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Recent content by timbrown

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    What do you do?

    Well, sometimes we need to be able to (as Peter said) "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect..) 1 Peter 3:15. Certainly there are those who are converted by a simple presentation of...
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    What do you do?

    Alicia: There are two kinds of doubt -- the kind that leans toward belief and is just looking for evidence, and the kind that is leaning toward unbelief and that no facts or "proof" will resolve. My prayer for your family is that they are just looking for evidence. Entire books have been...
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    Seeker Friendly

    For sure! I didn't immediately run out of the place screaming and there are still people there that I care deeply for. I also still go out to breakfast with one of the deacons every other Saturday morning. In my case, the change was inevitable due to a number of things gone seriously wrong...
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    Is this odd or is it just me?

    Don't know -- it is certainly possible that the Lord is trying to get your attention. I'm not saying that is what it is, I'm just saying it's possible. Only you and the Lord know your heart. As for me, I had to disconnect the TV from the antenna when I became a believer. It just pulls on me...
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    Seeker Friendly

    Actually, you quoted half my statement. The full statement reads: " First, I'd echo what someone else has said...Paul stated in Romans that none seek after God. What we see in lost people is the result of God convicting them of their need for God. But left on their own, they won't seek." And...
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    Seeker Friendly

    Skip this. I accidentally entered a post twice...!
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    X-Baptist here 4 questions

    Lately Rick Warren has begun writing columns in the "Ladies Home Journal." I'm a male CNA at a nursing home. The last place I worked, they had that magazine there. And I noticed Rick's article listed on the cover. I read it. Rick said alot about "finding your purpose" and "being spiritual" but...
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    Seeker Friendly

    How refreshing to read some of the posts about the "seeker" movement! First, I'd echo what someone else has said...Paul stated in Romans that none seek after God. What we see in lost people is the result of God convicting them of their need for God. But left on their own, they won't seek...
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    How do you support OSAS in light of Heb 6:4 without being Calvinist?

    The parable of the sower is not really about the sower, it is about the different types of soils. The first three are not receptive to the seed, to one degree or another. The soil is either hard, thorny or shallow. You can't blame the sower for the condition of the soil. It has been said...
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    Favorite Version of the Bible to read?

    By default I tend to use the NIV most. Then the NASB. I have a looseleaf KJV, which is kind of neat because you can insert pages you've written out during study or whatever. But I don't use it publically because it's one of those things that looks big, black and religious. I feel pompous...
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    Whos your favourite pastor/preacher?

    I've heard alot of teachers but the main two are: John MacArthur -- whom I studied under from 1982 to 83. I took hermeneutics from him and he contributed to some of my other classes. James MacDonald -- A great teacher, influence by the previous person I mentioned. I like him because he tells...
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    How does once saved always saved work exacly ?

    Sure! See also Hebrews 12. where it warns us to make sure that "no one misses the grace of God". There are "almost Christians" out there. And again, this is what Paul was adressing when he said "Examine yourselves...." Hebrews chapter 10 is actually a warning very similar to that of the one in...
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    How does once saved always saved work exacly ?

    Do you see an ongoing love for Christ? A desire to obey and grow? Is it more important for you to conform to what Jesus CHrist is like than to be popular? Are you leaning on personal "Goodness" to get into heaven? Unsaved people don't have a love for Jesus, nor do they desire to obey Him...
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    How does once saved always saved work exacly ?

    ok, I have a bit more time now. As I mentioned this morning, the earlier differing views were based on Arminian theology and Calvinistic theology. Only in the last century (that I am aware of) did we begin to have the "easy belief" hybrid, which teaches "pray the prayer, walk the isle...
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    How does once saved always saved work exacly ?

    Hello: I don't have much time to enter this, so excuse my brevity, I'm leaving for work soon. The early church fathers (I'm not talking Roman Catholic) made statements in their writings about perserverance and fruit bearing. Throughout history, this has been the case. On the one hand you had...
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