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Within monergism and Calvinism, and total depravity especially, isn`t it contradictory to say God predestines and elects, and humans cannot and wi not choose and believe in God and that God alone changes them and makes them choose and believe in Him, yet the Bible gives emphasis for the person...

How would you deal with accusations that paul contradicts Jesus in 1 corinthians? Like, claims that Paul is contradicting Jesus' command in 1 Corinthians[bless and do not curse]9:14? He says Jesus commanded that he should recieve his living by the Gospel but Paul says he doesnt need to follow it...

In Romans 13:11, what does Paul mean by believe? Does he mean believe in Jesus or believe when the second coming was? And what are general thoughts/responses to ideas that Matthew 24:26 warns of Paul?

Would Luke 21:8 and Romans 13:11 necessarily conflict? Do Matthew 28:18 and Acts 2:36 necessarily mean that Jesus became God?

There are beings with "free will" and they have have no sin (people in Heaven and some angels). Couldn't God have made everyone like them, as to make them have a free will, yet not sin?

This may be slightly off topic, but I just want to stick to one thread. Since God does elect, why evangelize?

It's a question. Or, actually, a number of them. I don't know the doctrines well enough to debate about them.

How can we choose God (John 3:16, Romans 10:9, Joshua 24:15), yet not choose God(John 15:16)?

Also, if the only choice we have is to choose evil, why are we at fault? We cannot choose good. Doesn't this demolish free will?

Then if God loves everyone, shouldn't He save everyone? And how are we responsible to believe, if we can't choose?

Calvinism's TULIP- Doesn't it contradict free will and omnibenevolence? If God wants everyone to be saved (1 Timothy 2:4), why doesn't He elect everyone? And because total depravity is true, God is the only one who can save us. So, why doesn't He elect everyone? If He really loved everyone...

Could “prenes ginomai” mean “became prone” or “falling suddenly”, instead of "falling headfirst"? If it does mean "headfirst", how did Judas fall on his head while hanging from his neck? Is that possible?

Or did it simply not happen?

Please pray for me.

Didn't you say Peter was mislead? Why would you cherry-pick from his words? "Messiah was prophesying that another man (a single man) would carry him away to places where it is not desireable for him to go (doctrines foreign to what Messiah taught Peter). I suggest that man was Pharisee Paul...

It is not a matter of grace/faith vs. works at all. For one, grace and faith are not interchangeable. It is neither by simply one of those things. It is by grace through faith, which is shown with works (James 2:14). How does salvation not come by grace (1 Peter 5:10)? How does...

Abandonment. Considering Paul's theological view, and the context of the chapter, he is not referring to the true bond of marriage. Context. The next verses reject these statement. Commentaries, some verse translations, and even context suggest he is quoting others. Paul dismissed the...

:doh: Paul taught it in his letters. Again, A)If you go by 2 or 3 witnesses, you throw out the Gospel as trustworthy. B)2 or 3 witnesses doesn't apply to this scenario. Paul claimed they agreed. There's no reason to believe otherwise. If you started eating a cheeseburger in...

In the verse, the word chorizo (weird, because you are a Messianic Jew.... never mind if you don't get the reference), is used to mean "depart". The term can be varied, so it does not have to necessarily mean divorce. If you look at the context, you can see he is quoting people. Those are not...