tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post2383819709598405463..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Van CliburnRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-82317531711290002552013-03-15T22:45:36.001-04:002013-03-15T22:45:36.001-04:00AJ
"You’re being ambiguous. What specific pr...AJ<br /><br />"You’re being ambiguous. What specific proposition(s) of justificatory faith is an impenitent sinner incapable of believing?"<br /><br />Are you trying to misunderstand? God doesn't justify anyone he doesn't regenerate or sanctify. Impenitent sinners never exercise justifying faith in the first place. They are nominal believers. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-69289655164413904902013-03-15T22:41:05.283-04:002013-03-15T22:41:05.283-04:00AJ
"So constant overeating is only unhealthy...AJ<br /><br />"So constant overeating is only unhealthy and not sinful?"<br /><br />You're grasping at straws:<br /><br />http://www.robgagnon.net/GluttonyComparisonToHomosexualPractice.htmstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-45175478364640033472013-03-15T21:57:29.181-04:002013-03-15T21:57:29.181-04:00Why couldn’t a practicing murderer or a practicing...Why couldn’t a practicing murderer or a practicing rapist affirm that, "justifying faith is nothing else but confidence in the divine mercy which remits sins for Christ’s sake; or, that this confidence alone is that whereby we are justified" or be a person who is "convinced by a firm conviction that God is a kindly and well-disposed Father toward him, promises himself all things on the basis of his generosity; who relying upon the promises of divine benevolence toward him, lays hold on an undoubted expectation of salvation"?rockingwithhawkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10550503108269371174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-40674202717278021182013-03-15T21:36:16.002-04:002013-03-15T21:36:16.002-04:00You’re being ambiguous. What specific proposition...You’re being ambiguous. What specific proposition(s) of justificatory faith is an impenitent sinner incapable of believing?<br /><br />So constant overeating is only unhealthy and not sinful?Distant Cousinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05765621905219905064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-59805529569835850742013-03-15T16:37:42.840-04:002013-03-15T16:37:42.840-04:00You're being duplicitous. It is antinomian to ...You're being duplicitous. It is antinomian to profess Christian faith while having no intention of living by Christian standards of sexual morality. <br /><br />Read Jn 15 on the necessity of obedience as well as faith. <br /><br />The Bible has next to nothing to say about overeating. Is morbid obesity unhealthy? Yes. But Scripture hardly ranks that with sodomy. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-9298517020117129722013-03-15T15:26:01.187-04:002013-03-15T15:26:01.187-04:00What is antinomian about confidence in the divine ...What is antinomian about confidence in the divine mercy which remits sins for Christ’s sake or the firm conviction that God is a kindly and well-disposed Father toward him, promises himself all things on the basis of his generosity; who relying upon the promises of divine benevolence toward him, lays hold on an undoubted expectation of salvation?<br /><br />An overeater is a defiant, impenitent sinner. Do you look around the congregation and assess all the morbidly obese people as lost.Distant Cousinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05765621905219905064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-51986433199620499682013-03-15T12:25:25.815-04:002013-03-15T12:25:25.815-04:00One doesn't have to do anything special to be ...One doesn't have to do anything special to be hellbound. One doesn't have to do anything extra to be hellbound. Absent divine intervention (e.g. election, regeneration, justification), humans are born lost. We don't have to do anything to be lost. Rather, something must be done for us to rescue us from our lost condition. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-76019609716853188792013-03-15T12:23:06.087-04:002013-03-15T12:23:06.087-04:00Saving faith isn't antinomian. And there's...Saving faith isn't antinomian. And there's more to salvation than justification. Although justification is by faith alone, salvation is not by faith alone. Salvation includes regeneration and sanctification. <br /><br />A practicing homosexual is a defiant, impenitent sinner. Just like a philanderer. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-82341438298121258552013-03-15T10:23:56.132-04:002013-03-15T10:23:56.132-04:00Thanks for the reply.
Why couldn’t a practicing h...Thanks for the reply.<br /><br />Why couldn’t a practicing homosexual affirm that, “justifying faith is nothing else but confidence in the divine mercy which remits sins for Christ’s sake; or, that this confidence alone is that whereby we are justified” or be a person who is “convinced by a firm conviction that God is a kindly and well-disposed Father toward him, promises himself all things on the basis of his generosity; who relying upon the promises of divine benevolence toward him, lays hold on an undoubted expectation of salvation”?<br />Distant Cousinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05765621905219905064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-69882999511195915862013-03-14T21:47:37.922-04:002013-03-14T21:47:37.922-04:00Actually, what I said is that any unatoned sin is ...Actually, what I said is that any unatoned sin is a damnable sin. <br /><br />From what I've read, van Cliburn was an impenitent, practicing homosexual. There's no reason to think he was a genuine Christian.<br /><br />Lots of heterosexuals go to hell as well. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-57913661468306243862013-03-14T10:41:44.197-04:002013-03-14T10:41:44.197-04:00I know you have said in the past that some sins ar...I know you have said in the past that some sins are more damnable than others, but why should homosexuality be more damnable than any other sin? Aren’t all sins damnable? Distant Cousinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05765621905219905064noreply@blogger.com