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by Biblicist
Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:41 pm
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Does God have Free Will?
Replies: 24
Views: 6405

Re: Does God have Free Will?

And if so, why is God not responsible for His free will choices? I am asking this question in this forum, because I'd like to know what Christians think about this topic, and where my logic is wrong (if it is wrong at all). If God is making a free will choice to allow some of His children into Heav...
by Biblicist
Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:05 pm
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: believing in Christ
Replies: 63
Views: 16534

Re: believing in Christ

Biblicist, that's absolutely beautiful. I'd be a little cautious about using the term "appropriate," but that's only because I'm overly sensative to the nuances in the various terms we use when talking about these things. Still, I absolutely love how you phrased it. Nice to have a fellow ...
by Biblicist
Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:20 pm
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Inaccurate Judgement?
Replies: 8
Views: 2878

Re: Inaccurate Judgement?

After finding this site, my view has changed from atheist and drawn closer to the possibility of a god. In addition, it seems as though the Christian God is the only one with any logical backing and correlates with rational events. That being said, a certain part of the bible that i often see repea...
by Biblicist
Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:03 pm
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Am I saved?
Replies: 14
Views: 4577

Re: Am I saved?

I am 21 years old. At age 17 I asked God to fill me with the Holy Spirit. I believed he did. It didn't take much longer than a year to lose my faith. I became deeply interested in science and what scientific evidence had to say about the "possibility" of a God. "If God is real, there...
by Biblicist
Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:57 am
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: believing in Christ
Replies: 63
Views: 16534

Re: believing in Christ

The free gift of eternal life comes only by faith alone in Christ alone. Faith is defined in Heb. 11. Faith is being convinced of the truth of a proposition. Saving faith is being convinced of the truth of a saving proposition. Such a saving proposition is given in for example, John 6:47 47 "Mo...