Hmmmmmmmmm

Here is a challenge:

A. W. Pink
Christ mass

The above link is indeed a challenge as is the sermon below by Ivan Foster.

Jim Lincoln wrote:
singing "Oh, Holy Night."

The lyrics seem a bit ambiguous as though the wisemen are visiting the manger?

Even worse note how O'Holy Night was fashioned: In 1847, a French Catholic Priest commissioned a Christmas poem from local winemaker Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure, who later left the Catholic church and became a socialist?

Is that true?

John UK wrote:
What gets me is that they don't seem to be able to discern believers from unbelievers. I wonder what evangelist Philip would have said to that ridiculous argument? "Er ... I won't baptise you ... er, I don't know if you believe or not."
Night

John Gill's commentary:

"Then Simon himself believed also,.... With an historical and temporary faith, as that Jesus was the Messiah, &c. or at least he pretended, to believe this, and professed that he did believe"

"and when he was baptized; upon profession of his faith, which he so artfully made, that Philip could not discover his hypocrisy: but taking him to be a sincere believer, admitted him to baptism: after which,"

Daniel Michael wrote:
I would still like to know why people are not putting children to death...

It's laughable that a state would need to vote on this universal truth.

Perhaps a black individual or a Jew is not a person. Shall Mississippi voters amend their constitution accordingly?

elaros wrote:
GOD SAID...
"11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression."

dc wrote:
Deut. 29:29 "The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law."
From that text I conclude the Scripture is sufficient, to instruct God's covenant people and their posterity in those doctrine necessary, for their better understanding of all that is written. NT Scripture teaches that foundational apostolic/prophetic teaching or doctrine, where Christ is the Head of the corner is usually communicated through Christ's gifts to His body the Church. Prophetic Scripture and History indicates that means is not as fruit bearing at certain periods of Church history.
That said; God does execute His decrees in the works of creation and providence so that all men are without excuse Romans 1:20
My thoughts and yours?

It took a while to look through all the posts. Many of the 200 plust comments were informative, but, it seems that no one touched on a very important consideration. It was found in the Title of the article: "PHYSICS" Ends the Free Will Debate "???"

It seems no one delt with the question; Is it the role of Physics, or of Special Revelation, to solve such questions?

John UK wrote:
translators were aware of what "pas" means

question wrote:
Michael, can you please name these ecumenical reformed churches that persecute and the form of persecution they use? thanks

Yes I am another interested in such a charge-if a Reformed church is 'ecumenical' then it ceases to be a Reformed church.

Honesty wrote:
2 Peter 2:1
"But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even DENYING THE LORD THAT BOUGHT THEM, and bring upon themselves swift destruction"
In what sense did the Lord buy (redeem) them?

I don't see anyone arguing that polygamy is "wise". I think the Bible is clear that polygamy is not "wise" or "ideal", but it is adding to the Bible to call polygamy sin. The Bible is clear about what is sin, and polygamy isn't it. The New Test itself says that whatever isn't forbidden is allowed--although not all things are wise.

But it is more than a debate to the families in countries where polygamy is legal, and where some Christian missionaries are telling these families that their families must be broken apart in order for them to convert to Christianity.

Where in the Bible did God ever command a polygamous family to break apart? God didn't hesitate to call David to account for murder & adultery when he slept with another man's wife & than killed her, but God said *nothing* to David about his multiple wives. David was a "man after God's own heart" & one who "loved to study God's law", and yet there are those who are arguing that David was a man living in continual sin and ignoring God's law?

Casob wrote:
interesting made one of the most uncalvinist quotes I have ever heard since I have been on this website.

The evangelical church today is basically Arminian in its approach. For now, Arminianism has triumphed and Calvinism is in retreat. I don't mean that the Calvinist denominations have officially changed their doctrine. Most Calvinistic theologians have stuck with their five-points … But most of the ordinary people have drifted from traditional Calvinism toward the Arminian position. The average Christian today might claim to be Calvinist, but they function as a "practical Arminian." While many Calvinist pastors still ascribe to the Calvinist shibboleths, in their practical theology, they are functioning Arminians.

Arminianism has triumphed. This great theological battle was won without warfare, with few debates, with "dueling magazine articles." How ironic that in a day when theology no longer matters to most people, one of the great theological battles of all times seems to have been settled. Droves of Calvinists have become Arminians—at least in practice..

Actually Charles Finney got many of his ideas from Calvinists viz. the New England Theology or sometimes called the New Divinity (Jonathan Edwards Sr., Bellamy, Hopkins, Jonathan Edwards Jr. etc.)