[Dr. Eckleburg]

“Faith is a gift from God.”

Except no scripture says that

No??? Arminians are forced to either edit Eph. 2:8 out of their Bible or simply not read it. The sentence is that clear.

And yet some Arminians still miss it.

lol.

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."

Yeah, real inscrutable. I can barely make it out. I'm straining my brain to the max to understand that sentence. Oh, the pain. Wait...it's coming...slowly...in focus...

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."

AAHHH... Now I see. Faith is a gift from God by His grace. And it has nothing to do with me or my filthy rag works so I can't boast of being smarter than the next guy.

You might call that "tradition." I call it a factual sentence in my bible.

Whew! Hope this Christianity stuff doesn't get much harder. That was a real challenge.

[boatbums]

Is it really necessary to mock fellow Christians? Can’t we discuss doctrinal differences without belittling others? It sure would be refreshing.

[Mad Dawg]

I only pinged you because I mentioned you. I am sorry to call you back to the forum where disagreeing with some, no matter how politely and patiently, means that they feel their religion of peace love gives them the chance to spit venom at you.