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Paul calls all believers in Christ saints, if you are justified you are a saint. When Paul addresses believers in his epistles he calls them saints. You are either a saint or a sinner, saved or lost. When it comes to salvation these are the only two possible states. This doesn't mean that...

I think you misinterpreted my post. I believe God calls whomever he wants to, he will have mercy on whom he will have mercy. I voted that man has no free will by the way which seems to be your opinion based on your post. God has both foreknowledge and predestines people, but when he...

The new testament mentions that Jesus had brothers (Matthew 13:55, John 2:12). Isn't this sufficient proof that Mary was not a virgin or else how were those brothers born if not by sexual intercourse? Where does it come the doctrine that Mary was a virgin all her life? It sounds like false...

Rob Bell and Brian McLaren represent the liberal side of the emerging church. I believe both of them are false teachers. Brian McLaren, even refuses to call homosexuals sinners and wants to integrate them into the church. Rob Bell has some crazy ideas and it's coming up with a new book about...

Predestination and foreknowledge are very tightly related. God foreknows everything and that's why he can predestine everybody. If God didn't foreknow he couldn't predestine, but God predestines who will be saved and who will not be saved, God doesn't leave salvation to chance or human...

From reading the Pauline epistles to the early churches I have to conclude that Luther and Paul understood the gospel in the same way, salvation by grace through faith alone, apart from any works. The apostle Paul and the Reformers preach the same gospel. The catholic church was not preaching...

No, it's not. It's what the bible says and it's what Luther and Calvin taught way before the 20th century. And by the way there is a lot of work righteousness in the church today, the evangelical church is more about works and self improvement, than faith in Jesus Christ. Although like the...

I will repeat my original statement that you replied to: "Martin Luther needs to be remembered for rescuing the biblical doctrine of salvation by grace through faith alone without any regard to works." This statement is accurate and none of the biblical quotations that you posted contradicts...

Predestination is not about avoiding responsibility for your sins, but recognizing our inability to overcome sin on our own strength. Predestination means acknowledging responsibility for my sins and knowing that I deserve death as a result of my sin, if it weren't for my trust in my Lord Jesus...

Martin Luther needs to be remembered for rescuing the biblical doctrine of salvation by grace through faith alone without any regard to works. This is the gospel of Jesus Christ that Luther brought back to light. He also brought to light the importance of reading scripture and having scripture...

I voted predestination because the will of God comes before the will of man. With that said I can see those that are mentioning that they believe in both predestination and free will. From God's perspective we are all predestined to His will (not only the saints but sinners and the devil are...

The only reason I mentioned specific people was to respond to a couple of posts claiming that they didn't know that any christian teachers / churches were saying that Jesus spoke in parables to entertain. I wanted to point out that the seeker sensitive movement (Warren, Hybels) teaches this...

Well, Rick Warren, America's number 1 pastor wrote in his book the Purpose Driven Church (page 232) that Jesus used parables to entertain the crowd. Rick Warren's belief is shared by all purspose driven seeker-sensitive churches. : Stuart Brogden refutes Warren's teaching as unbiblical in...

You are 100% correct. This is the case with many people that I talk to about Jesus and the bible, and they basically say I don't believe everything the bible says. So they've heard it, they read at least a portion of the bible, they didn't like what they saw, and they rejected Jesus. This is...

Excellent point. Every north american has heard about Christ, but not everybody has understood the message. So we need to keep preaching, that's sort of the message that I want to convey.

I for one believe that most north americans have already heard the gospel. Be it through radio, tv, newspapers, the internet, a book, a pamphlet, the bible etc.They have accepted or rejected Christ or they are sitting on the fence not knowing whether to believe it or not (agnostics). It is...

I agree and that's exactly why I acknowledged I was wrong in my opening post right before you wrote this.

Isn't this exactly what I said in my post just prior to yours? I recognized I was wrong.

I went back to scripture and let me say that there's another reason as to why divorce, adultery (remarrying after a divorce), and fornication (cohabitation outside marriage) have become rampant. And the reason is unbelief. It is the result of the abandonment of the christian faith. Thanks to...

Great post. I used to think like you when I was a teenager as well. It's good to be idealistic, and Christ said we should all be like little children. What you say makes perfect sense, but it not always works that way in reality. I've made this post to open the debate, don't claim to have...