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To the Calvinist, God's knowledge is certain because he has predetermined and decreed whatsoever comes to pass. His purpose is to ensure that what he wants will indeed happen. And again, for the Calvinist, God can only do this by meticulous predetermination of all things great and small. (I'm...

The problem is that Paul was writing to those who are already saved. He is not talking about unbelievers, but believers and how believers should act. We are saved by grace through faith, not by works. (Ephesians 2:8-9) Planting and reaping is only accomplished by means of the Spirit (Gal...

So you are saying that your obedience to learning and obeying the Bible earns salvation? Doug

Fist of all, welcome to CF, we're glad you've joined us. Secondly, if I may ask, what church background do you have? Much of what you've been saying is almost verbatim of the Jehovah's Witnesses message about death. Saint Worm2 has done an excellent job pointing out the historical consensus...

He cut everybody's taxes. Just sayin'! Feel free to pay more taxes, me and my house are voting for less tax. (And my wife and I are slightly below the projected median income of $78,500 for FY 2020, by roughly 4k! This projected figure up 4% over 2019 figures, and this in the midst of the...

While I will agree with you, I will expand the thought and say that where ever free people are, their rulers are bought and paid for. The human heart is the epicenter of all inequity, and since no human being (aside from Christ) is perfect, purely human activity will always be, left to itself...

A strong economy is better than a weak one and provides the same opportunities for all. It is how you react to a situation that detetmines the value. There are plenty of people who start with nothing and reach great successes, but they do not blame it on their circumstances and complain that...

I acknowledge that I was a State employee when I came down with MS. I got a very good disability retirement package and have had the same insurance since the 90s. But insurance companies are not bound by the State but by the agreements made with the Unions that represent the workers. Those...

Lying is the language of all powerful men and women. Sen. Harris is a prime example of that as well as Biden. If total honesty was the issue, nobody would be elected. When Biden says that the Trump tax relief plan is gone day one, and Harris says taxes won't go up, that is a boldface lie and...

He has been, and has said so many times. The rhetoric of the Left is aimed at those who do not care about truth, and will accept anything that comes out of Big Brother's mouth at face value! They avoid the true reality of things, and hyperbolize beyond recognition anything that they can find to...

Bill, Gen 3:15 is the first proclamation of God that sin's effects will be destroyed. John is, I believe, saying to same thing after the fact, in 1 John 3:8, "...The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work." Part of the devil's work is the sin nature and the power of sin...

And therein lies your fallacy, the assumption and declaration of a "Kingdom" that is never mentioned. The second Kingdom is the second kingdom without the reality of the first. And FG2 is correct, there is no nomenclature applied to any of the kingdoms mentioned in Matthew! Thus, they are...

How erudite! Doug

When God chose to not destroy man, but rather to save mankind (Gen 3:15) he was granting us the potential for belief and repentance. His very presence is all that is needed to illuminate the heart of man. He is the light that shines on every man! (John 1:9) Doug

I would be happy to respond to you if you would correct the formating so that I can respond properly. Doug