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Recent content by darrenbrett

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    Help with a verse

    Hi again Bill and other reformers. After re-reading your last post I see you have answered my question- from a fully-reformed perspective. I'm glad I stumbled on this forum- unawares. It's made for stimulating dialogue. Clearly, you are a refomer and I am not. Just wanted to clarify that. Be...
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    Help with a verse

    Bill, by the way, no I didn't realize I was in a "reformed" forum. But to be honest, that doesn't matter to me either way. One must still account for all of Scripture- if one is a Christian. So I hope you can tolerate a perspective that might differ from your own.
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    Help with a verse

    Bill, You have yet to clarify whether or not you believe man has choice in the matter of recieving the gift of salvation. That is the crux of my entire point. You have written a rather long disertation regarding issues that were not my main point. So let me ask you plainly: A.) Do you...
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    Help with a verse

    Hi again Bill and others, I honestly think you're doing some semantic gymnastics that lead you nowhere- in a pragmatic sense. You're asking questions akin to: "Can God make a rock too big for Himself to lift?" This is a fun idea linguistically and semantically, but it has no pragmatic value...
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    Why is it the more educated I become, the more i drift away from religion?

    I would like ot offer a point to the non-believers in the crowd: Many of us in here would likely want to make a distinction between a relationship with Jesus and "religion". I am a follower of Jesus; however I do not consider myself "religious". A Christian saint once noted that: "The coming...
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    Help with a verse

    Hi Bill and everybody else, I think you mis-understood my meaning. What I'm saying is that God's desire is to be able to extend mercy to all. However, only those who recieve Him are actually partakers in that mercy. Just because not all exercise their will in such a way as to recieve that...
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    Questioning Faith

    Yes the Bible tells us truth that we can stand on. But beyond this, through the Holy Spirit, we can enter into relationship where we don't merely trust by written word, but also through dynamic relationship with Jesus. He still speaks to us the same way God spoke to Jesus. "For those who have...
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    Name of your city?

    Knoxville
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    Help with a verse

    When we mention "ELECTION" we must remember that God acts outside of time. The "will of man" does very much come into play. God's election does not mean He forces salvation on us- we must still choose to respond to His mercy. The Holy Spirit moves upon a heart but this does not guarantee that...
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    Help with a verse

    I studied Paul and his meaning in such "universalist" sounding passages. I think the key term in the verse you quoted is "may". God's desire is to have salvific mercy on all men- this doesn't necessitate them actually all being saved- because "all men" also have free will. There is a distinction...
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    Greeters Annex - fellowship for greeters and newbies

    Hey everyone. Just introducing myself (hat goes off). I'm Darrenbrett. I'm here for some meaningful, thoughtful dialogue. Hope I've found a suitable place to do so. Peace and salutations.
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