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Translation: "Ignore everything the bible says about who God is, what sort of person He is and anything else that might pertain to the topic at hand a look only at the single verse that I wish to use as a proof text for one of my pet doctrines that cannot be established in any other way."...

John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish...

Proof texting is fun! The same sort of techniques are used by every "Christian" cult leader known to history. I remember back in the 90s, there was a TV show put on by a lunatic murderer who called himself "Yahweh Ben Yahweh". The entire show was one example after another of exactly the sort...

You don't have to believe in what I'm talking about to believe that David Koresh was a "sinning Messiah" either. So what? I do not believe you. You didn't read it and don't care to read it. If you want people to simply say "yes" or "no" or some other single syllable response to the things you...

Only if you read your doctrine into the text. Sort of the opposite of enlightening since you have to already have that in your head to get it out of the text.

Short answer to a complex question is.... The new covenant is (was) with believing Israel and is described in detail in Hebrews (which was written to.......wait for it........the Hebrews!). We are not partakers of that covenant because we are not Jews. There aren't any Jews any longer, at...

You did a terrific job on this but I wanted to expand on the above quoted passage. Notice the last sentence (verses 13-14).... Ephesians 1:13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy...

Translation: "I'm too lazy to read even far enough to realized that every major point made was established with scripture and I sure as Hell can't be bothered to spend so much time away from my video games to actually respond with any substance anyway so don't bother writing anything in...

"Truth" with a capital 'T' as though your doctrine is God Himself. Are you capable of NOT blaspheming? Not everything you said in your post was false. Much of it is normal, biblical Christian doctrine but it was obvious enough that what you were getting at was the doctrine of limited atonement...

Note that none of the above establishes the Calvinist doctrine of Limited Atonement. Notice how b57 simply presumes the truth of his doctrine and reads it into the texts he cites and then states the doctrine as fact and pretends that this is sufficient in spite of the biblical texts that...

You aren't entirely wrong but are making a dispensational error in that you are ignoring the different dispensations. As for the current Dispensation of Grace and the Body of Christ.... 2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from...

There is no profit in listening to a known fool. There is no tactical advantage to giving ear to lies. The mere fact that you can tolerate listening to more than 15 seconds of CNN is evidence of a flaw in your character. The fact that you hold Fox News on equal footing with CNN is proof of it...

As JR said, that is indeed the entire point. Calvinist contradict their own doctrine practically with every breath they take. How many thousands of times a day does a person make a choice? How many times an hour does a person exercise his will?

You find profit in getting a view that is openly, demonstrably and intentionally false? Why? Do you read both the bible and Koran? Do you listen to both the Baptist preacher and the Mormon? Do you give equal time to both employers and thieves? Do you hold the thinker and the fool on equal...

There was never a time when CNN had anything that was unbiased. It wasn't as bad in the 90s as it is today but to call it unbiased is a stretch. Actually, the whole idea of "unbiased" gives more credence to the left than they deserve. It presumes that they might be right. They aren't...

Do you think that Murdock buying CNN would be a bad thing or a good thing? Almost no one watches CNN so I don't even understand how they're still in business in the first place.

No, he hasn't changed his belief. He believes contradictory things and doesn't care about the contradiction. Actually, it's not that he doesn't care about the contradiction. If he didn't care, then that extra statement in their Elder's Affirmation wouldn't be in there. He does care, but in the...

So, I just read that article and it made my head nearly explode. All I see throughout the piece is talk that only makes sense from the perspective of Free Will theism if not outright Open Theism. He talks in the article as though we do whatever it is that he thinks faith entails but in the...

Repeat after me.... "I commit the logical fallacy known as "begging the question" every time I open my mouth!"

I did a little looking around and while I didn't find the quote you're thinking of, it was still worthwhile to look for it. I ended up reading a sermon by John Piper and an essay written by Charles Spurgeon and I'm glad that I did because its one thing to come here and pound amateurs into dust...