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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from Katie in Is it possible to renounce salvation?   
    I lost the post, but to the gentleman who espoused that Christians can reach a point of sinless perfection (what Nazarenes call the "second blessing"" but does not believe in eternal security may ask this.
    First, let me restate your position and then I'll follow up with the question: You believe that a person can reach a position of sinless perfection subsequent to salvation; nevertheless at any point after this state of sinless perfection they can backslide and lose their salvation.
    Now the question is, if you can attain a state of sinless perfection: HOW COULD YOU EVER BACKSLIDE?
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from Katie in Is it possible to renounce salvation?   
    To answer the OP, there are many good arguments in here in defense of eternal security which I think adequately answered the question. Just to add one more. 2 Timonty 2:13 "If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself." The context of course, is that whether one believes or not, his belief or unbelief has no bearing on the faithfulness of Christ. And since Christ is unchangable, then this verse would still apply to the believer that even after his salvation, if at some point he became discouraged and possibly even angry at God, his unbelief at that moment would not change the status of his salvation. Now if he continued in a perpetual state of denouncement and unbelief, I would have to question whether the person was saved in the first place because John makes it clear that "They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us:...." I John 2:19. Since it is God that works in us both to WILL and to DO (Phil 2:13), the will and drive that you have is the evidence of a genuine salvation (Eph 2:10, John 15:5), and the John also makes it clear that a child of God does not continue to practice in perpetual disobedience to Him (I John 3:6). A believer is never comfortable with sin. Whom God loves He chastens (Rev 3:19) and if you are living in sin and are never chastised, you are not a child of God (Heb 12:8)
    So when askng a question about a person denouncing their faith, it would be necessary to view their salvation in context with the above expositions of Scripture.
    On a side note: one thing that I find fascinating among critics of the Baptist position of eternal security is that they say we give them a license to sin, and then turn around and call us legalists for preaching too hard about sin LOL
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from John Young in Dorightchristians - John Wilkerson’S “Ordination” At First Baptist Church   
    It is one thing for church members and even ex church members to be angry over past incidents at First Baptist Church of Hammond and occasionally offer a rant about it, but utter buffoonery to posit constant anti-fundamentalist rhetoric on nearly EVERY aspect of FBC’s ministry and members. My observance today of such rhetoric made [...]

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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from Alan in Dorightchristians - John Wilkerson’S “Ordination” At First Baptist Church   
    It is one thing for church members and even ex church members to be angry over past incidents at First Baptist Church of Hammond and occasionally offer a rant about it, but utter buffoonery to posit constant anti-fundamentalist rhetoric on nearly EVERY aspect of FBC’s ministry and members. My observance today of such rhetoric made [...]

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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from John Young in Kj Bible College   
    To answer the OP, I can't think of any college that doesn't use one for Greek or Hebrew. I did for Greek. Probably the only where you'd hear the lexicon criticized is Penascola Bible Institute (Peter Ruckman's college). He gets a lot of flack for his positions which I think is based on a misunderstanding of his "advanced revelation" label (well that, and his language LOL). His comments about advanced revelation have to be understood in light of his sense of humor (if you call it that) he does it to mess with his critics heads. But when it comes to defending the KJV, he is still the first person I go to when I need to understand a KJV issue. I just talked to them today about follow ups to James White and they gave me a pretty good website that keeps up to date with current KJV issues http://brandplucked.webs.com/ . Bro Ruckman said he's a Calvinist but is solid on the KJV
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from Rebecca in Why The Hypocrisy?   
    Causes "division"? Have you lost your mind? Unless I missed something here, the sign on the door says "Independent Baptist-King James Only" and you and the OP BOTH came to this forum and immediately began posting things YOU KNEW would be controversial, or as you just said "DIVISIVE", and you have the audacity to accuse me of division? You can take your sorry and pathetic excuse for claiming to be a Christian or Baptist elsewhere because I am sick of you Jesuit infiltrating liars and hypocrites trying to pass off your self righteous piety here and then act like your excrement has a rosy fragrance (rosary, prOBably).
     
