Genesis 2:15-17, ". . . And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. . . ."
This can be undersood God made man to have a free will. And God made man to be responcible.

You explained a teaching simply and clearly providing Scripture. And your opponent argues you need to provide an explanation and Scripture.

The idea we are free to choose from among available options is consistent with our experience. Scripture tells us God sometimes restricts our options, i.e. hardening the hearts of some such that they will reject the gospel, i.e. Romans 11.

"The absence of free will is, however, devastating to all theists since without it you cannot choose to be evil or good, and therefore deserve neither punishment nor salvation."
So the complete absence of free or autonomous will is irrational and...

A common expression heard in many sermons is "personal Savior", which is found nowhere in Scripture. However, I believe it's true because each person must have his/her own personal relationship with Jesus.

Readers, what are YOUR thoughts on this matter ?

And even shallower sheep.

I have noticed for many years that lots of IFB pastors are really shallow and their flocks are even more so shallow. The messages have very little Biblical content, but contain lots of stories, hollering, whooping, and annunciation plays. The shallower and louder the preacher gets, the more the sheep eat it up.
The more he stomps and snorts, the happier they get. Keep wondering where the snake room is.
Why are people attracted to those type pastors? They have...

"Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth." (Romans 10:1-4)

I hear religious people say all the time: "We aren't qualified...

'Tis the season...
Why not a throwback to where it all began?

The Little Pagan Drummer Boy

There are some who ridicule me and other Gospel preachers for emphasizing the Biblical truth of imputation - the elect's sins imputed to Christ whereby He was justly condemned by the Father and for which He died on their behalf, and Christ's righteousness imputed to the elect whereby they are all justified before God and from which they are all born again and brought to faith in Christ and repentance of dead works. But any of you who do not understand the value of imputation, think about...

The whole idea of sovereign grace is ridiculous, and really, idiotic. This is not to say that folks who currently hold and teach this doctrine are idiots, but it does mean they have allowed themselves to forsake reasoning and logic and to follow someone from the near past who has invented this doctrine.

God can be sovereign in anything if he wants to be, but he does not want to be. Therefore he did not even use the word in his 66 books that make up our Bible. Yet, his sovereignty is the...

That's because no Baptist holds your position and it's certainly not a part of this thread.
Prove the following is not taught in the word of God.
That the adoption itself does not occur until resurrection.