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Recent content by Philo

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    Do you believe Baptism is essential for Salvation? (2)

    The man you describe sounds like he might have a mental illness. If I were to describe to you a man who believed in his heart that a red-colored stove element was hot and who had a distinct aversion to pain and who fully understood that placing his hand on said red-colored stove element would...
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    Do you believe Baptism is essential for Salvation? (2)

    Perfect obedience is not necessary for salvation. Attempting anything less, however, puts the lie to your faith. I am just as guilty of not trying my hardest one hundred percent of the time as anyone else, but that's because not trying my hardest is one of many sins Christ is trying to curb me...
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    Is baptism necessary to be saved?

    Matthew 7:15-20 And if anyone gives you lip, just refer them to James 2:18. Philo
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    Is baptism necessary to be saved?

    Cougan, I was going to argue with you. But I decided not to. <3<3<3, Philo
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    Is baptism necessary to be saved?

    Just wanted to tell you your name is really funny to me. That's all. :sorry: Philo
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    Just left a forum supported by those i disagree

    Ahem, eachers-pre, iles-fe, ine ig-pe atin-le. ;) Philo
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    The Instrumental Music Thread (To End All!)

    Dangit! All you Southern Hemospheric brethren are coming up on Spring, not Fall! Shoot! Not that it's important. It is -still- that time of year, thank you very much. What time of year? Yeah, I guess I should have made that a little clearer in the original post. It's time to discuss...
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    The Instrumental Music Thread (To End All!)

    It's that time of year again. The days are getting shorter, the months are very close to ending in "ber," and it's raining outside. What could this mean? Well, only one thing of course! It's time for a good old fashioned discussion! Okay, so maybe discussion is too genteel word for what will...
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    Is baptism necessary to be saved?

    It's still going? Wow! I'm really surprised, since there is one obvious and incontrivertable answer to this question that should be glaringly obvious from reading the Scriptures... Isn't there? ;) Postconservative Postrestorationist Zealot, Philo
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    Is Baptism needed to be saved?

    Well, if you want to read a good-sized novel on the subject, I can refer you to "Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation" somewhere a little down the list of topics. 1500+ posts and still going strong!
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    Might Jesus have been an early socialist?

    That's the silliest thing I've heard in a while. I think the newspaper was a fictional periodical, also written by monks.
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    Is baptism necessary to be saved?

    And on another note, post #1464 is almost completely scripture, and seems to set up a pretty natural progression when it comes to determining who is in Christ. <3<3<3, Philo
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    Is baptism necessary to be saved?

    I think the lurkers know we have Bibles too, Cougan. What the Bible says isn't the issue here... We obviously think the Bible says things that you don't think it says. The issue is why you think the Bible says one thing and why we think it says something else. That's the meat of the issue...
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    A metaphorical gospel?

    I'm inclined to say that the way Christ paid for our sins was more literary than metamechanical. Through His demonstration of the Love of God, we were allowed the only glimpse of what God actually means: Love as self-sacrifice.
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    Is baptism necessary to be saved?

    God owes nobody. If you do everything right, by your way of thinking, God is obligated to reciprocate. You have earned. It is not free, then. It is no longer grace, but another simpler Law (this time, communicated in the pages of Paul and others rather than on stone tablets, but the idea...
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