The Study & Reference Library - Recent Posts https://sallieborrink.com/community/ Helping you create a life of peace, understanding, joy, beauty, and faith based on the truth en-US Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:30:32 +0000 wpForo 60 At Stake This Election - America’s 250-Year-Old War with Islam Continues https://sallieborrink.com/community/u-s-elections/at-stake-this-election-americas-250-year-old-war-with-islam-continues/#post-9049 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:59:16 +0000 If you or anyone you know is thinking about not voting, please send them this.  

There are too many Christians who avoid politics to fight Islam, a revival of Communism, Socialism, and materialism for a variety of reasons they believe are biblical:

• Jesus didn’t get involved in politics. (He also didn’t marry or have children.)

• The rapture is around the corner. (There is no such event. No single verse in the NT says the church will be taken off the earth before, during, or after seven years.)

• Politics can’t save us. (Whoever said it could?)

• Christians should not be involved in politics because it’s dirty. (Does this mean you’re OK with politicians pushing their dirty politics on us and taking away our freedoms?)

• We can’t impose our view of morality on other people. (Are you OK with letting non-Christians impose their morality on all of us? There’s no neutrality.)

• The Christian’s Citizenship is in Heaven. (This didn’t stop Paul from appealing to his Roman citizenship.)

• There is a separation between Church and State (There is a jurisdictional separation as the Bible teaches, but it does not teach separation of God and civil government.)

https://americanvision.org/posts/americas-250-year-old-war-with-islam-continues  

]]> Sallie Borrink https://sallieborrink.com/community/u-s-elections/at-stake-this-election-americas-250-year-old-war-with-islam-continues/#post-9049 What Does It Mean to Repent in the Bible? https://sallieborrink.com/community/leaving-calvinism/what-does-it-mean-to-repent-in-the-bible/#post-9048 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:37:37 +0000 Defining terms is so important. What does it mean to repent according to the Scripture? What saves us? 

https://youtu.be/BQaGiRzbAzY  

]]> Sallie Borrink https://sallieborrink.com/community/leaving-calvinism/what-does-it-mean-to-repent-in-the-bible/#post-9048 Mark and Avoid the New Sense and Sensibility https://sallieborrink.com/community/everything-books/mark-and-avoid-the-new-sense-and-sensibility/#post-9047 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:37:58 +0000 Mr. Palmer is played by a trans. That's all you need to know. If you want the details, here's the info.

https://youtu.be/PB-MqiJvPDs  

]]> Sallie Borrink https://sallieborrink.com/community/everything-books/mark-and-avoid-the-new-sense-and-sensibility/#post-9047 RE: Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) Features Stealth Calvinism in Romans Study https://sallieborrink.com/community/leaving-calvinism/bible-study-fellowship-bsf-features-stealth-calvinism-in-romans-study/#post-9046 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:32:47 +0000 This is correct and why I don't recommend it. 

"BSF isn't an actual Bible study. It's a script."

5387]]> Sallie Borrink https://sallieborrink.com/community/leaving-calvinism/bible-study-fellowship-bsf-features-stealth-calvinism-in-romans-study/#post-9046 Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) Features Stealth Calvinism in Romans Study https://sallieborrink.com/community/leaving-calvinism/bible-study-fellowship-bsf-features-stealth-calvinism-in-romans-study/#post-9045 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:28:49 +0000 I did the BSF Romans study back in the day. I just pulled out my copy.

Yep.

Loads of Calvinism in it. But they don't tell you it is Calvinism. And they don't offer other views or interpretations. 

BTW... I would not recommend BSF. Just wanted to say that. I did two studies (Romans and Genesis). I would not recommend BSF for a few reasons including the way they study the Bible.  

