Will there be different races in heaven as there are here on earth (e.g., yellow, black, white, etc.)?

Luk 18:24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

I would like to know how Calvinists understand this scripture. Why, if a person is chosen before the foundation of the world, and drawn by Irresistible Grace would it be more difficult for a rich person to be saved?

Seems to me if DoG is...

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I am in 100% agreement with tithing. I have done it ever since I was saved years ago. However I am now in a circumstance I have never really been in. I am planning on joining a different church in the near future. I am not happy with many of the things going on at my current church. One of the many is the way money is being spent, on unnecessary things. Some...

As it seems that some do!

If you "choose" from only one possibility, the banana, then the "choice" was predestined. You could not have chosen the apple because then God's knowledge would be in error. To choose means to can choose between two or more alternate outcomes. If only one outcome is possible, that choice is a non-choice, a predestined choice and you could not choose the other option.

Yes, but every choice is intentional (it has a why); otherwise, it is random (or made out of insanity). If there is a why...

Tom recently described the SBC, and his church, thusly:

(Originally Posted by Tom Butler) I think it is correct to say that Calvinism is growing among Southern Baptists. And, at one time, I thought that this would be the next big battle issue for the Convention. And although there are occasional potshots here and that, that battle has not yet materialized on a significant scale. My own congregation is sort of a microcosm of the convention. We have a number of DoGs, including at least three...

Plain and simple, please respond to both the poll and leave your comments on the following:

Is divorce an unforgivable sin, forever banning the party from ever serving the Lord?

Did Christ ACTUALLY atone for our sins at Calvary of did he make atonement possible at Calvary?

just getting a gauge on that here on BB!

One primary problem with Christian cults is that they define human nature on the same level as animal life. They see no constituent distinctions between animals and humans in regard to their constituent nature. They interpret "soul" to either be equal to "life" or "body" and they interpret "spirit" to be equal to "air" or "breath." They interpret the "image" of God to either be something visible or a higher degree of mental function due to the physical make up of the mind.

Hence, they...