231 posts...damn I wish I could churn out an article that collects that many. It's easy Zoo, just go to Infidels.org They specialize in overturning everything Christian, sort of the bruised heads of the Internet . Who knows you might be able to hit in excess of 666 a day. .A. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/ju/T_JU/smiles/Wink.gif" border=0 al
Ok I understand, If you folks want this to be a come to Jesus article I shall let it be. I will no longer argue about it. How is that for Hi Moderateman, (nb. this is NOT a come-to-Jesus-comment.) Having spent some time listening to lectures by Dr. Donald Carson and I recommend you do, you will find that most of these so called great questions have been long since dealt with. The problem is that often the books that deal with them are so
Can you drop the front seat, to get that sporty feel ?
I can't begin to imagine the purpose of an article like this. Another name for Satan is "accuser of the brethren"; let's not be too quick to join his side. Yes, the title is a dead give away: "Christians Aren't Perfect, Just Forgiven" is a COP OUT!!! The truth is Christians are not perfect ...the only ones I met that imagined they were, were generally uptight, unpleasant and full of themselves. (and generally looked down on everyone else, fr
"There's a lot of cruelty (his) and bitterness (hers) in this book by the late Beatle's first wife and mother of his elder son, Julian Lennon. A rehash of the Beatles' beginnings from the wife's point of view, the book reveals that Lennon was a pretty messed-up guy who preached universal love for the world and ignored his own family. Saddest, of course, is the effect of all this on Julian, who writes the introduction and praises Mum for her courage and
john lennon Have you read the biography by his ex-wife and son Julian? It is an eye opener and changed the way I look at songs like this. .A.
I still say it's been a great way to live. Ted, Pascal's wager has always fascinated me too. If we have the Spirit of Christ in us, we are definitely HIS and wherever He is we will be. Whether we are changed or we die, we will ever be with the Lord. Those who have not the Spirit of Ch
You raise some very stimulating thoughts, and being as it is a topic I have been studying for five to seven years, I will grant you some of my own. I've always been told, or understood that good people go to heaven and the bad people go straight to hell! The classification 'good people' and 'bad people' is an idea that is often misleading. All of us deserve to go to hell, because we break God's law. We are in our core rebels
Dear Lula, Perhaps the two most pertinent questions on this topic are asked by the Apostle Paul in Galatians, the first I (believe) I have already mentioned here; the second is laden with honey. 'Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?' (Galatians 3:3) The apostle or St. Paul is actually calling someone who tries to be PERFECT (as the Heavenly Father) by the flesh...a FOOL . That should be enough to get mo
Having said that, I believe it is also true that to bring about this renewal in man God counts on man's readiness to respond to His grace and on his carrying out "good works". It really depends when you see this renewal taking place. At the cross, or at conversion ? That is the difference betwe
I think Marvin is in for a bit of a suprise if he really thinks he can lead a life of total abandon and then seek continual forgiveness. Indeed some do, but it has a way of catching up with one. 'Your sins shall surely find you out,' and 'what you sow, you reap.' Touche. One needs to remember that often people who say such things might well be in the net of trouble already. Remember what Jesus Christ said to Peter, 'Satan WANTED TO HAVE YOU, TO SIFT YO
Holy Crap! Thanks for the concern. Gossip Mongerism is for losers and that is all I read here. Come over and read my last post ...appropriately titled: 'Starry, starry night...'(my last post) Oh, I keep busy, but occassionally when I am bored the old keyboard strays into the dark waters, where the Black Pearl ( JLosersville ) with it crew
I could go on with this all day, Aeryck. The truth is that Christians should do good works not out of compulsion or a sense of duty, but out of a LOVE for God and a desire to do as He would have us do. If that desire is missing, there are very good reasons to question that individual's claim to be a Christian. You are forgetting that the flesh wars against the Spirit and that makes it almost impossible to do this simply by desire. There needs
Let me re-phrase that. I sent you a white flag letter and I am going to answer what you just wrote. .A.
No, aeryck, I have not. That is what YOU say i have said, not at all what I SAID. Let's approach this really quickly, I am running out of time here. Is a Christian obligated to obey the first commandment, namely 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God........and thy neighbour as thyself.' ?? Or, do you believe in another way of life ? .A.
Do you even see the irony of your post? Do you see the irony of this thread? Let me love you brother, .A.
I WANT to have a reasonable conversation with you, Aeryck, but as long as you've condemned me before I walk in the door, I don't see how that's possible! Oh Gid, You are playing now. You smashed down the door of trust when you took my apology and went public. There is where you have crushed my trust. You claim (and rightly so) that God is a God of grace, yet you claim that grace does not extend to t
Since I DON'T teach what the Pharisees taught, aeryk, you have no case. Gid, you may say you don't but you have raised the law over others, you should only raise the cross, as Moses raised the serpent in the desert. (John 3) .A.
But I have a hard time believing someone truly loves God when they don't even WANT to do His will Yes, I understand. This is still largely problematic because you are emphasizing the old system of religion and not the life of the Spirit and the new creation. You make it very black and white, very monotone, when in point of fact the entire work of salvation is credited not to our response but to the completed work of Christ. You accuse me of jud
But they SHOULD expect to try and to somehow evidence SOME change in their life! Gid, For by grace (God's) are ye saved (past tense) through faith; and that not of yourselves : it is the gift of God: Not of works , lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, create
I have been kind of rough on Christians recently and have probably upset or alienated more than a few of you, to those I apologize. 'Saul, Saul why persecutest thou me.' Dear Moderateman, It is an honour to suffer for His name, but the true wounds are upon His body not ours. <
That’s right folks, I have decided to retire from using my free blogg: 'Beyond Narnia', the exploration of metaphysical phenomena and have decided to dedicate it to Art, Music and Literature instead. The whole Theological brainstorm thang is way to controversial and stressful for me. Plus I never get any sleep. Enjoying the Sabbath rest, .A.
If you, as a Christian, are not seeing major life change from before you were a Christian, if you are maintaining a pattern of sin in your life, you don't believe in God. If a sinner were drawn by the Father to the Son, having been translated out of the kingdom of darkness, into the light of God's dea
Simon, I am glad you are well. Love, .A.
Of what interest to Kali is the likes of a nonentity such as Aeryck? None. She is only a shadow. I am not a non-entity! All the gods that be dead, may they live forever. God is One.
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