I haven't watched this entire livestream, but will share it for anyone who wants to watch it.

https://www.youtube.com/live/Vwb7anHtLGE?si=bL2orGlkcm_QtR4A 

]]> Sallie Borrink https://sallieborrink.com/community/leaving-calvinism/bible-study-fellowship-bsf-features-stealth-calvinism-in-romans-study/#post-9045 When IQ Is Real and When It's Not https://sallieborrink.com/community/the-war-on-whites-in-the-usa/when-iq-is-real-and-when-its-not/#post-9044 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:55:33 +0000 No lie detected

https://youtube.com/shorts/MWuB2qsbPws?si=pCZfQ8lW0Tx_y08u  

]]> Sallie Borrink https://sallieborrink.com/community/the-war-on-whites-in-the-usa/when-iq-is-real-and-when-its-not/#post-9044 The New America.gov Website https://sallieborrink.com/community/seeking-truth-culture-politics/the-new-america-gov-website/#post-9043 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:51:24 +0000 If this performs the way they are claiming it will, this will be a gamechanger. Link at the bottom of this post. 

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https://america.gov/  

]]> Sallie Borrink https://sallieborrink.com/community/seeking-truth-culture-politics/the-new-america-gov-website/#post-9043 Calvinism and Roman 8:11 https://sallieborrink.com/community/leaving-calvinism/calvinism-and-roman-811/#post-9042 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:22:14 +0000 Calvinism denies the reality of this. If you can't know if you are truly saved unless you persevere to the end, then how can you know you have the Spirit of God living in you? 

You can't.

The same Calvinists who "hope" they are saved and say so openly, can also only "hope" they have the Holy Spirit living in them. 

This is not what the Bible teaches.

Dig into the Word and see what God tells us about the Holy Spirit in the life of His child. 

5383]]> Sallie Borrink https://sallieborrink.com/community/leaving-calvinism/calvinism-and-roman-811/#post-9042 RE: Calvinism - Hidden Pervasiveness of It https://sallieborrink.com/community/leaving-calvinism/calvinism-hidden-pervasiveness-of-it/#post-9041 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:50:25 +0000

Hello. I am new to this site and hope I follow the comment rules appropriately.  I was saved (believed on the Lord Jesus Christ and the Blood atonement for my sins) a few years ago.  Finally got the courage to attend a Baptist church and even did my research to make sure it was not a reformed or calvinist church.  Nothing on the website points to calvinism.  After a year of attending this church I can not deny my convictions.  The pastor is constantly giving quotes from popular calvinist preachers of today and names former calvinist theologians without ever using the term "calvinist".  The pastor preaches from the KJV but a very telling sign for me is that every single piece of literature, (tracts, pamphlets) on display are from Crossway publishing and provides a website to the ESV site and is authored by known Calvinist preachers.  Everyone at the church seems to be highly educated and I never hear anything about struggles with the old man or the flesh or backsliding or if one does backslide they were probably never saved to begin with.  I get this "holier than though" feeling every week, and I knew something wasn't right.  I do believe I need to find another church to attend and thankfully I never became a member.  This should make it easier to just stop attending.

Thanks for your site and the info provided. God Bless.

https://anticalvinistrant.blogspot.com/2026/09/concerned-christian-at-comment-corral.html  

]]> Sallie Borrink https://sallieborrink.com/community/leaving-calvinism/calvinism-hidden-pervasiveness-of-it/#post-9041 Reading the Bible the Way It Was Written and What It Could Cost You https://sallieborrink.com/community/the-odd-stuff-in-the-bible/reading-the-bible-the-way-it-was-written-and-what-it-could-cost-you/#post-9040 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:28:02 +0000 Dr. Michael Heiser on what it can cost you when you make the conscious decision to read the Bible as it was written for the audience who originally received it. 

Book he mentions: The Unseen Realm

Ignore the weird graphics. The truth in his answer is the gold. 

https://youtube.com/shorts/9O8ttJ8A4Kg?si=TP_dbmOq95l6-1Kp

]]> Sallie Borrink https://sallieborrink.com/community/the-odd-stuff-in-the-bible/reading-the-bible-the-way-it-was-written-and-what-it-could-cost-you/#post-9040