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So now you understand what led me away from Sola Scriptura- do you see how when people try to determine everything to do in practice based on Scripture alone, we come to many conclusions- but indeed we had the Church, we had Apostolic succession and bishops who were directly discipled by the Apostl...

Lets do one simple question... Did Jesus go right to Heaven when He died? People really nuke this question and they miss that Jesus didn't go into heaven until after rising from the grave. Unless you believe Heaven doesn't have God the Father in it? I can only conclude that paradise is not Heaven b...

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From the majority of Anabaptists I know, they would not be in tune with the side of Evangelicalism that teach the TULIP theology. Most Anabaptists I know would say that, although we are depraved from the fall we still have the ability to chose God's gift of salvation or reject it. That God draws us...

I would add to this also that we have no scriptural reference to anyone being baptised in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit . We do have references that they immersed in Jesus name. So even though it is argued that scripture does not clearly say whether or not to baptise ...

Regarding Salvation Army Christians- I cannot be the judge of how Christ sees their disobedience to be baptized, He Himself was baptized and again said in Matthew 28:19 to teach all nations and baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit (or Ghost depending on translation). ...

We cannot know for sure in our own human minds. There are no "guarantees". But we can know God is good, and Jesus is good, and we can trust him with our souls and lives. He asks us to follow him. I plan to follow him, and I simply trust that following him will lead me into the kingdom. I ...

What stands out the most to me about being born of the Spirit is in my own parents conversion experiences. Where one moment they are heading in a direction controlled by self and the next moment they not only have been changed but there was obviously evidence of this (i.e. delivered immediately fro...

Responses in blue This article is in my Orthodox Study Bible The New Birth Early in His ministry, Jesus revealed the way to enter God's eternal Kingdom. We must be "born again" (John 3:3)) a brith from above realized by water and the Spirit. In His conversation with Nicodemus, Christ stat...

Greetings Sudsy- my reply to your questions could get really long as they would include an article, and many many quotes by early church fathers & writers- so I will want to make sure you want the long version? 2 things regarding your articles, which are good- and I understand them from a 'sola...