Recent content by Derf

No, it doesn't. True No, it doesn't show anything of the kind. Of course. Which He doesn't do with everyone, only those who submit to Him as Lord. The others will die, and since He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked, He is NOT working in them to will and to do of His good pleasure...

If a person has gone through that once already (like when he was first introduced to Calvinism, for instance) and then finds out he's wrong about that, too, it is perhaps doubly difficult.

Maybe it was those angels that were bringing a report to God about the atrocities being committed in Sodom, such that God had to personally go down and find out how bad it was.

Supposed to be "benefit".

The reply button formatted my reply to include your post, so 1. you would get a notification that I replied to your ppst, and 2. that I can address specific points in your post without confusion. I'm trying to use the language of the thread and the concept being discussed. This is the...

Why was it good news for the people that weren't going to benegotiate from it? I should have known you would need some artificial intelligence help. But you admitted the exclusion was temporary, correct? Neither of those references speaks of endurance under the law. John's baptism in Mark 1:4...

Hi Patrick, if you have a question for a particular person, either use the reply button under his post or use the @ sign followed by his user name. That way we know who your question is for. Assuming this is for me, I see the different gospels as integrated. For instance, the one given to...

AAl Also the gospel of God, the gospel of Jesus Christ, the gospel of peace, the gospel of the grace of God, the gospel of His (God's) Son.

So why was it good news? News is obvious—why good?

Not to mention the gospel the angels brought to the shepherds in Luke 2:10.

Thank you. Maybe we should define what a gospel is suppose to comprise. In other wrods, if a gospel is good news, why is it good news. And if one gospel has to give way to another, does the good news change? So, WHAT IS THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM, AND WHY IS IT GOOD NEWS, especially since you...

I agree, as long as he doesn't take his ball and go home when someone doesn't immediately succumb to his logical prowess.

That was a different post, and I don't think that. He just acts like a child sometimes.

Except they crashed when they first hit the outside of the buildings. So the crashing started before they entered. After that it was all crash and momentum.

They flew (not flee) into the buildings, not inside the buildings.