from; The Canons of Dort

Article 7

Election is the unchangeable purpose of God, whereby,
before the foundation of the world, He hath out of mere grace,
according to the sovereign good pleasure of His own will, chosen,
from the whole human race,
which had fallen through their own fault
from their primitive state of rectitude into sin and destruction,
a certain number of persons to redemption in Christ,
whom He from eternity appointed the Mediator
and Head of the elect,
and the...

On a previous thread, a poster attacked me for being in favor of the dynamic equivalence (DE) theory of translation. This was in spite of me not ever saying that, and in fact having written against it here on the BB. So I thought that it must be time for me to rail against it again, so that the johnnie-come-latelies get the message--I strongly oppose it!!!

First of all, consider the terminology. Eugene Nida invented the term, or at least made it public, in his groundbreaking book, Toward...

This poll came to my mind based on the poll thread that @Salty started about eating near a casino.

The church where I fellowship will partaking in the Lord's Supper this coming Sunday(we have the Lord's Supper on the 5th Sunday of the months with 5 Sundays in them). We use real wine in doing so. So my question is: Would you partake of the Lord's Supper if real wine is used? Personally, I have no problem with it. I just have to remind myself that even though it will taste like grape juice...

Mrs Saty and I occasionally eat at some of the restaurants at Turning Stone.
The other day, I asked a fellow pastor - that we should get together - and
on a Sunday afternoon have lunch. I asked him about meeting at Turning Stone,
since it would be about half-way between us.

However, he does not want to go there. The reason being is that a good portion of
TS is a Casino. He said it would be a bad testimony for a pastor to be there.
I do not have to walk thru the actual Casino area to get...

from; http://www.ntslibrary.com/PDF Books II/Simmons - A Systematic Study of Bible Doctrine.pdf

"Now from all this it appears,
that redemption is not universal, is not of all men;

for though they are many for whom the ransom price is paid;
yet though all are many, many are not all;

and if the redeemed are such who are the objects of God's special love
and favour, then not all men;

for there are some of whom it is said,

"He that made them, will not have mercy on them;
and he...

No doubt about the existence of demons, but who/what are they? A friend insists they're fallen angels, but 2 Peter 2:4 says God cast them into tartarus. And God certainly didn't create them sinful.

An interesting read.
My Personal Experience with Calvinism
All are welcome comment on his views.

TULIP - Calvinism Explained in Five Simple Points

How many points of C do you agree?

Peace brothers. 5 point Classical Arminian Baptist here.

I've been thinking on the root of belief for a few days and would like to hear your opinions.

How would a free will believer (aka non-Calvinist) explain why they have believed? They chose to believe and submit to God, but why? Why they said yes to the Spirit while others say no?
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander … so based on the OP above:

Peace brothers. 5 point Particular Baptist here.

I have a question to...

Why liturgical churches use incense.