Instead of assuming the worst, how about giving him the benefit of the doubt, and explaining, as I just did?
Guarantee you that not only would he not consider this site a waste of his time, but that it would result in a productive discussion about the topic at hand.
Agreed.
And yet...
If I may, @Clete...:
This is saying that "faith alone" and/or confidence in that doctrine causes one to be anathema.
This is saying that works are required for salvation, and that if someone says they are not required, but are simply a result of having faith, they are anathema.
This is...
"Science" isn't something that "detects" anything. It is the process of obtaining knowledge, or simply knowledge itself.
Using reason itself is sufficient to find out whether an invisible supernatural Entity that we call "God" exists.
Here's how, simply because of the phrase, "I think...
Why do you think John violated His commitment in Galatians 2 to Paul to only go to the circumcision?
John is writing to Circumcision believers. He's not writing to Christians. That was Paul's role.
I think this is the problem here. I have no problem if someone only wants to only pray to the Father, but I have to wonder, Why? Do you think that Jesus doesn't want to have that same relationship with you? What about the Holy Spirit? There's no specific prohibition in Scripture against praying...
I've said it before, I'll say it again.
Truckers are the backbone of the country. We stop moving, within three days, everything else stops working, and within a month, the country will collapse.
... about Israel:
I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel...
Tambora is.
Musterion presented an argument earlier that I believe resolves this entirely.
@Idolater @Tambora I believe God is gracious enough to save those who, in ignorance, turn away from Him after coming to Him, because He says they are "sealed with the Holy Spirit."
I already have two copies, one physical and one PDF, but thanks for the offer. :) I even gave a third that I purchased to a local pastor for him to keep.
Wrong, and it's because you aren't grasping the context.
"Endure to the end" (But he who endures to the end shall be saved. - Matthew 24:13 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew24:13&version=NKJV) is 1) Jesus talking to Israel 2) about enduring until the end of the Great...