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  1. Hospes

    The Value of Evangelism in Reformed Theology

    Always have to smile to myself when someone better knows where I land theologically than I do. Wondering, this is the type of reply that makes me think we can't engage each other. I suggest that you'd not be interested in how I could believe, as a Calvinist, that everyone who chooses to love...
  2. Hospes

    The Value of Evangelism in Reformed Theology

    I am not from Mars! I'm from Arizona, which does resemble Mars in spots, so it's an easy mistake to make. :)
  3. Hospes

    Would you date a ' Liberal' or 'Evangelical ' Christian?

    Just to be clear, I think teenagers should talk to the opposite sex. (Sorry, I didn't understand that was a point in any of this.)
  4. Hospes

    Would you date a ' Liberal' or 'Evangelical ' Christian?

    Even if you are right, what does that have to do with whether it is good or wise? It's fairly normal to have more than one sexual partner before marrying. Do we use norm to define what is best? As I wrote earlier, if eros is involved, we are just pretending it is friendship. There may be an...
  5. Hospes

    Active Love

    Not arguing, just adding: I think active love many times is not nice. I imagine most of us would jerk someone out of the way of an oncoming car, even if it meant we dislocated their arm. Or we'd tell someone we love a hard truth if we thought it would help them avoid a horrid decision and its...
  6. Hospes

    God's Secret Service

    Would an omniscient God need a secret service to keep Himself informed? ...and He [God] knows everything. 1 John 3:20 Psalm 139:1–4 (ESV) O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar...
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    Would you date a ' Liberal' or 'Evangelical ' Christian?

    If "going out" is considered some type of male/female recreational activity with a dash (or more) of eros, rather than part of a process for finding a spouse, then "going out" is an activity I think should be avoided altogether. Leave it for the Peter-Pans of the world. If your goal is to find...
  8. Hospes

    Bible Study Practically speaking, what does this passage mean to you?

    It means when I stand before my God, I will be utterly without merit for the grace He has lavished on me through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. My only appeal for His mercy will be the work of my Lord on my behalf. On my own, I got nothing to offer.
  9. Hospes

    Agape Love is the Type Used to Love the Darkness?

    TD, before I forget and get in another argument with you :) , I do want to thank you for your graciousness in our interaction and want you to know I have come to regard you highly. Sometimes these boards can be pretty unpleasant, so I appreciate that we worked out a way to make our interaction a...
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    Travail to Prevail - Emoji Devotional

    I find it helpful to think about what it must have been like for Jesus' disciples Friday night: Jesus dead, hopes dashed, faith brutalized, confused, uncertain of what's next, nothing to which to return, fearful, the death of the Lord of life. Think Mary Magdelene. Then I turn my attention to...
  11. Hospes

    [__ Prayer __] Feeling a bit sick.

    Good to hear and I will be praying for you.
  12. Hospes

    The Value of Evangelism in Reformed Theology

    Thank you, JLB. I feel awkward at your appreciation, in that I owe all to my Lord. Anyway, thank you and I have to tell you I also have enjoyed our "sparring in love." May God use both of us to further the iron-on-iron sharpening of our devotion to Him and His truth and our love for one another.
  13. Hospes

    [__ Prayer __] Feeling a bit sick.

    Report?
  14. Hospes

    [__ Prayer __] Faith Alone

    Mind telling us the area in SC? I took my first job after university in Augusta, SC, and I had an office mate from PA. He found the south to be peculiar in ways and would bend my ear about it. (I am originally from the southeast and I think he considered me a local.)
  15. Hospes

    [__ Prayer __] First day on first job tomorrow

    God gives each of us a certain amount of graces. He has given you strengths and weaknesses, both for His purposes in your life. Make the most of the former and learn ways to "workaround" the latter. Let no one think less of the Lord due to the way you carry out the job He's given you. Most of...
  16. Hospes

    The Value of Evangelism in Reformed Theology

    Wondering, when I engage with you I sense we are just talking past one another. I write something and you reply, but it seems your reply is not really engaging what I have written, but rather is a list of points you have already made. (Please know I honestly do not mean to be insulting.) I don't...
  17. Hospes

    Why does the Gospel require preaching and hearing if it is known naturally?

    Preachy is all in the attitude. If I am preachy at you because it makes me feel righteous and superior, then bad, bad, bad! But if I get preachy at you because I am genuinely concerned for your well-being, then I'd hope you'd put up with it, knowing it is from a heart of concern. An aside: I...
  18. Hospes

    Agape Love is the Type Used to Love the Darkness?

    Referring back to Jesus' parable of buried treasure, the fervor you write of is what I think the man felt about the treasure he found. Just like him, we see God's glory in the Gospel of Jesus - an immense treasure! -and we can't help but have fervor, a growing love for God that moves toward...
  19. Hospes

    Agape Love is the Type Used to Love the Darkness?

    I hope this does not unsettle you :) , but I really do believe we are closer in doctrine than what may seem at first! I agree with everything you write here, with one tweak: I do not think we "do the opposite" after our eyes have been illuminated. In the experience of gaining sight, we see the...
  20. Hospes

    [__ Prayer __] i want to help, but...

    I suggest coffee with 1/2&1/2 and Grandma's molasses to your own taste. If you like it, share some with your dad. :)
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