And "yet" not one single verse saying that all who are born again will "persevere firm to the end" or that those who "fall from grace are saved anyway".
They are if they are still born-again. If they have lost their salvation "severed from Christ" and "fallen from Grace" Gal 5:4... then they...
The Doctrine of Sola Scriptura is a complex doctrine which is made of many parts. So in order to defend and prove it we need to establish its basic parts. One important part is the clarity of Scripture.
The Westminster Confession of Faith says of the Bible...
“All things in Scripture are not...
I was feeling incomplete without a sense of belonging and church liturgy ever since I came back to Christ after abandoning him for the lusts of my heart. When I came back, I had to address all the issues I had before I left, like my desire for liturgy and the belief in the Real Presence, for...
Some Christians believe in a doctrine called "communion with the dead"
958 Communion with the dead. "In full consciousness of this communion of the whole Mystical Body of Jesus Christ, the Church in its pilgrim members, from the very earliest days of the Christian religion, has honored with...
Acts 13 - the larger quote
13 Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John left them and returned to Jerusalem. 14 But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down. 15...
Great discussion thread (featured and popular) on the need to trust the Bible ... here
Friday at 10:31 PM #1
There we looked at these examples to see where the Bible is to be accepted as it reads or is symbolism --
1. Virgin birth - true or fiction? (mythology?)
2. Bodily resurrection of...
The Six Commandments? Christians feel four of the ten are no longer important
"The Six Commandments? Christians feel four of the ten are no longer important"
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That link also says -
" The four which have fallen by the wayside are the...
Hello! I live and work in Edmonton, and looking for a church here. I would like to attend a church that is non-charismatic, very conservative, Protestant/Anabaptist, that believes in Sola Scriptura, is a Cessationist, believes the Bible is infallible, and accepts head-covering as a part of the...
The term "Sola Scriptural" is meant by relying wholly upon and only in Scripture as the basis for Church doctrines and practices. If one doesn't base one's beliefs on Scripture, what does one base it upon? The Talmud?
Make no mistake, practices like kneeling down while praying are fine as...
Notice what Jesus said about the obligation of others - when it comes to the "Commandment of God" -- the "Word of God" and "Moses said" -- in Mark 7:6-13
Mark 7
7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
8 For laying aside the Commandment of God, ye...
Because there are various forums for different types of theologies and that Traditional Theology encompasses a wide variety of differing points of view I was hoping there could be a forum created that is strictly for Biblical Theology using only the Bible in the discussions.