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Yes. Stay away from Scofield the scoffer.

Revivalism means the 1800s? Wasn't it William Booth of "Salvation Army" that said something like "why do the devil have all the good music?".

Anyone who justifies sin, either without or with the Bible in his hand, is either gone astray or lost.

"All" does always mean literally "all" in the Bible, does it?

Okay. What is your doctrinal tradition and your affiliation fellowship-wise?

These verses does not imply any free will of unregenerate men. Are you a TWI member?

Which was not caused by man, but God. This phrase ""believe" ... is to "receive"" is not very common. But there was a certain cult leader who liked to use it.

Oh, there it is - "by responding to the gospel", which (I guess) you mean is done by natural man using some natural "ability" to "surrender to God"? The old free-willism again seemingly.

How about a more contextual reading, with reading what the very next verse says: Here it says clearly that it was God's will and work that they were born. Not man's will or work. How do you reconcile and harmonize this scripture with your doctrine?

And this is incorrect (and actually not the topic either) since unbelievers are condemned for their sin and unbelief and not because of God. I think we agree here. But once you understand that the lost state of lost men are in and by itself a condemned state, this will clear up things. Guess...

Maybe. Seriously, we need to go to the bottom of this and ask from where this culture originates.

This is really disturbing sights at progressive churches and I believe it's an unwise handling of matters that makes a bad testimony (whatever is being taught) that distracts people. Not to mention this common scene of a group of max 15 people gathered in a small locale and they're yet having a...

Was John MacArthur your disciple? You must be a man of good old age, if so. Or rather you were his disciple?

This is confusing and I don't know why you are bringing all this up with me. And I did not lesson anybody. Can't see why you are having an argument or questions, when I have never anywhere stated that salvation would not be by grace through faith. Nobody here, let alone I, have suggested that...

Your idea is based on the thinking that the term "all" in the Bible always means literally "all". I have shown earlier the flaw in this and how it not always makes sense. This robot-thingy kinda argument is old and worn out since long ago. If you understood what total depravity meant, as stated...

Agreed. However the law itself is not thereby abolished. I agree with this and I have not suggested anything otherwise. You said "turning back", I am not sure whether these believers were all jewish and (in case they were not) thereby not turning back to anything sort of the law. See the...

I guess you're pontiff there. :)

Agreed really on, almost, most. Just a question (actually off-topic, but I am interested to hear what you say): do you believe it actually says "faults" instead of "sins" in James 5:16?

Of course, no one reach your heights. Sort of proves the point of the root of synergism. Where do you go to church, if any?

Who are the "all of us" that you speak on behalf of? There is no undermining here, rather it is to show who does the work in salvation: God, not man. I have denied none of what you mention. What I do not agree with are the humanistic ideas of arminianism, which denies total depravity of man. If...