Recent content by Derf

Congratulations. Agreed. Which is a mischaracterization of what I wrote, if it matters to you at all. I'll assume, for the sake of a brother, that yours was not intentional. Mine was a serious question that came from thinking about your position, which I tend to agree with, if it matters...

I would think that is talking about when Christ returns to establish His kingdom on earth, and not about hell.

Even if that was your point, it suggested other points, as no belief stands alone. I apologize for sounding too intelligent, but I enjoy your posts and the conclusions you reach, and I want to see where they logically lead. It's a shame you have such little patience with people who you have the...

I'm not disagreeing that there are bad police officers, all over the country. But that doesn't mean that all officers all over the country are bad, and you can't pre-judge the guy with that criterion.

In the version where she is moving when there is an officer in front of the car, it appears, if only for an instance, that she is trying to run him over. Remember that the officer didn't get to review the videotape several times before deciding to take deadly action against another deadly...

But what form must that take? If the person is recognizing a false gospel and false accounting of God, then he is understanding some of God's attributes correctly and correctly rejecting the false gospel. Isn't that a huge part of accepting the true God and true gospel? So no excuse needed?

Please compare this complaint about going To this reply:

You would fault this particular officer in this particular instance because of "dirty officers in the country"? Isn't that why they do investigations? Or would you also say that investigations would come to the wrong conclusions because there are too many dirty officers in the country?

I'm replying to @Clete's scenario. Romans speaks of something that can be cured by the true gospel, but is only made worse by a false one.

Of course it does. Would the Biden admin have been deporting folks from Minneapolis? If you don't try to stop perpetrators, then people don't get killed by cops...they get killed by criminals. This is unfortunate, for sure. But it will be overblown by the left and covered up by the right. A...

And here's the other side of that. Consider an unbeliever who goes to that person's church and hears the convoluted gospel taught there, including the character of God they portray in it. That person might reject such a god and his gospel, but then be confronted by the truth about God at...

So it sounds like you are willing to say that "saved" means resurrection from the dead (and no more) for believers, but resurrection from the dead does not mean "saved" for unbelievers. Immutability is one of the basic Christian principles I grew up with. Are you saying I should not ignore that...

Good point. So you seem to think that someone who is saved, including being filled with the earnest of the Holy Spirit, might still reject eternal life and choose the lake of fire? And does that also apply to those who never accepted Christ in this life, that they might, once resurrected and...

What are the options "after that"?

The problem with OSAS is that if you leave the faith, you are considered to have never been saved in the first place. So why make a big deal about OSAS? If you are currently believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, then you can consider yourself safe ("saved"), because He has the power to resurrect...