    So yes, I "at it again" because I have to be. Somebody needs to keep the wolves out and rebuke them sharply because their mouths as Paul said MUST BE STOPPED.
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from MountainChristian in Why The Hypocrisy?   
    Causes "division"? Have you lost your mind? Unless I missed something here, the sign on the door says "Independent Baptist-King James Only" and you and the OP BOTH came to this forum and immediately began posting things YOU KNEW would be controversial, or as you just said "DIVISIVE", and you have the audacity to accuse me of division? You can take your sorry and pathetic excuse for claiming to be a Christian or Baptist elsewhere because I am sick of you Jesuit infiltrating liars and hypocrites trying to pass off your self righteous piety here and then act like your excrement has a rosy fragrance (rosary, prOBably).
     
    So yes, I "at it again" because I have to be. Somebody needs to keep the wolves out and rebuke them sharply because their mouths as Paul said MUST BE STOPPED.
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    Dr James Ach reacted to Standing Firm In Christ in Why The Hypocrisy?   
    I had to chuckle at this.  If James is hunting wolves, he is not going to have "wool" in his teeth.  That is, unless the wolf he has caught is disguising himself as a sheep.
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from 1Timothy115 in Why The Hypocrisy?   
    These anti fundies act as if the "beat" is all we IFB harp on. Every day you read some new queer coming out who is a popular CCM musician (Like Ray Boltz who wrote "Thank You" sung in even some Baptist churches, or Michael Passons from Avalon who many conservative Christians thought was a "safe" Christian band-not only did Michael "come out" but Avalon's other singer, Melissa Greene, began endorsing the rap artist who made fun of the Bible at the Music Awards, and the band Jars of Clay recently came out of the closet). You have bands like Point of Grace and Stryper making secular albums and remaking secular songs, bands like Skillet who are now refusing to use the name "Christian", you have Calvinist groups like Caedmon's Call, Trinity rejecting groups like Philips Craig & Dean, Charismatic voodoo artists like Kare JOBe, Freemason and Illuminati members like Michael W. Smith, and women who divorce their husbands and marry other country artists like Amy Grant, and the rest are Catholic.

    MUST I EXPLAIN FURTHER??
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from LindaR in Why The Hypocrisy?   
    And you are wrong. The best wolf hunters are not wolves, the best wolf hunter is a well trained human sharpshooter and trap setter.
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from EKSmith in Why The Hypocrisy?   
    Causes "division"? Have you lost your mind? Unless I missed something here, the sign on the door says "Independent Baptist-King James Only" and you and the OP BOTH came to this forum and immediately began posting things YOU KNEW would be controversial, or as you just said "DIVISIVE", and you have the audacity to accuse me of division? You can take your sorry and pathetic excuse for claiming to be a Christian or Baptist elsewhere because I am sick of you Jesuit infiltrating liars and hypocrites trying to pass off your self righteous piety here and then act like your excrement has a rosy fragrance (rosary, prOBably).
     
    So yes, I "at it again" because I have to be. Somebody needs to keep the wolves out and rebuke them sharply because their mouths as Paul said MUST BE STOPPED.
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from Miss Daisy in Why The Hypocrisy?   
    Causes "division"? Have you lost your mind? Unless I missed something here, the sign on the door says "Independent Baptist-King James Only" and you and the OP BOTH came to this forum and immediately began posting things YOU KNEW would be controversial, or as you just said "DIVISIVE", and you have the audacity to accuse me of division? You can take your sorry and pathetic excuse for claiming to be a Christian or Baptist elsewhere because I am sick of you Jesuit infiltrating liars and hypocrites trying to pass off your self righteous piety here and then act like your excrement has a rosy fragrance (rosary, prOBably).
     
