Bringing physical help propelled by the Spirit of God - great stuff!

Hell is for those who desire to be away from the One who is good and contains goodness. Hell is the place where you want to be SB because you don't want to be near the only good One so what do you get when all goodness is removed? Hell. Those are the choices, you make your own bed then you must lie in it.

better than saying "my SB said it....no proof is needed"...

BLP, King David was sure he would see his child again by going to the child (2 Samuel 12). He did not say that he would go to the grave but to the child.

Chas, Seeing and hearing 4 or 5 sermons does not make for an informed opinion on whether Driscoll is a theological buff or not. Not having read his stuff means that you really do not know and are stating an opinion that is certainly yours to have and espouse but is not informed or educated so, you could be correct but it would be only through luck if you were. Read his stuff and then make your...more

Chas,

Seeing and hearing 4 or 5 sermons does not make for an informed opinion on whether Driscoll is a theological buff or not. Not having read his stuff means that you really do not know and are stating an opinion that is certainly yours to have and espouse but is not informed or educated so, you could be correct but it would be only through luck if you were. Read his stuff and then make your decision.

Driscoll (and all others) have no need to pick some type of variant of Calvinism (or any other theological lens) so I am baffled as to what you mean Chas. Are you saying he needs to be a Calvinist to be a good theologian? Most Calvinists don't know Calvin (TULIP is not the end of the road on Calvin's thought and study. Calvin wrestled mightily and was far more ambivalent on Limited atonement than the "Calvinists" today) well enough to make a comparison anyway.

BTW, Calvin's strength was systematizing mindset, not his theological mindset (and he had a fine theological mind too). If Driscoll is strong on systematic exegesis, he is following in Calvin's footprints.less

gos, So you do think that the rest of us here don't already know this so you are trying to inform us? Engagement is never a wild-goose chase unless one follows away from the ultimate prize. If you have trouble staying on target then by all means don't engage but others can and will while remaining true. Sorry gos, we've known about multiple avatars and such since day one or two. And that s...more

gos,

So you do think that the rest of us here don't already know this so you are trying to inform us? Engagement is never a wild-goose chase unless one follows away from the ultimate prize. If you have trouble staying on target then by all means don't engage but others can and will while remaining true.

Sorry gos, we've known about multiple avatars and such since day one or two. And that still has nothing to do with the responsibility of your attitude in the posts.less

The only buffoons are Silverman and his friends. While Silverman bumps his gums, the SA is actually giving real-world help to these folks. And the fools like Silverman wonder why they are viewed as fools by most people...

A Creator is never confined to the Created environment so a Creator would not be bound by space and time as we know it.

Possibly untrue..

Since that warning was given by Jesus about the book of Revelation itself, it doesn't apply - esp. since removing doubtful verses from an English translation is not removing the words of the Author.

Condemnation is the oldest trick in the book and it all started with Satan in the garden. Hope you are well DP!

Only those who wish to see what is not there say things like that about David and Jonathan. You can mentioned it all you desire but it is a hypothesis that has zero evidence for it when one takes into account the contexts.

Offended? Not at all. But your tone and inserting the same post on all the threads is not productive toward speaking truth in love and bringing glory to His name.

A half-baked apology and repentance that follows times of absolute disobedience does not speak of ultimate judgment (as the passage you are quoting does). It is a "uh-huh...yeah right" response that is warranted for hypocrites that try to evade responsibility and accountability.

True

Here might be a perfect example of spiritual abuse; http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/03/17/churchgoers-say-pastor-denied-communion-refused-hand-tax-refunds/#

mchris, You make a good point from a Greek-deep mindset (of which most of us are coming from). Biblical faith is not faith unless the works flow because one cannot know intellectually without doing what one "knows." The Hebrew mindset has no sense of believing any proposition or idea but not following through with consistent action - they are one in the same. Greek philosophy certainly allows (...more

mchris,

You make a good point from a Greek-deep mindset (of which most of us are coming from). Biblical faith is not faith unless the works flow because one cannot know intellectually without doing what one "knows." The Hebrew mindset has no sense of believing any proposition or idea but not following through with consistent action - they are one in the same. Greek philosophy certainly allows (and even encourages in many ways) a "I know this is true but I am not living consistently and that is OK because I believe" mindset.less

Chas, How much of Driscoll have you read?

odd how this "confession" comes while Newt is trying to "explore" exploring the possibility of running for POTUS...

The CC is taking a stand on a controversial issue that coincides with Scripture? I better go back and get directions from that guy in the funky chapeau again...