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  1. The_Epsicle

    The stumbling blocks of reformed doctrines

    The Bible does not say that Grace is irresistible, or that there is one kind of Grace for believers and another for unbelievers but only one of those Graces has the power to save. God died for all sinners and all sins past present and future(1 Peter 3:18 ESV, 1 Timothy 1:15 ESV) the Bible also...
  2. The_Epsicle

    Would Jesus sell His articles and the WORD HE PREACHED?

    Thank you, I plan on studying incredibly hard. Our doctrine is "Sola Scriptura", if the Bible isn't clear about something we won't touch it with a ten foot pole. If you're interested I'd be willing to talk to you about it in a message(or you could read any of the following: "The 95 Theses"...
  3. The_Epsicle

    Would Jesus sell His articles and the WORD HE PREACHED?

    It's not a secular education, your bachelor's degree can be any degree of your choosing, but the master's must be done at one of our seminaries where you will learn Greek, Hebrew, the finer points of doctrine, and how to give good counsel(not something you can really teach but they go over it...
  4. The_Epsicle

    Situation....

    And if they do, so what? They where going to do those things somewhere else if you don't allow them to go. As an 18 year old I can tell you all you are doing is showing them that you don't trust them to make mature decisions, you've raised this child and taught them what you know about good and...
  5. The_Epsicle

    Would Jesus sell His articles and the WORD HE PREACHED?

    That's the way it is in all churches in the Lutheran Church Missouri-Synod, there's a problem with this method as well because if the Pastor sees a problem in the Church and addresses it he could lose his salary as soon as the next church council convenes. However that is the reason we have...
  6. The_Epsicle

    Would Jesus sell His articles and the WORD HE PREACHED?

    The Pastor at my Church serves two parishes, he easily puts in 70+ hours a week. but we only pay him about $30,000 a year. We recently voted to give him a raise of $5,000 from the church budget because that simply isn't a living wage, he never complained, and he didn't ask for a raise we just...
  7. The_Epsicle

    The stumbling blocks of reformed doctrines

    That's all good with me. Yep! You are correct that is synergism, but the other option you leave me with means that God condemns people and offers them no possible way of being reconciled to him even though Christ's atonement was for all. I attempted to use the analogy but it has admitted...
  8. The_Epsicle

    Would Jesus sell His articles and the WORD HE PREACHED?

    True, but which gives more glory to God: that his ministers are fed by the gifts of the Church, or that God sends ravens with food? Neither in my opinion, the fact that he can turn the hearts of men from greed to generosity and that ravens obey his voice is of equal glory to Him. And this is...
  9. The_Epsicle

    Would Jesus sell His articles and the WORD HE PREACHED?

    Sell it? No(1 Timothy 6:5), but He would have every right to be reimbursed for it(1 Corinthians 9:11).
  10. The_Epsicle

    The stumbling blocks of reformed doctrines

    So what you're saying is God would give him all of these things unconditionally... on one condition. That's a covenant Malachi. As a Lutheran I agree, in comparison to other protestants I am "catholic lite" and certainly different from a Calvinist or Arminian but we are all reformed. Heck even...
  11. The_Epsicle

    The stumbling blocks of reformed doctrines

    I'm not Chopper obviously but I figured I'd take a crack at this one, while I understand this is a question I'm going to ask you for scripture to validate your assertment that regeneration can precede belief, it is apparent from my reading of scripture that this is incorrect even though I also...
  12. The_Epsicle

    Heaven Or Paradise?

    This thread is so far away from the topic and since I tried to bring it back once, so I'm not going to bother doing that again... If anyone is wanting to talk about the original topic check out classik's thread "would we also labour in heaven?" that was close to what we were talking about...
  13. The_Epsicle

    Chicken In A Can (Nasty)

    That's not chicken in a can! It's Tuna of the land!
  14. The_Epsicle

    The stumbling blocks of reformed doctrines

    Sure thing! Thanks for not closing us down, I'm enjoying this discussion very much even if I've put my foot in my mouth more than once! Building upon Deborah's post, God's intervention comes through his means of Grace which include the following: 1. The word of God either written or...
  15. The_Epsicle

    Heaven Or Paradise?

    We seem to be getting into... actually I'm not really sure, this discussion has fractured into what the human body really is, end times prophecy, and for some reason now includes Hell. I'm going to clarify the point of debate to be "What do you guys think eternal life will be like based on...
  16. The_Epsicle

    A little of history - Latin

    Don't thank me, thank my mother. She's the one who made me start learning that language at 10 despite my objections, boy I hated it but now I'm glad she made me do it.
  17. The_Epsicle

    The stumbling blocks of reformed doctrines

    There are two laws, Moral Law(don't kill, steal, commit adultery, ext...), and Levitical Law(don't eat pork, don't wear two fabrics of blended color, ext...). When Christ says he has come to fulfill the Law he is referring to Levitical Law, since it was just a foreshadowing of Christ. So we are...
  18. The_Epsicle

    The stumbling blocks of reformed doctrines

    Of course he could've not foretold it, but then we wouldn't be saved because Jesus would've never been betrayed. You did good unintentionally, however just like in the Law where if you were to kill someone unintentionally you would not be held responsible: “This is the provision for the...
  19. The_Epsicle

    Heaven Or Paradise?

    So? I believe that, actually I believe John may be who Paul was talking about. Paul never claimed to be caught up into heaven he claimed that a man he knew was and the NLT removes those words for some reason. The NLT is a thought for thought translation that was influenced heavily by the...
  20. The_Epsicle

    Heaven Or Paradise?

    I take issue with the NLT, it is the only translation that translates that as "I" and not as "I knew a man" it is misleading and takes away from the Word. Paul himself was not caught up, someone Paul met was. "I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven...
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