Recent content by David Lamb

Thank you for making that clear Anthony. I'm glad that you don't believe that Calvinists think God is the Author of sin. Regarding the Book of Life, I don't see Revelation 3 or 1 John 5 as teaching that everybody's name is written in that Book by default, and that some get their names...

I believe the Doctrines of Grace, sometimes known as Calvinism, but I do not believe God to be the Author of sin, nor do I believe that such is a Calvinist teaching. The Calvinistic "Westminster Confession of Faith" says in Paragraph III:I "I. God from all eternity did, by the most wise and...

Yet John goes on to write: (Joh 1:14 NKJV) And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. The One Who "became flesh", and dwelt among John and his fellow disciples, and Whose glory they beheld...

I think 1 Corinthians 10:13 applies too: (1Co 10:13 NKJV) No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

Just to avoid any misunderstanding, let me just make clear that I am not saying that works are unimportant or unnecessary. What I believe on the basis of Scripture is that we are not saved by our works, but for good works.

If it was just Ephesians 2:9 you might have a point. But the whole passage, Ephesians 2:1-10, stresses over and over again the impossibility of working to obtain salvation. Paul tells his readers that they were dead in trespasses and sins, so totally unable to contribute to their salvation...

Just because I didn't refer to them all in my post does not mean that I had not read them Also, I am not "preconditioned to reject, will reject everything, including common sense and undeniable facts." However, when I read a passage such as Ephesians 2, and see the clear words of Paul that...

How is that any different to having St Peter's (Anglican) church just a few steps away from All Saints (Anglican) church and St Paul's (Anglican) church?

I believe it refers to the fact that the saving work Jesus had come to earth to do had been completed.

The KJV and the ASV say "generation." The NKJV, MKJV, YLT, LSB, NET, and ESV all say "genealogy." My concordance has the following entry on the word translated into English as "generation" or "genealogy": "1078 genesis [ghen -es-is] from the same as 1074; n f; TDNT-1:682,117; [{See...

I certainly did not take Martin's post to men that he was saying that Abel was mute for all his life, just that none of his spoken words are recorded for us in Scripture.

But you were asked to share the verses that require some works to gain salvation. Let's look at some of the verses you listed: (Neh 2:18 NKJV) And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me, and also of the king's words that he had spoken to me. So they said, "Let us rise...

Here in the UK, it varies. There are Anglican and Roman Catholic church builds which are extremely elaborate, with intricate carvings in wood and stone, an "altar" with a finely-stitched front cloth, stained glass windows, and more. Baptists and other non-conformists tend to use much plainer...

I would say that if the pastor meant that whatever was spoken from the pulpit, nobody was allowed to disagree, that does sound cult-like. Of course Baptist churches vary, but I have never come across one that views its pastor (or any preacher) as infallible. If he was talking about some...

I have never been in a church that has either a senior pastor or a worship leader. We do have somebody who accompanies the hymns on an organ, to make sure we all start on the same note and sing at the same speed. The idea of having somebody dressed as a Goth and covered in make-up to "lead"...