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A. Eternal life, is often perceived as a promise for the future , a gift to be received after physical death. However, the New Testament presents eternal life as a present reality for believers, Jesus emphasized the immediacy of eternal life saying: "Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My...

The term free will was coined by the Ante-Nicene Church fathers when they were explaining and defending the faith against pagan religions and philosophies . Because this word has a historical context we are not free to put our own spin on it. That being said, perhaps you could explain how you...

It seemed as if Martin Luther was initially stirred, by a real hunger for God. Unfortunately, he was eventually deceived, first by an evil anti-semetic spirit which drove him to kick them out of their homes, take possession of their lands and crops. After that, Luther he set his eyes on other...

A. First of all, I think it is misleading to describe human beings as GENERATING, as if it were some kind of ability or power we can produce and utilize to save ourselves. It seems to me you are attempting to re-define FAITH as a sort of WORK even though Paul said clearly faith is not a work...

a). When Paul called our attention to Israel's Wilderness wanderings, he was using the event as a METAPHOR which represents our own personal DELIVERANCE from being enslaved to the desires of the flesh 11 Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as WARNINGS FOR US on...

A. Since you are still trying to be evasive, let us review again what happened, this time, directly from the passage (1) The petitioner, in this case, was someone who had gotten sick (2). The adjective the Bible used to describe him was asthenes from the verb astheneó (ἀσθενέω): means to be...

a). The doctrine of total depravity was an invention of Augustine who was trying to find a scriptural basis to justify the practice of infant baptism b). His reasoning went like this: (1) Baptism is for the remission (forgiveness) of sin. (2) However, infants cannot commit personal sins like...

"Tricky little fellow, huh?" I have come to expect this sort of snide arrogance from you. Well, I did not come here to play deceitful games, sir. When it comes to interpreting God's word, I attempt to do so according as objectively as I can, according to sound hermeneutical principles. Nothing I...

Apparently, you still do not understand what a STRAW MAN argument is. A straw man is not your TRUE VIEW about a subject, Instead, it is a misrepresentation of your views created because it is easier to disprove than your real view If someone claims you are misrepresenting their view on...

People who believe miracles can still happen are naive? I su

Was James presenting a hoax when he said: 13 Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises. 14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to PRAY OVER HIM and ANOINT HIM with oil IN THE NAME OF THE LORD 15And the prayer offered in...

Of course, they would not have been trying to gain access to Jesus if they did not BELIEVE He could heal their friend. That goes without saying...but there is additional reason they decided to get him to Jesus by making a hole in the roof and that was because the house was already so full of...

They wanted to help their paralytic friend to get an audience with Jesus because they believed Jesus could heal them. They had no other reason to do it. I have another explanation for why those Churche's rooves are still intact and that is that Churches have doors which can admit people who...

Don't flatter yourself. I understand the self-invented typology which you have attempted to FOIST on Mark 2:3-4. Apparently you ascribe some hidden meaning to the fact that the friends of the paralytic had to gain access through to Jesus through the broken roof of the house. However, such...

I usually take what the Bible says literally and try to understand it from that angle before I resort to allegory and typology. Of course, if Jesus, the Apostles or the text itself suggests there is a hidden meaning then I will certainly take that into consideration. What you are doing here is...

You are trying to read between the lines, that is, to draw broad sweeping inferences based on little to no evidence. Do you think that the fact that God moves more dramatically at one time than another indicates God is the one who unilaterally causes His power and influence to wax and wane...

Actually the particular passages I cited did NOT say everyone was healed, only that many were. Don't you think the Biblical authors knew the difference between ALL and MANY? There are separate Greek words for each term. Must we replace the actual words used in scripture with ones that better fit...

Some in this long thread have made inaccurate claims about the beliefs and teachings of certain highly respected Christian leaders Prominent in this was the role played by teachers such as: JOHN CHRYSOSTOM (c. 349-407 AD) who resided in the Eastern Greek-speaking half of Rome in Constantinople...

If PRAYING for HEALING and the GIFT of HEALING are categorically distinct, mutually exclusive ways to be healed what would happen if, before the person with the "gift" confers the healing, they, instead, speak a prayer beseeching the Lord to heal the infirm person?. Would the resulting healing...

…3 Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men. 4Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat. 5When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are...