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Knee-jerk reactions should always be avoided although our past experiences often shape our biases. There is much lunacy going around in the name of "Once Saved Always Saved" resulting in some really horrible orthopraxy - especially among "Suthren Babtists" of which I am loosely affiliated...

I am not sure how everyone here feels about Lent but I am very adamant about this one thing: After lent, what ever you lent out should be returned! It's just common decency right? Carry on!

Perhaps all the answers about 9/11 can be found in the Epstein files?

Only if you cook it to taste like fish, not chicken!

Keith and Kristyn Getty are wicked, worldly rock and rollers too according to David Cloud!:cool:

I believe the only biblical response for a believer is reconciliation. If they refuse to reconcile, the other is "free" (not under any bondage) according to 1 Cor 7. According to information I have read, it seemed like his wife was being reasonable and she wanted to work things out as well...

The internet is of the devil and people on forums are guilty of the sin of Gossip! I am just here to "evangelize" you bunch of dirty heathen!😇 Wire rim glasses were wicked when the Beatles were big and horn-rimmed glasses were wicked when Buddy Holly was the big thing! Lasik surgery is just as...

I dislike labels. There are many things Calvinists get right and I largely hold the Calvinistic position myself but I also see how God has used other groups to keep Calvinists "Fair and Balanced" regarding their influence throughout Church history. The Pietists and Wesleyans both stress the...

I have heard such before and I believe it is an inconsistent approach to the qualifications set forth in 1 Tim 3. There is the "Office of a Bishop," not the office of an "Assistant Bishop" or whatever and even then, would the qualifications be any different for an "assistant?" The underlying...

I stand by my words here. His statement was pragmatic and does not address what led to the divorce in the first place. Do you hear him taking any responsibility for his failures in the marriage? At this point it is over and done with so what can you do? We have discussed this before and you also...

KJV is my main bible for reading, teaching, and preaching. The ESV is my "Alexandrian" version of choice and I use it mainly for study but also in Bible Studies to maintain continuity with our congregation who has adopted the ESV as the "official" bible. It is not that IFBs take their King...

Charles Stanley neglected his wife and his family for the ministry and such is far from anything I would consider virtuous and certainly not blameless! Too bad he was not accountable to elders who would have required him to step down and get his family life back in order. Such would've been a...

Welcome! I see that you joined back in November and this was around the time I was getting ready for travel to the Philippines so my time was "hit and miss!" I have been around almost as long as you - probably in the early 2000s beginning as a bitter "Hard-Core IFB" clinging to my King James...

This is a good question! First thing I would ask is whether they had opportunity to be baptized and if so, why did they NOT get baptized? The response would likely tell me a good bit about the person. If you are a Christian, you should have a desire to identify with and be numbered among God's...

We are jumping all over the place but I am guessing you mean you are not a fan of Tim Keller, right? Neither am (or was) I.

Baptism is important and significant but it is not the baptism that saves you. Baptism is the visible, tangible identification with Christ and his church. Look at Paul's discussion of circumcision in Romans. Abraham's saving faith preceded his circumcision. Circumcision was, like baptism, a...

I was out of time and had to jump off but I was confident that others would chime in and Alayman did not disappoint did he? Baptismal regeneration (Baptism required for salvation) is the #1 offending point. Therefore, they have significantly perverted the gospel message so for this reason...

Yes! YES! I would ABSOLUTELY tell you to stay from the Church of Christ! They are Restorationist with a "Capital R!" Some "Restorationist" thinking is good but Paul says "Prove all things, hold fast to that which is good (1 Th 5:21). The first thing you need to ask is "Prove what?" We prove the...

You're very welcome! Something I had thought about although I probably need to do a little more research on is how quickly the early Church started meeting on the "First Day" of the week (Sunday). Does meeting for worship (Going to Church) actually constitute "Observing the Sabbath?" Since most...

I'd say that Tim Keller is somewhat of a mixed bag having some good things but also some "woke progressive" stuff that you probably have to watch out for. PCA Presbyterians are typically good folk, theologially conservative, and steer clear of all the "Restorationist" stuff I was speaking of in...