@KanishkaRaffel Do Sydney Anglicans consider the idea that God creates most people only so he can express his eternal hatred towards them primary doctrinal failure? How do you reconcile this belief with the fact that God's reaching out in love to all human beings -> @KanishkaRaffel is the central message of the bible? If it isn't primary doctrinal failure - why not? If it isn't can you give me an example of a way to malign God's character which is more substantial than this?

Here is why you can be relied on to condemn the actions of some charismatic ->

@JohnPiper @PastorPerks @AJWTheology @Psephizo @TGC
John - here is why your thesis that saving faith includes affection for God is not correct. (I have included Harrison Perkins).

Before we go any further let me indicate that by affection for God we are talking about more than-> emotion (since no person is ever responsible for their emotions - in which case there would be little reason to talk about the issue) - we must therefore be talking about whether saving faith includes holy DESIRE for God.->

@mbird12 Surely one way to determine if people hold their view conscientiously is if you see evidence of them engaging with content in the bible which needs an explanation in the light of their worldview. So then how many Calvinist explanations for the reasons and verses below -> @mbird12 can a Google search find?

Original sin

-Psalm 51:5 doesn't ESTABLISH the doctrine - to establish it the verse would have to have no other possible meanings - but it has a couple of other possible meanings.
- Romans 5:12 doesn't support original sin - it says that the way ->

There is never a moment when a Christian should say to themselves “You ought to FEEL a particular way”. Emotions are not a choice (although we can choose not to indulge our emotions when it would be unhelpful - for example it might not be helpful to reveal our grief -> at a particular moment when speaking with someone who is making bad choices - we might instead focus on their need to change direction).

However the presence or absence of emotion in us can lead us to understand if something isn’t in order. If we don’t feel regret for sin ->

@MattSmethurst @daneortlund The gospel is two words - God loves.

It isn't three words - God loves me. Or four words - God loves the elect.

Gentle and lowly is a book about God's love for the elect. The book doesn't include the cross in presenting God's love for the elect because why would it? -> @MattSmethurst @daneortlund When you are chosen you are chosen. When salvation is God embracing the unrepentant sinner (nope - see Acts 3:19) our sin is irrelevant and therefore so is the cross - as long as we are on the list.

Two words. Either God loves or he does not. If he does he must love ->

@UnbelievableJB Here is the reason why I don’t think that Premier should he having debates which include “liberal Christians”. Although if you read on you you’ll find out why there is any such thing as a liberal Christian. /1 @UnbelievableJB How do we come to believe the Bible is God’s word? It’s because of inner witness. The inner witness that leads us to believe the Bible doesn’t say “This is God’s word”. But let’s imagine for a second that that was what was /2