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Yes! I meant Right Divider! I seem to always get you two mixed up!

Well, you might find it tedious but one of the major aspects of our doctrine is precisely the fact that it conforms itself to the limits of sound reason. It is a foundational principle of our hermeneutic as it ought to be for everyone who does theology. It is, therefore, something we naturally...

So I know JudgeRightly doesn't like doubt negatives but I just have to say that, as for me, double negatives have never been uncomfortable. You can feel free to not refrain from using them all you like as far as I'm concerned. ;)

It is considered so in error. Agreed! Please provide scriptural evidence that God is immutable in the classical sense of the word. (i.e. in the sense that God cannot change IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER.) If anyone does so, make sure I get some sort of notification of it so I can participate. In mean...

I couldn't follow this except for the last two sentences but even God gaining confirmation of their current state is enough to explode absolute omniscience and omnipresence.

That sentence isn't irrational at all. It's the connection to that idea to the ontological existence of time that has no foundation. Whether something is an "inescapable logical necessity" is NOT a matter of opinion. Indeed, it is the opposite of an opinion. If something is an "inescapable...

The problem is that the text explicitly states otherwise and the translation of the passage is a good one, by the way. It absolutely says.... "I will go down now and see"..."and if not, I will know". I know of no translation that renders it differently. There certainly is nothing in the text...

"Word" is flatly an incorrect English translation of "Logos"- period. The only reason anyone thinks otherwise is because they've grown comfortable with the way the famous passage sounds. It's like the mangy, three legged, blind dog that has stuck around long enough for people to grow...

Places like where?

You aren't technically wrong but the meaning of sanctification depends on the context, and the terminology I used in my post is often used in Christian vernacular to distinguish between issues having to do with getting saved (Justification) vs. issues that have to do with living a Christian life...

In short, whether scriptural or otherwise, there is no such thing as an irrational truth - by definition. That is to say that being irrational is the very definition of what it means for something to be false. Then, if it is indeed an "inescapable logical necessity", you should be able to...

I entirely see your point here but it seems to me like you're conflating justification with sanctification. "Justification" being the act of getting saved and "sanctification" being the process by which we grow in Christ and learn to let Him live His life through us. This feels like a topic...

I think the term for this is... non sequitur

Very creative and clever post! I like it! Time does exist just not ontologically (i.e. in same way that you or I or any other person or object exists). Time exists as a concept, as an abstraction. It's a convention of language used to communicate information about the duration and sequence of...

I think there's no question that Cornelius was preached the Kingdom gospel. There's no way Peter would have even know what the Gospel of Grace was. As for the rest of your post, it is, as usual, very well thought out and presented. I have nothing to add except to say that I fully understand why...

If so, then there are almost no saved Christians anywhere in the world! Care to establish that biblically?

So how does the fact that Paul typically went to the synagogue when he went to a city help to explain the fact the Lydia was baptized after heading the words of Paul? Was Lydia saved under the Kingdom Gospel or the Gospel of Grace? If the former, then why Paul? If the latter, then why the baptism?

YES! Has Will turned into a terrific pastor or what?! Bob would be so proud of him!

Which is precisely the goal.

This reminded me of something I read about thirty years ago... "God's way of deliverance is altogether different from man's way. Man's way is to try to suppress sin by seeking to overcome it; God's way is to remove the sinner. Many Christians mourn over their weakness, thinking that if only...