Suggestions?

[ccgr]

let's hear them

[BOwen]

Free Will,
Angels
Ephesians 6

For starters..

[sparquay]

Oh dear... you're sure going for the "easy" ones aren't you? Uh...for angels and Ephesians 6 (which I imagine you're referring to "enemies that are not flesh and blood"*) I would recommend "Seeing the Unseen" by Joe Beam. It's really good about describing Spiritual Warfare from the Bible's perspective.
Oh wait... this is Suggestions, not answers...

*highly paraphrased

[Chozon1]

Hrm...Maybe something a lot easier to get started.

[BOwen]

Actually free will is pretty easy.

I have a special interest in angels and spiritual warfare as there are a couple of games I'd like to get made with spiritual warfare as a central theme and I want to get it right.

I'm also particularly annoyed at how angels are frequently misrepresented and there's a lot most of us still don't know about them.. I just think it's a fascinating topic.

[Chozon1]

Free Will has been debated since the beginning of time, or nearly. It really isn't that simple.

For example: the Bible says that people have destinies. If your destined to do something, how can you have free will?

Oh yeah, it could get deeper.

[SpartanOmega]

Free Will has been debated since the beginning of time, or nearly. It really isn't that simple.

For example: the Bible says that people have destinies. If your destined to do something, how can you have free will?

Oh yeah, it could get deeper.

You can still have free will and a destiny at the same time, just because you are destined to do something does not take away the fact that you chose to do it.

[sparquay]

So really you're discussing Predestination as a opposed to complete Free Will.

From what I read and study, I'm certain that God has predestined all of us for heaven. But most of us have rejected him so that we can shape our own future. We are given a choice and the predestination that Paul talks about in several letters is actually what God has desired for us. When they use words like the Elect or the Chosen... everyone is chosen, it's a matter of who is choosing Him back.

[BOwen]

It really IS pretty simple, it's the confusion that makes it seem complicated, and the fact that it is at the center of a lot of other topics.

Free will is one of those things that if you struggle with it then you're going to have issues you need to work out.

This thread however isn't the place for this discussion. I'll start something soon, so please hold further comments until then. Let's try to keep this thread for what it's supposed to be for, suggestions for topics.

[ccgr]

I guess we need a poll thread with what the topic should be?

[BOwen]

I think we should just do what we feel moved to do. Unless we're planning on assigning topics?

[karatekid1200]

The rapture!