob Prasch's ministry, who is another strange character. He reminds me of a Mafia hit man. But, I can see why you would refer to Servus Christi. He doesn't like Reformed theology, and you are overjoyed to promote these...

I shouldn't be so dismissive of free-willers, though. Even the scraps of facts I learned from them contributed to learning about the Bible. Their soteriology is mixed up, but I don't know that understanding the mechanics of salvation is necessary at the entry level of being a new believer...

Agrippa did not have a Spirit-wrought faith in Christ. He may have believed Jewish teachings, including the Prophets, but he did not have true faith in Christ. He did not have the spiritual gift that is mentioned in Ephesians 2:1-10. And by the way, the gift is referring to the whole package...

I have already outlined that it seems you don't understand that salvation has an already-but-not-yet aspect. Therefore, your proof text is meaningless. Ask yourself, what causes a person to believe? That is the real issue. Why didn't the Israelites who rejected God believe, even though they...

Are you aware that the word "saved" has an already-but-not-yet aspect? Perhaps you are not...if you are a product of dispensationalist teaching. It is one of their problems. Final salvation is not consummated until glorification, which occurs at Jesus' return. Am I saying that the real...

My understanding of the Bible is Reformed, yes. I find that free-willers don't have coherent theology. They simply ignore Scriptures proving that God is sovereign in salvation. I attend a church which is not Reformed, because it would require driving a long distance to go elsewhere. The...

An unsaved man doesn't have a life that revolves around God, therefore he is like a cold, dark planet that is wandering in space, untethered by the gravity of the Sun. In the same way, the unsaved man's life reflects sin as a general principle of life. One mitigating factor, though, is that he...

The bodily resurrection is totally biblical. The resurrection body will be material. Jesus' resurrection body had continuity with his body. That is one reason why I reject KJV Only theology by the way...Mark 16:9-20 has been used to teach both the "spirit resurrection" view, and the baptismal...

What's your point, though? Do you think that Agrippa's conversion relied specifically upon Paul's ability to persuade him? Do you think that the words of Agrippa determine proper soteriology? Do you understand the difference between didactic teaching and historical narrative, and how each...

Present the Scripture. He said something like, "you almost persuade me to become a Christian". True faith can be broken down into: 1. Understanding the facts 2. Assenting that those facts are true. 3. Placing one's confidence on these facts. Agrippa did not have faith. I don't even know...

Additionally, I firmly believe that free-willers simply form Scripture around the presupposition that it wouldn't be fair if everyone wasn't given an equal chance at salvation. In other words, they have a false god who meets their standards of fairness. I used to be an annihilationist. There...