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RQ: Who among active members (posted within the past 3-4 months) joined CC the earliest? I note that @wattie joined in 2009. Did anyone else who is still active join that year? Was that the first year CC existed?

Let us summarize the ammo that has been suggested or order to consider what we might want to be supplied next: 1. 1Tim. 2:3-4 - God loves/wants to save everyone 2. John 1:12&14 - God is the Word incarnate in Jesus 3. Jam. 4:7/1Cor. 10:13 - resist the devil by submitting to God, who will not let...

TOP #286: Remember those in prison (wrongfully). [Heb. 13:3] Paul was one of those. Jesus mentioned this desire in Matt. 25:36&43, and His wish/will is our command. >>>TOJ #148: Faith in/love for God is manifested by loving behavior toward people. [Matt. 25:31-46] The evidence of saving...

Christianity is not a religion but rather relationship with God as Abba/Father (Rom. 8:14-16).Learning God's Word and prayer are the way believers have fellowship or a saving relationship with God. Paul taught that it is via the HS that saints have fellowship with God by saying that the...

This passage begins by condemning those who are not truthseekers, and it ends with commending truthseekers. Thus, it has double-barreled meaning, which should be read in conjunction with 1Tim. 2:3-4 in order to stress God's love for all, even though He allows souls to reject rather than reflect...

Agreement is good, and I guess it makes finishing my presentation of Romans moot, so I will skip to the next section: The survey of Romans 1-11 (R#1-42) will now be applied to the TULIP and MFW doctrines in order to see which parts of these interpretations are supported by that Scripture. This...

All contributions are welcome, especially those that make good cents. Yes, tulipists err by viewing divine foreknowledge as nullifying MFW.

Yes, and those who think they can subjugate such folks, beginning with Marxist professors as I have shared previously, which is why the temporal solution must include ridding our educational system of those rats.

Having now completed a systematic survey of the Gospel of John, I am uncertain whether to choose another topic. Topics/books we have covered in this thread include two of my favorite NT books, Ephesians and John. Another favorite book is the Gospel of Matthew, but both it and John are surveyed...

Yes, but there ARE imperfect societies on earth, and Communist systems are the worst, which is why it is amazing and appalling that it appeals to Americans corrupted by Marxist professors! Some folks really are gullible--which is why Trump banned Marxist media from the White House.

What I said in the previous post is my application of 1Cor. 3:15 to the case of naive heretics, which insight I only recently received, and what you just said indicates agreement with that application. Not sure what else to discuss unless you want to peruse the rest of this thread, which...

Yes, there have been numerous Christian communities in the USA, but none of them worked for very long. The last one I tracked was Koinonia Farm in Georgia, founded by Southern Baptist minister Clarence Jordan, which was intentionally interracial. Jordan produced the Cotton Patch Version of the...

Psa. 15:1. “Lord, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill?” In other words, who may be saved? The answer is “He whose walk is blameless” (v.2, cf. Matt. 5:48), but the NT teaches us that all have sinned (Rom. 3:23) except Jesus (Heb. 4:15), so we can obtain...

We agree that Scripture contradicts tulip and makes its points heretical, and MFW states the "cannot" in positive terms: sinners CAN repent, they CAN repent because God enables sufficient moral freedom/faith, and they CAN exercise faith to satisfy IF. What do you think about my explanation of...

Per Jewish tradition I would place the creation of A&E in Eden on day 10, and their sin so immediately afterward as to be essentially simultaneous and before having sex, comparable to all human children reaching the age/stage of moral accountability/losing innocence.

As this question is considered, it is important to realize that atheism is a religion which exchanges the truth about God for a lie aka I-dolatry, so the obvious answer is "no". Here is an excerpt on this subject from the Apologetics thread: As one analyzes the variety of moralistic beliefs...

Our disagreement has been due to you not agreeing with my harmonization of Scriptures such as Rom. 8:7-8 with Matt. 23:37, which is why I have complained about your criticism not being constructive, so please share your better harmonization if you have one regarding each of tulip's five...

Communism does not align with the NT either, including Acts 4:32-35. Voluntary communalism is fine, but not forced poverty for the masses and prosperity for the dictators. BTW, this includes de facto enforced servitude by dictatorial oligarchs who exploit workers aka fascism. The best business...

I believe the story of A&E indicates they sinned as soon as the law was given, not that they had a long history of being morally perfect and had children before finally succumbing to temptation. The Scripture I provide is that Genesis 2-3 does NOT describe a long history of sinlessness before...

Yes, and Scripture also "says" both God's omnilove and righteousness, which TULIP contradicts.