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While most portrayals of hell describe it as a place of fire, I wonder whether anyone else thinks of it as boredom, as in this song: https://groovykerygma.bandcamp.com/track/late-last-night-revelation

TOP #288: Jesus is the great Shepherd, and believers are his sheep. [Heb. 13:20, 1Pet. 2:25] Peter’s wording has the nuance that before entering the fold by accepting Christ, all souls were like straying sheep. He also called Christ the Overseer of souls. >>>TOJ #191: Jesus is the...

Exo. 20:8-11. Rest on the Sabbath Day. Although Jesus fulfilled/accomplished the Mosaic Law (MT 5:17-19), he taught that righteousness must surpass/supersede that of the Pharisees (MT 5:20) including Paul (Acts 22:3-5). Jesus taught that God’s standard is perfection (cf. Lev. 19:1), and he...

No one achieves moral perfection in this life except you (g., cf. Phil. 3:12, 1John 1:8-9), but no one who lacks divine love will reap eternal life with God (Gal. 6:7-8). Thus, a person who claims to be godly but who is behaving in an ungodly (unloving, untruthful) manner may be in one of the...

Were you looking for this verse?: Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law." (Romans 13:8)

Your reply implies you do not believe Eph. 4:11-16 is God's Word. What man taught you that?! Everyone learns about the Lord from other people, including parents, friends, pastors, etc. Care to share your testimony?

The verses you quote from the Word of Truth indicate that Christians desire to become morally perfect, NOT that they attain it in this life--not even Paul (Phil. 3:12). You might learn to discern that meaning if you did not omit 1John 1:8-9, but it requires rightly harmonizing those verses...

Sinful humanity retains the image of God or MFW, so every normal adult soul is able by faith to choose between the two options in Deut. 30:19. That is why Paul went “every Sabbath to the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks” (Acts 18:4). “He witnessed to them from morning till evening...

Jesus is King by Kid Rock: (James 1:17)

Yes, love of Truth must trump respect for tradition. Tradition is stationary/stagnant/dead, but learning truth is lifelong/life-giving/living.

Yes, that is what those raised as Southern Baptists like me did/do.

Love Truth.

How can you post this with a straight face without citing the Scriptural basis for belief in imputation, which is opposite the way you present it (Rom. 3:21-5:11)?! (Are we being trolled?)

There is no other kind of will to exercise! You just exercised it by posting this thread! (Sheesh! :^)

Yes, OSAS is problematic and contradicts sixteen Scriptures, but another aspect of the tulip heresy is that it contradicts the omnilove of God and teaches that He shows favoritism or is unjust. Blasphemy! The prooftexts tulipists cite are discussed in detail on the thread "Resolving...

I had those questions in 1968 and found the following answers that are discussed in more detail in my thread "Apologetics: Witnessing to Atheists", but briefly I agree with those who believe God is revealed via creation, which is studied by the physical sciences, including paleontology, and via...

An insight I would like to share is what I call the “Propensity Principle” (PP). The PP points out that until proof is provided in the future at the eschaton, humanity’s existential need and desire for eternal life and ultimate justice (the duo of desirables or DOD) make it logical for...

Acts 1:12-26. Verse 12 reveals that the eleven disciples had been with the risin Jesus on the Mount of Olives, from which they went down to the upstairs room where they were staying in Jerusalem. Those present also included Jesus' mother and brothers and "the women", presumably those Luke...

Yes, but the main point of Jesus was how blessed are those who believe without having proof (John 20:29). :unsure:

Like meat, Christians are free to partake of any genre of music that does not promote evil (1Cor. 10:25). Many songs by M.W. Smith are para-Christian, promoting morality but not mentioning Jesus. My album Pilgrimage is a journey from para-Christian songs to songs that praise God/Jesus...