Recent content by atpollard

You quoted only one passage and that passage was not one of the 20 that allegedly described salvation as a “hope”. I have provided clear exegesis of clear verses which you have responded to with little more than a “taint so”. So feel free to address the clear verses that I quoted and I will...

Sorry, but I do not need to ponder mysteries from sentences starting with "But ..." [indicating they have been SNATCHED from a larger context to make a specific point they may, or may not, have been speaking to in context.] I have enough "stupid simple" verses that I need only choose to...

"Once Saved Always Saved" means different things to different people. I believe THIS: God most certainly finishes what God starts. John 6:37-40 [NASB] "Everything that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I certainly will not cast out. For I have come down from...

Which points out the potential "red flag" in the OP for the church he is attending ... that is a rather "worldly" dynamic for a church setting. of course: "The first to speak in court sounds right--until the cross-examination begins." - [Proverbs 18:17 NLT]

[Begin pedantic moment] Technically, you implied it and I inferred it. [End pedantic moment] :)

"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you." - Matthew 6:33 [NASB] Check it out in CONTEXT and see what "all these things" really means.

PS. You requested it RIGHT HERE: (again, a request for Proof is implied rather than a simple YES/NO response.)

When you posted THIS title: Anyone else have a unique eschatology? and THIS OP: Were you REALLY just looking for a simple "YES" or "NO" response? [NOBODY that responded seems to have understood you that way, so the flaw in communication must be with YOU.] If a YES/NO is all you really...

The modern church in America and the status of Christianity in Europe since 1033. Just a few highlights off the top of my head: 10th Century: End of ONE CHURCH, beginning of Schisms Middle Ages: Islam, Crusades, rise of Church-States, sale of Indulgences, Political Corruption within the...

Jesus returned in the year 1033 and took away His Church. We are living in the 1000 year reign of the Antichrist (starting with the great schism and extending to every form of modern apostasy). In the year 2033, Jesus will return to destroy everything with FIRE as in the days of Noah. [As long...

I admired how God's patience cut both ways: God waits as long as possible to provide EVERY OPPORTUNITY for "all without exception" to do the right thing (and God will forgive everything right up to that last possible moment). Every additional moment that "judgement" is delayed, stores up that...

Technically, EVERYONE gets to meet Him eventually ... at the Judgement Throne if nothing else. ;) Considering God's "settled opposition" to sin, it is probably just as well that the unsaved (unforgiven) are not raptured into the air and escorted into the presence of a Holy God ... it would not...

[sigh] post #215 listed the verses, in context, with the critical portions underlined. post #218 summarized the conclusions from each of those underlined portions in support of @joeLightening 's position that Israel (the True Israel) includes both Jews and Gentiles that met the criteria...

Children of the PROMISE are decedents of Abraham. Gentiles can have the Law written on their heart. A Jew is defined by circumcision of the heart. From these TRUTHS revealed by Paul and the Holy Spirit, @joeLightening was correct to say that Israel included gentiles, too.

It does, but he left out the intermediate steps [scripture] that connects the dots ... [Rom 9:6-8 NASB20] 6 But [it is] not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are [descended] from Israel; 7 nor are they all children because they are Abraham's descendants...