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Then it isn't "whosoever", is it.

Hey, at least he agreed with you that he's a numbskull.

Not sure who you are talking to here, but there are reasons to question what you're saying. If that bothers you, then that's on you. [1Jo 4:9 ESV] In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. That would have to...

When did He stop being "the Word"?

Then you should be ok with the call being a universal call, if belief is required to be chosen. Arminians still have some serious problems, but yes, the people who are doing the believing get to decide what they are going to believe. No, they aren't. Only for the salvation, not the believing...

I'm a little disappointed that I don't see a response I thought I posted. Hopefully I resurrect some of it. Even in free will actions of men, we are actually working against God's moving. Iow, if God (or His angels under His direction, however it would work) IS the force of gravity, then every...

You think people were reprobated before they existed and before sin occurred? ok. Huh?? How does that make sense? Isn't our "lives" everything we do in our lifetimes, including birth, death, sin, faith, etc.?

Are they the "called and chosen" before they believe? Right, but she still needed the truth of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection.

The Word might not have been called "Jesus", and He wasn't both God and man in eternity past. I think your point that "Jesus" only applies to the one Who is both God and man is allowed by scripture. You don't know that, but it's possible. The bolded part is concerning. You could possibly say...

Sure. The story of Simon the Sorcerer. The parable of the sower, where the seeds on stony ground sprang up quickly, then were scorched because they had no root. The letters to the churches in Revelation where Jesus said they had left their first love.

Except Jesus talked about the glory He had with the Father before the world was created. Obviously Jesus was more than the man, and at least that much (the more part) was not created by the Holy Spirit. No. He didn't have a sin nature. Usually this is attributed to the virgin birth. What does...

how do you know that you weren't chosen before the foundation of the world to reject the faith later in life and die and go to hell?

Galatians 3:11 KJV — But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. No man before Christ was ever justified by the law (Paul quotes from the Old Testament). No man after the rapture will ever be justified by the law. It's always by...

[Act 2:38 KJV] Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. [Act 2:39 KJV] For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as...

Under occasionalism, if I understand what you wrote before, "Physics" isn't needed. It is all just God doing stuff. Sometimes (most of the time) God does the normal thing, but sometimes He does different things. Therefore, the only definition of "miracle" that works is where God is deciding to...

I am. I don't see that in scripture anywhere. That is something you read here on TOL. Please don't confuse TOL posts with scripture. Your premise being wrong leads you to wrong conclusions. The Gospel given to the Jews was that the kingdom of heaven was near. That kingdom requires God to be on...

Sure, but we don't need to include them in any serious discussions about truth, since they have no basis for their truth except science, which we've established is fallible, and their own opinions, which are even more so.

I didn't address you in the first place, so why did you "waste time with" me at all? Isn't it because your doctrine is weak and you feel threatened when I challenge it?

Your whole complaint is that some Christians should be able to believe that the Bible is fallible?

You mean that was when Peter recognized that both Jews and Gentiles could avail themselves of the grace of God? Sure. So now you're saying the same thing as I am, that Peter wasn't fully understanding the scope of the grace of God, until Paul shared with him what the Lord Jesus taught him...