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First Principles: Thinking Through the Doctrine of Divine Immutability and the Character of God (Part 2 of 3) The Origin of the Doctrine of Divine Immutability We have traced the logic of Calvinism to its foundational claim: that God is immutable, not only in His moral nature, but in every...

First Principles: Thinking Through the Doctrine of Divine Immutability and the Character of God (Part 1 of 3) Introduction The doctrine of divine immutability has long been cherished by believers as a safeguard for God's perfection, reliability, and trustworthiness. It is often spoken of...

This thread is going to be primarily dedicated to a posting of a rather long winded essay I've written about how the distinctive doctrines of Calvinism are all predicated on the doctrine of immutability, about the doctrine of immutability itself, and then offers the reader a far superior, more...

Mary was as sinful as anyone else and was saved in the same way as her contemporaries.

Honesty. That's the rule. Stop reading the book all together if the simplest of grammatical tools that you've been familiar with in other forms since you were in sixth grade throws you for a loop. It's nothing more than finding the “main clause” or reducing a sentence to its kernel sentence...

None of that made any sense. There is one and only one Lamb of God. It's Jesus Christ. Never mind. If what I showed you doesn't convince you, nothing can because you don't care. Good bye. I swear I must be mentally ill. I know when I'm doing it that taking these people off ignore is nothing...

This almost entire unresponsive. To the extent it is, the single sentence responses are bereft of substance and amount to responding to what I said by merely repeating your position. Boring. As for Israel being the bride of Christ.... Isaiah 54:5 (NKJV) "For your Maker is your husband, The...

I'm going to take a crack at this. Please don't make me regret doing so... Right off the bat the errant premise presents itself. Which is it, Bladerunner, His body or His Bride? I can't be both (an analogy made by Paul not withstanding, by the way.) Israel is the Bride of Christ, we are NOT...

Not a single thing you've cited here happened after or even anywhere near the year 70AD. And, once again, Peter DID NOT refer the Jews to Paul's writings. He mentioned them but that isn't even remotely the same thing.

Insulting stupidity. I wonder how many people with brains between their ears rejected Christ because of such nonsense and are spending eternity in Hell as a result.

From the penalty of sin! From death! From eternal Hell fire! From permanent separation from God and from everyone else! Salvation could be lost under the previous dispensation and it required continued good works, including such things as Sabbath observance, tithing, giving to the poor, and...

I know you do. I was just putting it out there! (y)

I didn't ask you to rephrase your belief in different words. I asked you to explain WHY you believe it. Is it just an assumption or has someone presented an actual argument that supports it? Further, as I pointed out in my previous post, we know without any question whatsoever that Israel had...

He didn't miss it. He doesn't care. He thinks he is a New Testament Jew or the equivalent of one. No biblical argument can touch his doctrine because he doesn't get his doctrine from the bible. The bible is only there to lend support to his dogma, when such support is both needed AND wanted...

My question remains. On what grounds do you associate the events of 70 AD with when the change happened rather than the biblical events that occurred a generation (or so) earlier?

This, I'm quite sure, was an intentional lie! That is NOT all that the church is saying and you KNOW that this isn't all they're saying! We are all monsters Idolater! Some very clearly worse than others but it's only a matter of degree. The fact is that none of us really have any firm...

What are you talking about? I believe it! This again is an argument from silence. It is a very revealing argument from silence in that it exposes a whole list of false doctrines you hold but that's a discussion for another time. So, first of all, public profession of faith is not what saves...

Textbook argument from silence. Romans 4:5 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, Your unreasonable focus on specific English words is reminiscent of how cults do their doctrine. It isn't the word that's important...

70 AD had nothing to do with it. Salvation was available to both Jew and Gentile "by grace through faith in Christ alone believing that he died and Rose from the dead, shedding his blood as the sacrifice for their sins", as you put it, well before 70 AD. The events of 70 AD were an effect of...

Psalm 14:3 They have all turned aside, They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one. Psalm 53:3 Every one of them has turned aside; They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one. Romans 3:10 As it is written: “There is none...