    So yes, I "at it again" because I have to be. Somebody needs to keep the wolves out and rebuke them sharply because their mouths as Paul said MUST BE STOPPED.
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from Miss Daisy in Why The Hypocrisy?   
    These anti fundies act as if the "beat" is all we IFB harp on. Every day you read some new queer coming out who is a popular CCM musician (Like Ray Boltz who wrote "Thank You" sung in even some Baptist churches, or Michael Passons from Avalon who many conservative Christians thought was a "safe" Christian band-not only did Michael "come out" but Avalon's other singer, Melissa Greene, began endorsing the rap artist who made fun of the Bible at the Music Awards, and the band Jars of Clay recently came out of the closet). You have bands like Point of Grace and Stryper making secular albums and remaking secular songs, bands like Skillet who are now refusing to use the name "Christian", you have Calvinist groups like Caedmon's Call, Trinity rejecting groups like Philips Craig & Dean, Charismatic voodoo artists like Kare JOBe, Freemason and Illuminati members like Michael W. Smith, and women who divorce their husbands and marry other country artists like Amy Grant, and the rest are Catholic.

    MUST I EXPLAIN FURTHER??
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from 2bLikeJesus in Why The Hypocrisy?   
    No Miss Daisy. The OP and those who support it. This forum has simply been allowed to run rampant with heretics who are either Calvinist or ex-fundies all with an axe to grind against IFB churches, members and pastors. It's one thing to explain issues to those who truly want to learn what we believe and why, it's wholly another to have to keep an eye on skeptics all of the time who join here for the sole intent of belittling the IFB. That's why so many have left, or just lay dormant and contact each other through private messages.
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from paid4 in Why The Hypocrisy?   
    Nearly everyone of you commenting on this missed the very opening of this guys thread, because he was so sneaky about it: Read what  he said again:  

    "Why is that we fundamentalists reject CCM because it uses the Rock and Roll beat" (emphasis added). The remainder of his reasons for calling the IFB hypocrites was irrelevant to what his opening premise was. As such, I already gave my answer above. 
     
    If you don't like the music in the IFB church, then for God's sake and your pastors, please GET OUT before you cause any more division in that church, or before you end up "coming out" like the rest of CCM artists are doing right now.
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from MountainChristian in Why The Hypocrisy?   
    No Miss Daisy. The OP and those who support it. This forum has simply been allowed to run rampant with heretics who are either Calvinist or ex-fundies all with an axe to grind against IFB churches, members and pastors. It's one thing to explain issues to those who truly want to learn what we believe and why, it's wholly another to have to keep an eye on skeptics all of the time who join here for the sole intent of belittling the IFB. That's why so many have left, or just lay dormant and contact each other through private messages.
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from LindaR in Why The Hypocrisy?   
    These anti fundies act as if the "beat" is all we IFB harp on. Every day you read some new queer coming out who is a popular CCM musician (Like Ray Boltz who wrote "Thank You" sung in even some Baptist churches, or Michael Passons from Avalon who many conservative Christians thought was a "safe" Christian band-not only did Michael "come out" but Avalon's other singer, Melissa Greene, began endorsing the rap artist who made fun of the Bible at the Music Awards, and the band Jars of Clay recently came out of the closet). You have bands like Point of Grace and Stryper making secular albums and remaking secular songs, bands like Skillet who are now refusing to use the name "Christian", you have Calvinist groups like Caedmon's Call, Trinity rejecting groups like Philips Craig & Dean, Charismatic voodoo artists like Kare JOBe, Freemason and Illuminati members like Michael W. Smith, and women who divorce their husbands and marry other country artists like Amy Grant, and the rest are Catholic.

    MUST I EXPLAIN FURTHER??
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from JimsHelpmeet in Why The Hypocrisy?   
    These anti fundies act as if the "beat" is all we IFB harp on. Every day you read some new queer coming out who is a popular CCM musician (Like Ray Boltz who wrote "Thank You" sung in even some Baptist churches, or Michael Passons from Avalon who many conservative Christians thought was a "safe" Christian band-not only did Michael "come out" but Avalon's other singer, Melissa Greene, began endorsing the rap artist who made fun of the Bible at the Music Awards, and the band Jars of Clay recently came out of the closet). You have bands like Point of Grace and Stryper making secular albums and remaking secular songs, bands like Skillet who are now refusing to use the name "Christian", you have Calvinist groups like Caedmon's Call, Trinity rejecting groups like Philips Craig & Dean, Charismatic voodoo artists like Kare JOBe, Freemason and Illuminati members like Michael W. Smith, and women who divorce their husbands and marry other country artists like Amy Grant, and the rest are Catholic.

