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    Any Calvinists here?

    God will deal with Satan, when the time has come. You're reading modern, western sensibilities onto an ancient foreign culture, the anachronistic fallacy. After all was said and done, did Job himself have a problem with God? Then why do you? This highlights the real, basic reason people...
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    Why I (a Calvinist) embrace Arminians/Synergists as fellow believers

    All through scripture we only read of people exercising faith, not where it came from. If I exercise faith in Jesus, profess his name publicly, trust him for my salvation, am reconciled, etc., then what theory you may have on where this faith came from is irrelevant. That's my point: it is NOT...
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    Why I (a Calvinist) embrace Arminians/Synergists as fellow believers

    How are Arminians adding works when the Bible says faith is not a work?
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    Why I (a Calvinist) embrace Arminians/Synergists as fellow believers

    Added, you say? I've added nothing, but Calvinism adds "election". I agree that salvation is by grace, but that faith is contrasted with works in the scriptures. It was all God's idea, including allowing us to freely choose, because that's the only way for love to be genuine. But faith is not...
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    ,.,.,.,..

    As I explained, you just put your faith in Jesus alone, that he is God in the flesh who rose from the dead. That's how you get saved. Beyond that, there are many Christian topics here for learning more, but of course you'll need to read the Bible yourself as well.
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    ,.,.,.,..

    Jesus is the way. His coming was prophesied, he died and rose again as prophesied, and all this was attested by many witnesses. He said that anyone who puts their trust in him alone (meaning no other gods) will be reconciled to God and adopted as his children. So the question is, do you want...
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    Male Headship

    PS general comment: I'm unsubscribing from the thread since there seems little reason to continue. The links I gave will provide my response to any male-centric argument.
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    Male Headship

    In addition to the links I gave, there are many more at both my blog and the Bible study site. In addition, I wrote a whole book going through all scriptures related to the question of hierarchy in Christianity. I wrote those so I wouldn't have to keep "re-inventing the wheel" and typing the...
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    Male Headship

    It is the men who need to understand humility; women know it all too well. But "head" is not a role to play. The head/body illustration in the contexts we see it is about unity of substance and mutual dependency. The uniting of Christ and the church is like the uniting of husband and wife...
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    Why I (a Calvinist) embrace Arminians/Synergists as fellow believers

    Calvinists have expressed doubt that anyone not accepting their definition of election is probably a reprobate. In this board. More than once. I think that may have been part of the reason the thread was started. So clearly, if salvation can be denied on the basis of rejection of Calvinism's...
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    Why I (a Calvinist) embrace Arminians/Synergists as fellow believers

    You haven't answered my question, though I did answer yours. You can ask me about my opinion of Calvinism's definition of sovereignty in some other thread another time. Right now I'm trying to stay on topic and address the issue of whether Calvinists should accuse Arminians of being reprobates...
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    Why I (a Calvinist) embrace Arminians/Synergists as fellow believers

    I too appreciate the "olive branch" of the OP. But I must agree with Consumed that this is inconsistent with Calvinism. I would only add to his comment about statements like "I was once like you but now I see", that it not only makes no sense to convince anyone to change their mind, but also...
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    Calling God female?

    God did no such thing, it is not in scripture. Exactly. These are not roles to play but aspects of being or ontology. We can tell male and female apart at birth; it has nothing to do with behavior or personality. Genesis one tells us God made "male and female" in his image, to "be fruitful and...
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    Male Headship

    No. Boss means the same as authority, it's just a shorter word to keep typing. Rather, I suspect that you think authority is a "softer" word and hope to lessen the harsh reality of men lording over women by somehow turning "NO lording over" into "NICE lording over". But Jesus said "Not so among...