Recent content by A. believer

That's grace, and it came at the cost of the cross.

The knowledge of sin (which we all possess because God has "written His law on our hearts") is what convicts us of sin and makes evident to us the justice of God's condemnation of all men apart from Christ, but it isn't this knowledge that separates us from God. It's sin.

Yes, all sin separates us from God, and we're all sinners. I think the idea that all sins are exactly the same in God's eyes came from trying to avoid the error of comparing ourselves to others and judging ourselves generously because, "I'm certainly not as bad as that guy over there." But if...

I think what Scripture indicates is that culpability for sin varies, depending on situation and circumstances. This is consistent with the notion of much being required of those to whom much is given. I don't believe God ranks particular sins in order of gravity. I do believe he weighs...

The one I posted in #14. It's John 19:11.

So you feel that Jesus is saying that the consequences of Earth of the Jews turning Jesus over to the Roman authorities are greater than the consequences of Pilate ordering His crucifixion?

Jesus answered, "You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin." Apparently Jesus thinks so.

Actually, that's exactly what you did. You harp on one single verse of Scripture over and over and over again without any apparent understanding of the principle being taught or the context, and you use that verse to beat everyone over the head with, talking to people as if all the rest of...

Absolutely! I once was lost and now I'm found, was blind but now I see. God converted me from a hostile enemy of God to His beloved child!

I voted no, but I think the question would have been better framed as "Is Mormonism Christian?"

This is why I didn't bother to cite Scripture to you. When people do, you have the audacity to dismiss it as an "excuse." The Lord Jesus and His apostles were always telling believers to stop their sinful behaviors, and yet, in the case of those whose duty required sometimes using force...

Maybe he should be president. Presidents always have nice hair.

Good point. Locking a door is certainly resisting evil. It's amazing how people can fail to see the absurdity of their false interpretations.

This is the kind of thing I mean that is so reprehensible in your ethics. Because you believe that only an unbeliever is authorized to do the God-ordained job of protecting the innocent, you would stand and watch your neighbor being attacked and murdered because an unbeliever wasn't present to...

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