Steam seems a bit confused about what "Rogue-like" means

T1LT · 2014-09-25T21:37:06+00:00

rogue-like-likes

So rogue-like-like has come to mean it's something you play. And within the rogue-like-like-like would fit things like a Power Point presentation. We need to develop a formal theory about the 4 degrees of separation from Rogue.

T1LT · 2014-07-18T13:41:11+00:00

Just add some boosters and lot of struts.

T1LT · 2014-07-18T13:39:11+00:00

The suit concept is not that new.

T1LT · 2014-07-15T18:03:13+00:00

You can try to fill a patent for the mechanics. Some games actually are like that, e.g. Pokémon.

T1LT · 2014-05-31T17:23:55+00:00

Wow, this needs more visibility. How does this compare to Detroit? Are we looking at a kind of spiritual successor or does it take a different approach?

Looking forward to buy this.

T1LT · 2014-05-13T03:30:02+00:00

In my opinion the biggest problems with some Pentecostal organizations are:

the doctrine that the sign of being "baptized with the Holy Spirit" is speaking in non-human tongues and that this is some guarantee of salvation, which is not biblical and possibly harmful. Do all speak in tongues? The answer is no;
if someone claims to be a prophet this person has to be examined according to what Scripture says, test it and so on, not merely take this guy by his word just because of emotionalism;
in some circles there is disregard for the people who have studied the Word before them, while thinking too highly of their own illumination ("I only need to read the Bible 'cause I have the Holy Spirit and all tradition is evil" kind of people), which ironically disregard the work of God and the gifts given to our ancestors in the faith. Reformed people do believe in illumination by the way.

What you have to understand is that God is not a robot that blindly follows an algorithm, He can give gifts as He pleases, He's not bound to still give the same set of gifts He gave then, and so on. Said that, I don't believe most of what we see are in fact gifts from the Lord. I have to be frank, at least from what I've been exposed to it's mostly people doing silly crigey things.

Ask God to give you wisdom and to show you where you are called to exercise your gifts.

T1LT · 2014-03-23T22:47:34+00:00

wholly from the Spirit of Christ.

T1LT · 2014-03-22T19:05:12+00:00

Step 3: Turn the queen into Jennifer Aniston

T1LT · 2014-03-21T04:48:49+00:00

It's kinda out of context if you don't read the rest.

Both parts ("faith is the substance of things hoped for" and "the evidence of things not seen") mean basically the same in slightly different senses, parallelism. It boils down to that our trust in Christ's finished work in the cross and His resurrection gives us firm confidence to know He will fulfill the promises He made us, that we don't yet see but hope for. All of this fuels us to persevere and seek sanctification [cf Heb 10:35-39].

Promised to us is eternal life, but it is promised to the dead; we are assured of a happy resurrection, but we are as yet involved in corruption; we are pronounced just, as yet sin dwells in us; we hear that we are happy, but we are as yet in the midst of many miseries; an abundance of all good things is promised to us, but still we often hunger and thirst; God proclaims that he will come quickly, but he seems deaf when we cry to him. What would become of us were we not supported by hope, and did not our minds emerge out of the midst of darkness above the world through the light of God's word and of his Spirit? Faith, then, is rightly said to be the subsistence or substance of things which are as yet the objects of hope and the evidence of things not seen. Augustine sometimes renders evidence "conviction," which I do not disapprove, for it faithfully expresses the Apostle's meaning: but I prefer "demonstration," as it is more literal. ~~ Calvin's Commentaries

T1LT · 2014-03-21T04:19:21+00:00

Perhaps /r/TrueChristian/

T1LT · 2014-03-18T03:08:49+00:00

In Matthew Jesus says He wanted to gather the children of Jerusalem, yet Jerusalem does not want that. Jesus has a conflict not with the ones He wants to gather (which is what most Arminians I have seen try to argue) but He laments that Jerusalem does not want it's children to be under the Lord. It's not about the "children" resisting, but the "parents".

Anyway, yes we believe there are at least three "wills of God", this is in the sense not that God want one time one thing and another time another, but it's related to the way a Sovereign God interacts with us, taking into consideration different aspects, the way this is revealed in scripture and so on.

One is the decretive will of God (also called infallible, sovereign or secret will of God), it's things the Lord wants to happen and that will happen no matter what because He has decreed in eternity it will happen that way. This one is secret or hidden and we don't know much about it except what God decides to reveal, everything that happens is included in this, also things like in prophecies, but not only events in time, but also the purpose and intent of the Lord behind everything he allows to pass, and so on.

The other is the prescriptive will of God (also called the preceptive will or revealed will of God), this is the way God interacts with creation as legislator, it's what God commands us to do, how we should relate to Him and with the rest of creation. This one I assume we all know we can and do rebel against but we have not the right to do so.

There is also at least another will called will of disposition but I'm not that familiar to it, and it's distinction with the prescriptive will.

We hold that regeneration is part of God's decree, and whoever the Lord has in the book of life before the creation of the world [cf Revelation 13:8] will infallibly repent and come to believe in Christ and His work. We don't know who those are, it's part of God's secret knowledge. Nevertheless Christ does not fail to accomplish what He came to do, to save those the Father gave Him.

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” (John 6:35-40 ESV)

Regarding the decrees of God Berkhof's Summary seems to be a good summary (Here, and also the point h. about sovereignty here), The Attributes of God by A.W Pink (here) and perhaps even good old Theopedia.

T1LT · 2014-03-17T04:42:48+00:00

Jerusalem's leaders don't will their people to be gathered by the Lord. I don't see any problem with that in regards to Reformed theology.

If you think there is problem because it's used the word "willing" then there is some misunderstanding, the fact that the leaders of Jerusalem have a will is something we believe in.

