The class is Argumentation and Debate in a very liberal secular university. Most students are between 20-25. There is a very specific format. The claims are also presented in a specific format. We...
The class is Argumentation and Debate in a very liberal secular university. Most students are between 20-25. There is a very specific format. The claims are also presented in a specific format. We...
I'm putting together a list of things for students to argue about. I put the students in front of the class, tell them a resolution, give them 15 minutes to think about it and then they have to...
Questions is for Lcash:
1. How do you specifically define "hyper-Calvinist?"
2. What is the difference between a hyper-Calvinist and a five-point Calvinist?
3. Was John Calvin a five-point...
I've spoken to a good deal of Calvinists, and they nearly all hold this position, but before we look at this closer.
How do you define "hyper-Calvinist?"
Part of the problem with the Calvinists is that they equate spiritual death with physical death. They say, that since a physically dead person cannot do anything physical, therefore a spiritually...
Interesting claim, yet showing poor reasoning and totally false when applied to the creator.
To make such a claim, a person has to have:
1. a misunderstanding of the incarnation
2. failure...
The JWs often set up shop on campus. A short while back, a student in my class would come to class after lunch and say he always stumped the JWs by asking them "Are you guys another denomination of...
2.) Concerning His son Jesus
1:3-4
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh, And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to...
3.) The Burdensome Stone
Zechariah 12:3
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people...
Nice thread, I'll share some of my thoughts.
Concerning Romans, the Thomas Nelson commentary on Romans says,
"No other portion of Holy Scripture so completely sets forth the great doctrines of...
2.) The Cup of Trembling
Zechariah 12:2
Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against...
Lots of good points in the thread. Many old time Pentecostals had a lot of cultural traditions blended in with their beliefs ( so do Charismatics).
Years ago, I went to a Pentecostal church,...
Creation does not supersede the creator.
The Bible presents God as the creator of space/time.
The creator MUST precede the creation.
The creator had to exist before His creation.
The creator...
You're not actually defining the term, but assuming a definition. The second half of the sentence starts to get close to the biblical concept.
The reason I asked this was because many people...
How do you believe Paul understood predestination? Without first clearly defining the term, discussing the issue is besides the point.
So we can be on the same page, what to you does the word "predestine" means? I think we have to be real clear on the terms before we can evaluate their actions.
Sure it does. If Jesus is the first born from the dead, then naturally those OT saints who came before Him could not have been, or else He would not actually be the first born.
Your reasoning...
Here's my take in a very general way as to how things will unfold.
The Day of the Lord
The eyes of the world are on the Middle East. The nation of Israel is surrounded and the Muslims are...
Revelation 6:12
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became asblood;
Because...
I think there are a couple of things we need to keep in mind:
1. The term "blood moon" is a fairly recently coined term. It has not been around a long time. It simply sounds more dramatic than...
I'm in the S.F. Bay Area and would look forward to the extra water.
Do you favor or oppose the U.S. sending ground troops into Iraq or Syria to fight ISIS militants? If so, why? If not, what should we do, if anything?
Yoga pants are not dresses.
How do you know by the end of the year? What are you basing this on? I do believe that Jesus' return will happen in my lifetime, but I don't know that I can narrow it down to a narrow window.
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What are your thoughts on this? It is not uncommon for many of the young women in church to wear extremely tight "yoga" pants to church. Is this no big deal and should I just think nothing about it?...