If I may,. I would like to pick up a conversation which was ended in another thread.....

SheepWhisperer said.......
The Greek word is "tasso"
Cassidy said............
And there is your problem. You can't read Greek. The word is not "tasso."
The word is τεταγμενοι. As you can't read it I will transliterate it for you.

Tetagmenoi. You say "the Jews,after hearing the Gospel preached, rejected So they turned and preached it to the Gentiles." Yes, and "all those appointed to eternal life...

This hypothetical situation is not so hypothetical. It is based on a long-time friend of mine who is living this situation.

A couple moves a few hours away from the church they were members of. The church is too far to attend, so they seek out a new church. After a few weeks visiting churches, they find a church they like and start attending faithfully. In addition to Lord's day worship, they attend Sunday school and mid-week small group. They do everything expected of members, only they...

1. I believe the word of God is always pure - it doesn't need purification. How pure is the word of God? As pure as silver tried seven times in a furnace of fire.

Ps 12:6 The words of the LORD ARE pure words...
- not "will be" pure words after a seven fold purification process.

Ps 119:140 Thy word IS very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
- God's word IS always pure - it is in fact incorruptible (1P 1:22-24).

Pr 30:5 Every word of God IS pure: he is a shield unto them that put...

I am in disagreement with MOST on this board in this topic who are into Pragmatism and think evangelism is all about "results." No evangelism is about obedience to the Lord and trusting him to bring forth the converts. John 6:44 (NIV) 44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day."

John 6:37 (NIV) All that the father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.

John 6:65 (NIV) He went on to say,...

I'm curious what your thoughts might be on this article, and the position laid out there in - namely, if you are not being accused of teaching antinomianism and licentiousness, you simply aren't preaching the same gospel that Paul preached....

Lloyd-Jones on The Gospel and the Charge of Antinomianism - Feeding on Christ
I ask because rarely have I heard a presentation of the gospel and come away thinking "wow, he's teaching that people can get saved and live however they want"

I have been...

I want people who will be reading this post to think outside the box. I know this view is foreign to most Christians and it will be the first time some will hear of this view. As we all know, tradition isn’t always correct and scriptural. With this is mind, I want the reader to look at scripture at face value and put aside any presumptions or traditions that have been taught for many years.

Most Christians believe that the bride of Christ is the Church or a group within the church. The...

From Ray Comfort's FB feed.

"How do you feel about the eclipse on August 21,2017, and what are your thoughts on it only touching the USA? So rare and another one coming 7 yrs later April 8, 2024 making an X on America. Do you think this is a sign from God? of Judgment?"

Can anyone quote Calvin stating he taught limited atonement in the manor the typical puritan five pointer would contend?

In all my reading (which admittedly was not exhaustive and much left in the dust of the Forgottenness) I do not recall a single confirming statement, but rather found him embracing the typical view that the blood was certainly for all, but redemption was given to the few. In other words, he seemed to take as factual, Johns view of the atonement as complete and...

Over a few threads @Martin Marprelate , @Yeshua1 and I have disagreed over whether or not certain people held to Penal Substitution Atonement. This began concerning in what way Christ was “made sin” for us but probably should have started here, with defining PSA.

It only took 3 threads to discover that we never settled on the definition of Penal Substitution Atonement. I think we both took for granted the definition was plain, yet we hold different definitions.

What was claimed is that...

The "fig tree" in Matt.24:32 is claimed dogmatically to be Israel. That idea is found nowhere in the entire Holy Bible or Apocrypha. Yet, it is a teaching found in Gnosticism. I quote from the Apocalypse of Peter, found in the Gnostic Society Library online:

"And ye, take ye the likeness thereof (learn a parable) from the fig-tree: so soon as the shoot thereof is come forth and the twigs grown, the end of the world shall come.

And I, Peter, answered and said unto him: Interpret unto me...