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    Instead of answering my question, you merely repeated your post. So, to clarify your meaning… Should we put a sign on the door of our...
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    Ascetic X replied to the thread Overcoming.
    Yes, God can make lemonade out of lemons. Even terrible things can ultimately fit into His plans. But He does not approve or endorse...
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    Ascetic X reacted to Anthony Pritchard's post in the thread Overcoming with Like Like.
    Dave, thank you for the kind tone. I am not basing anything on a logical assumption. I am simply taking the wording of Scripture at face...
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    Ascetic X reacted to JonC's post in the thread Use Your House (home) To Evangelize? with Like Like.
    I think the caution is that believers not be deceived. It is a warning against false teachers. Those John speaks of have "gone too...
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    Ascetic X replied to the thread Overcoming.
    No, God will not violate freedom of choice to stop a person from doing something sinful. Allowing is absolutely not approving. Approve...
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    So you think churches should only let saved believers enter them? Unsaved people must not be allowed to go to church? How do you...
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    Ascetic X replied to the thread Overcoming.
    Calvinists portray God as the author of sin. The Bible says God hates sin. God cannot contradict Himself by giving a command, then...
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    Ascetic X reacted to Anthony Pritchard's post in the thread Overcoming with Love Love.
    Dave, I appreciate your reply, but the issue here is not whether God foreknew the crucifixion or permitted it. The issue is the category...
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    Ascetic X reacted to Anthony Pritchard's post in the thread Overcoming with Love Love.
    Dave, I understand the distinction you’re trying to make, but this is exactly the issue I was pointing out. When “approve” is defined as...
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    Ascetic X replied to the thread Overcoming.
    You go way too far when you go from “God allowed it” to “God approved it.” God allows wicked people to die in their sins, but God does...
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    They should have. Being in Canada I did not hear him called that.
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    Ascetic X reacted to Anthony Pritchard's post in the thread Overcoming with Like Like.
    Dave, the difficulty with Edwards’ formulation is that it collapses categories Scripture keeps distinct. Edwards assumes that if God...
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    I have never heard of literal interpretation as inclusive of non-literal metaphor, symbol, and figures of speech. Technically there is...
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    Revelation 18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall...
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    Serious errors proliferate when a person uses AI Copilot to interpret words used in the Bible like “sea”. Whenever I see these copy...
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