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I am sitting here at my desk at the bank. A customer comes in and I help him with his problem. Now he has a list of books on the paper that he had given me with issue we were working on. One of them was "A case for a Creator" by Lee Strobel. I made a comment on it and it turned into a discussion...

I would challenge that Abraham said exactly who he was, "ashes and dust". By that statement we can say that he knew that no matter what the answer that he got from the Lord he was going to be ok with it for it is God who is in charge. Now by that there is no way that a very humble Abraham would...

So then what would you say to a christian that was going through a hard time? Or one that has lost their job or some other financial setback?

I am not ignoring what God spoke unto Abraham, but to say that God did not know how bad the cities where it not what the verse said at all. It said that he had heard the outcry, thus he knows what is happening in the city. But He has decided to go to the city himself and see it. Now in his visit...

When I look at people either WoF or not, that say to me that beacuse they have faith in God that they are going to be weathy or healthy. I am have a problem with it. In the instances that I have come across member os the WoF I have always run into the thought of that if I can see it and believe...

I am not sure that we seem to have the same thought what it would mean to tell God what to do. When I look at Abraham I see him talking to God. Now I also know that the Lord already knew how many righeous men there where in the city, and knew that while He would spare them He would still rain...

In 1 Timothy 6 3-19 we see much: "3If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, 4he is conceited and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in...

Now we get to heart of the problem of the Word of Faith movement. The if you believe it God will make it happen. Turning God into more of a vending machine than the soveirgn all-powerfull God that He is. No where in scripture do I see man telling God what to do. All through scripture I read see...

The coffee shop part is so right. But I have to say that my mentor in all things biblical is of a very unlikly source. He works at the Harley Davidson plant and is completely covered in tatoos.

While you post much in the way of using the words: rich, prosperious, wealthy, and/or examples of men who were wealthy you have yet to show where God promised Abraham that all of his decendents would be wealthy in this world.

What about those that have given their lives to Chirst and work everyday for God and yet have nothing but the Clothes on their back. It is them that I truely want to be like. For they have come to know the Lord as their strength and provider. Not the one that is in the masion on the hill. For I...

Ia m so loving all of the snow falling here in the midwest the last couple of weeks. It is now -15F with the windchill. With a forcast of -30F tomorrow morning. three cheers for Global Warming!!!!!

I am going to have to say that I think that you are diving a little to deep into this. There are many times in the BIble that things are not a metaphor for anything else. We were removed from the garden and the way back in is protected by the Angel. Plan and simple as scripture reads. As for...

But is Jesus the only way to heaven! All other paths lead to destruction. Romans 3:23 For all sinned and fall short of the glory of God Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. We do not become sinners by sinning, we sin because...

There are so many times that I am so amazed by what I read. I am preparing for a Bible study on Romans 9, and I happened to open to Isaiah 40. I was amazed that the very place that I opened to was about the very thing that I was reading about in Romans 9.

When it comes to the elect of Christ it is anouther way of saying the decendents of Abraham. Now it is not in reference to the physical decendents of Abraham, but the people that are being brought into the spritual family by the calling of the Holy Spirit. All in fullfilment of the covenant that...

When looking into Free will I find that the best place to look is the word of God itself. In specific Romans Ch 9 and Isaiah ch 40. In both places we see the power of God. For if He is God, who am I to argue with Him? People always talk about our will being free cause I decide what I am going...

When God acts, weither I understand it or not, it is done for the glory of Him. not to build me up, in fact some times it will force me to humble myself before Him. Verse 29 does not imply or say anything about knowing a action or decision. It just says that he knew us. Knew that we were...

But go back one verse, Romans 8:28-"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose." We have been called according to the purpose of God's will. not the knowledge of some future event. For even in the next verse it only...

When one talks about being elect, a more common word is chosen. So to be the chosen is to be elect. I understand that you are saying that God elected Jesus to attone for sin. But we also know that in the Old testiment God elected or chose the decendents of Abraham to be his people. But not based...