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Brandan:

I think I may have misrepresnted you with this quote above: Looking at this and seriously considering it, I would not have learned truth on a hundred different gospel matters that I've...

Jacob Arminius in his response to the "Nine Questions" in the answer to question 8 affirms a quote from Augustine supporting his own views that I have not been able to find, even in his earlier works...

Don, respectfully, you are utilizing paradoxical arguments and are becoming dialectical with yourself. You can't claim both contradictory propositions: that regeneration is needed as a prerequisite...

Calvin on 2 Peter:

"The doubts respecting this Epistle mentioned by Eusebius, ought not to keep us from reading it. For if the doubts rested on the authority of men, whose names he does not give,...

Thanks Don.

On a very different (and temporary) note, for those who deny the homologoumena/antilegomena distinction, I would like to see their interpretation of this passage from Ecclesiastes...

Thanks Don.

We will just have to disagree on this. I recognize the acceptance of the book named James by the 'church' (wow!), and only will say that if they are right, James 2 on justification...

Don,

I do not attempt to interpret James 2:14-26 in any intelligible way, I can't. It was historically viewed as antilegomena even by the Roman Catholic Church until the canon of Trent in 1545...

Thanks so much Don, I agree fully except that a discussion of what you mean by 'perfect works' is definitely in order., as I'm not sure what you are getting at. --Bob

Please look at the following article regarding this formula invented by Melanchthon. I do not agree with every point in it, especially the nature of the 'faith' (belief) of those wanting to kill...

Hi again Don.

"I, for one, do not accept this notion that a single act or word spoken in time puts one past forgiveness." I do not accept this either, I'm not sure if you are claiming that I did....

If anyone has never read this evidence presented by Augustus Toplady: that the whole Arminian system was invented by the papal Jesuits (Society of Jesus), which secret society has as it's sole...

Hi Don. Here are my thoughts on your latest post. I have put your comments in bold and mine in plain text, your quotations of me in italics. I hope I did all this correctly!

Here, having...

Hi Don. There is more than one issue raised here that are critical to judging all matters by the gospel.

• Holy Spirit regeneration as contrasted to Holy Spirit enlightenment on various issues...

Brethren,

Here is a link to what I am talking about: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/15121.htm

Of course, the source is Roman Catholic but that does not matter.

I have written a lot...

Thanks so much Don for your gospel testimony and wisdom demonstrated in these posts! More interaction to come soon. I am going to post a new thread on Augustine's late 'conversion' to the gospel of...

In the past, I have had many challenges to the notion that the taunt against the king (kingdom) of Tyre in Ezekiel 28 in no way refers to Satan. Many have tried to score 'debate points' affirming...

Gill does not quite explain why Paul states there are some who 'perhaps' will be excused in conscience due to such light (what God has created), those who worship the creator in some manner until...

Hebrews 10:28-31:

He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the...

btw, the "Tyre and Sidon" issue is very significant. Not only did Christ say those places 'would have' repented, they did repent in connection with His ministry (Mark 7:24 ff, 3:8, Luke 6:17). At...

The second article is really good. I challenge the speculative notion: "except Adam had died, he would have abided alone, and the world would never have been peopled through him.". The Bible does...

The tenor of the article is excellent overall. I do not subscribe to Curry's view of the hereditary nature of a 'fall' of Adam, as all know who have read my writing for years. He stated: The total,...

A Brief Exegesis of Romans 5:12-21 (ESV)

NOTE: The position outlined here is one I have embraced, defended, and written about for many years. I am presenting it again as the old issue has come...

Thanks Brandan for this article, it hits the nail on the head. I do not believe the death as the consequence of Adam's sin is 'spiritual' death (dualism) that is promoted by most all teachers in the...

I am in process of composing my response, which will essentially be the same exegetical and logical arguments I have presented for years.

The Neon Gas Lamp speaks of Brandan's teaching as...

All I can say is, how is the traditional doctrine of 'hell' as perceived by most of those in 'orthodoxy' a part of the true gospel of eternal election and imputed justification in Christ's person and...