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Boom. Great answer.

Right, so I think James is talking about the way in which faith works once it is given. It is the picture of true faith - which is always living and active. But the New Testament is clear that the faith itself is initially a gift of God.

The mention of “remaining things” implies that the readers have begun a life of faithful service, but something has happened that impeded further progress. There are still some things left for these Christians to do to show the genuineness of their faith and the legitimacy of the Christian...

Relevant question: isn't faith a gift? Ephesians 2:8, "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God." Can faith be a "work" if it is a gift?

Within the context of the verse he's talking about the temptation when we are tempted to say that God is responsible for the temptation. To say this, is in fact to be deceived, since God "cannot be tempted by evil and He himself does not tempt anyone." In a broader redemptive-historical context...

Welcome brother!

The Holy Spirit. The world sets the stage, your flesh craves, while demons persuade. Saturate yourself in God's word as often as possible.

“They say of some temporal suffering, 'No future bliss can make up for it,' not knowing that Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even that agony into a glory. And of some sinful pleasure they say “Let me have but this and I’ll take the consequences”: little dreaming how damnation...

When we choose something, there is a concursus taking place, in that God has ordained and caused that choice, but we also really and responsibly choose. God causes first, but is not responsible for what we choose. Then, concurrent to God’s cause, we choose and are, thus, secondary causes. But...

agreed.

The Greek word used there is παιδεύω, which means to assist in the development of a person’s ability to make appropriate choices, practice discipline. William Arndt, Frederick W. Danker, and Walter Bauer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature...

The Bible teaches new creation. The Holy Spirit resurrects the dead to new spiritual life. Your statement that "they continue whatever lifestyle" yet are saved is a far cry from the biblical gospel. For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce...

I'm sorry, but the bible does not teach that.

Can we though?

Yeah.. it's a deep question. In order to see revival, repentance is absolutely crucial (2 Chronicles 7:14; 1 Kings 8:46-50; 2 Chronicles 6:26-27; Hosea 5:15; Joel 2:12-13; Deuteronomy 4:29; 30:2-3; Jeremiah 24:7; 29:13-14) So of course this requires that God's people experience a new awareness...

On the one hand, God requires faith, and yet on the other hand, Scripture says that no one can exercise saving faith unless God does something supernaturally to empower or enable him to do so. Regeneration means “generated again.” It’s a new beginning, a new genesis. We are born into this world...

"Many are calling Trump the next Hitler." - Stopped watching after that. Pure idiocy.

Read the book. Haven't seen the movie. Personally, I think it's heretical. I know a lot of mainstream evangelicals like it.

Hey, so there was some discussion yesterday at my school (Westminster Theological Seminary) about whether or not Catholics actually believe that the 21 Ecumenical Councils and the Pope himself while in office is actually inspired, infallible, inerrant, etc. This guy at my school (himself being...

LOL the row row your boat evolution one was great :p