    MUST I EXPLAIN FURTHER??
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    Dr James Ach reacted to JimsHelpmeet in Why The Hypocrisy?   
    My dad was in a Southern Gospel quartet, so I'm a little biased on this topic. I think there are different types of Southern Gospel, the two most notable would be the kind performed by secular artists (like Alan Jackson or Elvis Presley) and it sounds like honky tonk music, and the kind that is sung by people in the Southeast accompanied only by a piano, but the singers sound "country", just by their accents. I'm not opposed so much to music that has a beat one can clap to. It's music that makes you want to sway seductively that is a prOBlem. I get no such feeling from much of the Southern Gospel music, to be quite honest. 
     
    Now, I will say we must be careful. Southern Gospel artists are sometimes no more holy than their CCM counterparts. There have been sex scandals, drug and alcohol abuse, pride, greed, immodest dress, long hair on men, ecumenical beliefs, etc. in Southern Gospel, so we should be very careful about who we listen to. Bear in mind, I am very, very choosy. There are very few Southern Gospel groups that pass my "test", and they are locally based. One is the Scenic Land Quartet. They have performed at our church several times. 
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from Standing Firm In Christ in God Is Not A Man!   
    1 Timothy 
     
    Chapter 3
     
    16: And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
    God was manifest in the flesh,
    justified in the Spirit, seen of angels,
    preached unto the Gentiles,
    believed on in the world,
    received up into glory.
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from swathdiver in Way Of Life - Man Wants Me To Kick Large Pastors Off Our Church Directory   
    I'd say, what about skinny people! Is being too skinny evidence of deliberate malnourishment? I know some folks who are so health conscious and exercise probably more than they should ("bodily exercise profiteth little, but exercise thyself rather unto godliness") so I think we should start monitoring how much people exercise, too! Once your BMI goes below 6%, stop immediately and then eat a donut to get it back to the proper level.
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from JimsHelpmeet in Attention Moderators And Administrators   
    Oh and just for everyone here, I finally did receive an infraction on the other forum for "slandering" the NIV. I welcome an infraction like that as a badge of honor, and if anyone would like to complain about it to them, I'll say it again on here:
     
    Question: What Bible Version Do You Use?
     
    Dr James Ach: The KJV when I want the truth, the NIV when I want to roast marshmallows.
     
    That's what I was infracted for and in celebration of that infraction, I'm going to go to the bookstore and buy a 5$ NIV and ROAST SOME MARSHMALLOWS!
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from Standing Firm In Christ in Attention Moderators And Administrators   
    I've actually called a few bookstores LOL not having any luck. The only one that the closest one to me has is the NIV Hebrew and English Lexicon, but they want 199 ILS for it, that's too much for what I want it for   
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from Standing Firm In Christ in Attention Moderators And Administrators   
    What's funny about that is the post was made 5 days ago, and he didn't infract me for it until today, after all the angry Calvinists trying to get me banned couldn't document their accusations. Yet they accuse KJVO of being a cult, and permit the pejorative use of "Zionist" against me as a Jew. If it weren't for the numerous messages I've gotten from other readers on there thanking me for not only taking a stand, I wouldn't waste my time.
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    Dr James Ach got a reaction from wretched in Attention Moderators And Administrators   
    Ummm...I can't speak for the moderators, but if they aren't responding it's probably because I NEVER MADE A CHARGE! LOL It is something you made a big deal out of ON ANOTHER FORUM and BROUGHT IT HERE, so there's nothing for them to investigate. 
     
    But, just look at how you started your comment, by calling my father Satan. I'm pretty sure that not only is that against the OB rules, but is quite un-Christian, and says everything in support of the accusations against you for being vitriolic, and with that being said, I'll let Matt handle it from here.
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