The Narrow Path Ministries

To summarize how people can do good: 1. No one can do unconditionally loving good unless inspired by God the Holy Spirit. 2. Even Jesus tells us that He, the human Jesus, is not good without God. 3. When Jesus did His miracles, people said "Praise God" and not "Praise Jesus." 4. When Jesus healed t...

To summarize how people can do good: 1. No one can do unconditionally loving good unless inspired by God the Holy Spirit. 2. Even Jesus tells us that He, the human Jesus, is not good without God. 3. When Jesus did His miracles, people said "Praise God" and not "Praise Jesus." 4. When Jesus healed th...

Hi Ken, I'm late to this conversation, but I was curious; Are you a Catholic? I've never heard anyone say that the early Church councils were infallible, unless they had a Catholic background. Maybe I don't run in the right circles. :) Regards, Brenden. Hi Brenden No, I'm not RC. However, I believe...

kenblogton said: 1. If humans can naturally do unconditional loving good, why do humans even need the Holy Spirit? This is certainly not an exhaustive list but it should answer your question: The Holy Spirit is a helper sent by God to live in everyone who receives the gift of salvation. God‘s Spiri...

1. kenblogton, I'm familiar with Pelagianism and Semi-Pelagianism and I'm not disputing anything from http://www.theopedia.com/Pelagianism. I'm simply pointing out to you that a person can align with Pelagius in one area (man's ability to do good) without accepting everything he believed (man's abi...

kenblogton, you've sided with Augustinianism over Pelagianism when it comes to original sin and human righteousness. Maybe you and Augustine are right and maybe you aren't.You shouldn't assume those who believe humans can choose to do good or evil must therefore believe, like Pelagius, that God's p...

I base my claim on the Scriptures that I've previously listed that say no one is good but God (Matthew 19:17, Mark 10:18 and Luke 18:19), that without Jesus (Holy Spirit)) inspiration, we can do nothing (good) (John 15:5) It's all in the way one regards these verses. For example" Lu 18:19 So Jesus ...

Reply to Paidion Paidion's example: Person 2 is a non-Christian, unconcerned about God or doing what He says. But this person thinks the persecution of Jews is a great wrong and an injustice. So he, too, risks his life by hiding Jews. He doesn't do it for any recognition he might receive, but only o...

Reply to Paidion But Ken, those are not the only two possibilities. Person 2 may NOT have given the million in order to be praised for it so that he would feel good about himself. He may have given it because of a deep concern for the many people who are affected so adversely by the disease, and wan...

Reply to Steve May 28 11:49am Thus, if ken’s thesis is that only the Holy Spirit can inspire good actions in man, and if Paidion’s thesis is that there is something innate in man that enables him to sometimes do good, then I am not sure that these two positions are mutually exclusive—and might even ...