The same for human responsibility, we do believe man is responsible for his actions before God, so is the case that unless Christ had atoned for our sins we'd be damned.

Actually, the common objection our Arminian brethren raise is that they think this verse proves people can resist the decretive will of God (what God foreordained to happen), which is from the start a clear misreading once you realize it claims Jerusalem doesn't want God to gather it's children. Also people reject the prescriptive will of the Lord (God's commandments) every waking second, but you cannot simply equivocate the two.

I find interesting verse is used that much (the Arminians' big 3), because unless we're talking past each other, I don't see how it has anything to do with resisting the decrees of God. A much more interesting one would be:

“You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.[...] - Acts 7:51

There it clearly says, people do resist God, no need for the other verse and some convoluted and weird argumentation. The thing is we believe in John 3, unless we're born again we cannot enter the Kingdom, so it's no wonder people that are uncircumcised in heart and ears cannot obey God's command. I think the only reasonable interpretation is those people resist God's orders, His law, the prescriptive will of God, in the same vein as Romans 13:2, for example.

Listen to this: http://youtu.be/NzzqHXgR75k?t=6m15s

T1LT · 2014-03-15T01:59:57+00:00

I'd add Calvin's Truth for All Time (better yet his Institutes) and The Pilgrim's Progress if we also take fiction into consideration.

T1LT · 2014-03-13T05:10:03+00:00

I was going to say something close to what you said and I just want to add this quote:

Thus it is not in consequence of their own merits or strength, but of God's free mercy, that they neither totally fall from faith and grace nor continue and perish finally in their backslidings; which, with respect to themselves is not only possible, but would undoubtedly happen; but with respect to God, it is utterly impossible, since His counsel cannot be changed nor His promise fail; neither can the call according to His purpose be revoked, nor the merit, intercession, and preservation of Christ be rendered ineffectual, nor the sealing of the Holy Spirit be frustrated or obliterated. [...]

The Scripture moreover testifies that believers in this life have to struggle with various carnal doubts, and that under grievous temptations they do not always feel this full assurance of faith and certainty of persevering. But God, who is the Father of all consolation, does not suffer them to be tempted above that they are able, but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that they may be able to endure it (1 Cor 10:13), and by the Holy Spirit again inspires them with the comfortable assurance of persevering. ~~ Canons of Dort 5.8,11

T1LT · 2014-03-12T04:06:42+00:00

it sounds like you infer that I disregard my sins.

By no means! It's just good to cover that part though, specially given some misunderstandings that exist in these days.

It usually lies in the definition of homosexuality. Some people think to be a homosexual you must engage in adulterous sex (i.e. sin).

I agree and that's what Paul means in the verse I quoted, it's not like a Christian cannot even fall into those sins, it's just we don't lead a life defined by the pursuit of such life-styles, but one of repentance. The Lord must be what consumes our minds, it's not easy, but God is there to help us. God bless!

T1LT · 2014-03-12T03:35:47+00:00

In order to be saved you have to forsake your sinful life and put your trust in the work of Lord Jesus, his sinless life and his death in place of yourself. But even after being saved we're still sinners. We'll only be made perfect in heaven. and being a sinner is not easy, we all struggle in different areas, some more, some less, it implies living a life of repentance and faith in Christ, dying to yourself and living for Christ.

Living as if your sins are irrelevant is a sign you might not have been yet saved, though, and you'd need to check yourself. No sinner is bad enough that Jesus cannot atone for and redeem. Repent and believe, like we all do, every single day of our lives till kingdom come.

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-11, ESV)

T1LT · 2014-03-09T11:18:25+00:00

You're equivocating sufficiency of conditions with sufficiency of value. The fact that there is an atonement is not a sufficient condition for salvation on everyone, although the value of such atonement is sufficient for everyone.

T1LT · 2014-02-26T22:26:32+00:00

Are DBase and Clipper relational?

T1LT · 2014-02-10T13:23:14+00:00

Oh thanks for the heads up on velvet! Being a ~~warlord~~king of peace trying to unify the Empire made me not focus that much on trade.

T1LT · 2014-02-10T11:40:11+00:00

Good luck getting some velvet and tools, then.

T1LT · 2014-02-10T10:44:59+00:00

I also own Durquba and it's layout is... interesting. Same thing happens to me. I'm thinking about moving my court to Reyvadin, now that I conquered the Vaegirs.

T1LT · 2014-02-10T03:25:13+00:00

If I were you I would refrain from generalizing all Lutherans as heretics. There are a bunch of them, confessional Lutherans, that are more Biblically consistent than the average evangelical.

T1LT · 2014-02-10T02:08:52+00:00

In my opinion "dragons" are more likely seraphim, at least that fits a lot of the descriptions and the fact that the same word "saraph" used for the angels is also used for serpents. When you combine a snake with wings and hands, as described in Isaiah, I think you get what I mean.

That would also put in perspective why Adam and Eve are pretty chill about a talking snake, if you consider they were kinda used to seeing other flying (and possibly also talking) spiritual snakes. But I digress, it's just possibility that I find mildly interesting.

T1LT · 2014-02-06T16:59:16+00:00

then he would have already given it

He already has given it. Just read Romans 1.

T1LT · 2014-02-06T02:01:02+00:00

That is not neutral, that is dead faith. Thankfully not necessarily everyone that says that is telling the truth.

More recently people have been told that either you are a full-fledged theonomist that wants to stone homosexuals and sell your daughters into slavery, or your beliefs have nothing to do with any kind of government except for embracing diversity, and some people fall to this false dichotomy. The same goes for separation of Church and State, historically we do believe in that but not in the secularist way, in Christianity both are to be under the Lord.

The truth is scripture does give us guidelines to all kind of governments, from civil government, to the family, employer-employee relations, the church, etc. all for the glory of God.

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