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How is God's encounter with Jacob in Genesis 32 addressed within the framework of monergism vs. synergism?
Genesis 32:27-28
27 So He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob.” 28 And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and ...
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Could Jesus have refused to go to the cross?
Jesus prays to the Father in the Garden of Gethsemane, distressing over the impending cup of wrath to come. The weight of bearing the sins of people and alienation from the Father put him such ...
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Does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints postulate a multi-verse?
Latter Day Saints will, on the one hand, assent to a multiplicity of Gods with humans being capable of being exalted to the same level of God as God the Father in the Bible. God the Father may have ...
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Is believing in God for salvation the same as believing in Jesus as Christ?
I'm interested in answers particularly from Evangelicals who might disagree with this idea, as well as those who agree with it. I'm especially interested in theological considerations — i.e. does this ...
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Do any Christian groups or denominations not see having a definite doctrinal position on God's nature as essential for salvation?
Every time I revisit questions about God's nature on Biblical Hermeneutics Stack Exchange I can't help but come out with more doubts than convictions. For example, take a look at the following ...
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According to open theism, did God know that the crucifixion of Jesus would benefit anyone after him?
Ronald Nash challenges open theism in his book, Life's Ultimate Questions, in particular on the point of God's foreknowledge during the crucifixion of Jesus. Since God's knowledge of the future is "...
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According to Wesleyan-Arminianism, does God fail?
According to Wesleyan-Arminianism, does God try His absolute hardest to save all of mankind- but ultimately fails and has no other choice but to send a majority of mankind to have their flesh burned ...
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According to Catholicism, does God want everyone to be Catholic?
According to Catholicism, does God want all humans to be Catholic? And if everyone became Catholic, would Satan be abolished? Is this acknowledged in the Bible or elsewhere?
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What is the biblical basis for the Covenant of Redemption?
In Covenant Theology the Covenant of Redemption is an eternal agreement made between the members of the Trinity in which the Son of God agrees to become incarnate and die for the the sins of God's ...
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Which denominations would say that Jesus weeps for the souls in Hell?
I was reading about a girl named Angelica, who claimed to have visited Heaven and Hell. I am touched from her testimony that Jesus was weeping when they were visiting Hell.
When the Lord weeps, it’s ...
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How does Jesus show love by suffering?
I wonder, how does the suffering of Jesus/God show love?
I do not believe that Jesus suffered to forgive our sins. If God is love, God doesn't need to make a terrible sacrifice to forgive our sins. ...
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What Scriptures tell us what man having free will actually means? [closed]
I have been given many different opinions as to what having free will actually means. Some have said that it means only that we have a choice of whether or not to accept salvation, others have said it ...
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Did Jesus sacrifice his soul to save ours? [closed]
I am not asking for an opinion, what I am asking is that you evaluate my interpretation of the Scriptures and show me where I have misinterpreted them.
In the following scriptures; it is indicated ...
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Is God one but multi-instantiated? [closed]
I am stalled at the notion that there is but a single way 'up the mountain'. "No one gets there but by me." However, it seems as though 'me' could be 'any of me.' In the sense that Jesus was (a ...
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How does Calvinism explain how an omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent creator could NOT have a plan for universal salvation?
In the haze of discerning truth and wisdom by the hybrid application of scripture, tradition, philosophy, and experience it seems illogical that a loving creator with perfect and complete knowledge ...
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Since Jesus death paid our sin debt in full, why do Christians still die? [duplicate]
In Genesis chapter two God places the burden of death on man's sin(disobedience of God).
Genesis 2:17 KJV
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day ...
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If Hell does not exist would God have sent Jesus to die? [closed]
There have been several comments on this site which tend to deny the existence of Hell.
But Jesus tells me that the lake of fire is the place of Eternal punishment that God created for Satan and the ...
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Was Jesus two separate individuals in one body?
I have always been told, and I thoroughly believe that Jesus was wholly God and wholly man.
Since there are multiple occasions in the Bible where pre-incarnate Jesus apparently appeared to people, ...
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Giving to the church or giving to the poor? [closed]
Which does God prefer most, giving to the church or giving to the poor?
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Where does God draw the line when it comes to Sin? [closed]
So I've read 1 John a lot and I understand that I cannot continue to sin if I want to be a child of God's.
1 John 1:6 (NIV)
6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the
darkness, we ...
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What does it mean to be an heir of God and a joint-heir with Christ? [closed]
Romans 8:16-17
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer ...
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