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by Josh
Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:34 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: The Great Dechurching
Replies: 7
Views: 94

Re: The Great Dechurching

Pray, hope and do not worry. St. Pio of Pietrelcina. Social media does enjoy bleeding headlines. If every faithful Christian believer were to spend more time serving the Lord in real time and less time doom scrolling, a substantial change would continue: revival will continue to grow and the mass m...
by Josh
Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:29 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Gender confusion
Replies: 805
Views: 176190

Re: Gender confusion

steve-in-kville wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:36 am I'd like to know, when a gay couple gets engaged, who wears the ring?
I sold an engagement ring to a lesbian couple once. The “butch” partner proposed to the “femme” partner who wore the ring.
by Josh
Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:28 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Russia Invades Ukraine 2022
Replies: 2833
Views: 150829

Re: Russia Invades Ukraine 2022

What difference does NATO membership make? Declaring hot war on Russia means declaring war on the entire unaligned world. Countries like China, India, Brazil, and other major powers are not aligned with Western European/American hegemony and anti-western politicians will gain significant power by tr...
by Josh
Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:26 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Sattler College Turmoil
Replies: 688
Views: 198748

Re: Sattler College Turmoil

You've said it before, but I think it's worth highlighting again here: I think there's one central reason Josh and Judas and other Protestant Fundamentalists often find it so difficult to comprehend pre-Reformation views, like this one, that that are both straightforward and squarely within histori...
by Josh
Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:46 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Sattler College Turmoil
Replies: 688
Views: 198748

Re: Sattler College Turmoil

Is someone saved as headed to heaven before baptism or not?

This is a simple yes/no question.
by Josh
Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:45 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: The Great Dechurching
Replies: 7
Views: 94

Re: The Great Dechurching

I read the same thing.

If present trends continue, the only churchgoers left will be some traditionalist Catholics, Oneness Pentecostals, plain Anabaptists, and other assorted fringe groups like JWs.
by Josh
Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:35 am
Forum: History
Topic: Worldbook Encyclopedia Censorship Topics
Replies: 33
Views: 538

Re: Worldbook Encyclopedia Censorship Topics

Some of the material in his Wikipedia is content that I wrote. He’s not paying me for it. Why should he be supported for what he did but not me? I licenced it freely, but expected anyone who copied what I wrote to comply with the licence terms, which is to not prohibit someone else from copying it....
by Josh
Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:34 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Sattler College Turmoil
Replies: 688
Views: 198748

Re: Sattler College Turmoil

Which position does FotW hold? “Baptism is required for salvation”. vs “It is possible for someone to be saved before they are baptised.” Once again, we believe that salvation is a process. We have been saved, we are being saved, and we shall be saved. So, I believe both statements above. Baptism I...
by Josh
Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:31 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Sattler College Turmoil
Replies: 688
Views: 198748

Re: Sattler College Turmoil

Which position does FotW hold? “Baptism is required for salvation”. vs “It is possible for someone to be saved before they are baptised.” See, in my denomination, the criteria for salvation isn’t unclear or ambiguous. Belief in Jesus’ offer of free salvstiin, and then a desire to accept that free g...
by Josh
Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:52 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Sattler College Turmoil
Replies: 688
Views: 198748

Re: Sattler College Turmoil

Which position does FotW hold? “Baptism is required for salvation”. vs “It is possible for someone to be saved before they are baptised.” See, in my denomination, the criteria for salvation isn’t unclear or ambiguous. Belief in Jesus’ offer of free salvstiin, and then a desire to accept that free gi...