The Narrow Path Ministries

Steve wrote: Being among the "elect" means you belong to the group; being "predestined" means that God has a glorious destiny for those in the group.

That just may be the explanation.

Butch5 wrote: Both of the verses you quoted were written to the Jews.

I don't see why you'd think Eph was written to the Jews. Concerning 1Pet you may have reason, but Steve effectively refutes that in his lectures on that book.

I don't really understand your counter as it may relate to my point, but I will say this. Class election (or whatever it's called) does make some sense and have Biblical support, but it just doesn't make logical sense to me. To say that God "chooses" a certain group to be his elect isn't really a ch...

I am firmly on the fence between Calvinism and non-Calvinism, but there are several issues that seem to strongly favor Calvinism. One is the following. Consider the two main Biblical positions concerning election: 1 Peter 1:2 ...elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father... Ephesians 1:5...

I came across a good one today: Mat 26:64 (Jesus responds to the high priest): Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.” The amellienialist takes this more or l...

STEVE7150 wrote:Yes it's different by 180 degrees because one is based on greed the other is based on fear.
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If this is truly what God wants then your right.

You're not understanding me. They're 180 degrees different not because of what they used as motivation, but by what they motivated people towards.

STEVE7150 wrote:Using the same measuring rod would suggest the "Word of Faith" view is correct to today's Christians.

I think this is 180 degrees different. The great awakening was undoubtedly a real revival, the word of faith movement is a movement away from truth.

My brother is quite adversarial in his dispensational position. He sometimes repeats the refrain, "literal interpretation of Scripture." While there is no discussing this issue with my brother, I'd like to be able to tear down this straw man, so I'd like to build a list of instances where dispensati...

Jonathan Edwards certainly subscribed to the traditional view of hell: It is everlasting wrath. It would be dreadful to suffer this fierceness and wrath of Almighty God one moment; but you must suffer it to all eternity. There will be no end to this exquisite horrible misery. When you look forward, ...

- Foxe's book of martyrs.
- Biography of George Meuller.