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Maybe not an inspirational quote, but every now and then you run across something someone has said (or written) that is so bang on that you just have to remember it : “Sorrow is knowledge, they who know the most must mourn the deepest o'er the fatal truth, the Tree of Knowledge is not that of...

I think much of their authority comes from their supposed understanding of the self. If they are recognized as superiors in that realm, the individual doesn't take much convincing that the Psychologist understands you and what is best for you. So if they understand (more or less) all the "you"s...

My opinion - for whatever bit that might be worth - is that he's one of the best examples of a modern day Stoic that we have. Most of popular psychology comes across to me as Stoicism-lite that uses a rather convenient understanding of destiny ("favorable fatalism" is what it looks like to me)...

Okay....so isn't He Lord of Israel? Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the...

How many thrones does Christ sit upon? To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. Revelation 3:21 For thus saith the Lord; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel...

Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all Dan 11:37 I have had a thought about this passage that ties in with the identification of it with a final days Antichrist. I don't necessarily agree with the...

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin...

The epistle is abundantly clear that he is writing to those whose faith is in Christ. That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. John 1:3 If we say that we have...

These above two are just bare assertions. John certainly was ministering to the church at large and while James' letter does say to the twelve tribes scattered abroad, there is no indication this is anything other than to those in Christ. There is no Jew and Greek in Christ and He has broken...

You've taken the letters of James and John and dismissed their relevance to the situation because of dispensations. Both of them deal with sin in the church (ostensibly believers involved). They clearly say sin affects the believer. There are straightforward statements that say (such as the one...

Then Paul shouldn't even mention it, right?

The reason I didn't quote it is that it doesn't address the sin issue. I agree that those who are in Christ are washed, sanctified and justified. The question is not of what happens to one when one is put in Christ, it is a question of the ongoing life. These very same people Paul goes on to...

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom...

I looked at the page you linked to and, as with any site that is anti-Calvin, they haven't given an exhaustive treatment. The issue is so detailed and complex that: 1. These sites over-simplify 2. These sites also write as though Calvin were living in a more modern setting

Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. 2 Timothy 2:19 This was said in response to Paul's warning about the "canker" of Hymenaeus and Philetus teaching that...

"Scripture" and "The Canon of Scripture" carry two slightly different meanings. There may be entirely original works that contain scripture, but that does not mean the work be included in the Canon. And while there are tons of manuscripts found since then, we also have to keep in mind that the...

Is this verse an automatic for a believer : For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. Romans 8:13 Remembering this : For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to...

I'm not going to defend Calvin's actions in detail, but I've heard this so often that I have to say something about it. The judgment of another person's soul is very serious - especially when one is so far removed from the time and place of that individual. I don't know how much reading you've...

Since I'm still not entirely sure which angle you're coming at this from, let me make a couple of points : 1. Saying "only" the Canon declared by the RCC begs a question - why not narrow it even more (as suggested by "only") and say the Protestant Canon? Not only does it omit the Apocrypha...

I've never fully articulated it before now (part of the reason I was drawn to this thread), so I can't be 100% certain, but that sounds like a fair summary.