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@joy-caroline I am looking at the whole Bible. There are verses in support of predestination and God orchestrating His plan through “vessels for dishonor” all the way back in Genesis and proceeding through almost every book of the Bible. There’s an ongoing idea that God gives and He takes. He makes alive and He kills. He opens and He closes. He tu…[Read more]

@gracie-j Cool! Let me make sure it’s up-to-date and then I can… hmm… Should I email it, or copy it to a Google doc and post a link here in case anyone else wants to check it out?

@joy-caroline What translation is that? That looks like a good translation.

Secondly, though, I want to point out that in 2 Peter his audience is not the world, but the Church. Those who are either already saved or are growing up in the faith or have been drawn to the Church. So that “you” has a more limited context than we often think about.

@scripter-of-kingdoms Heyyyy, my first fantasy world started as LoZ fanfiction! XD I’m trying to rebuild it now so that it’s more of its own thing (which isn’t as difficult as you might imagine, thanks to the fact that I was a very under-descriptive writer XD) but still pays some homage to its initial inspiration. It’s sort of a fun balance, now…[Read more]

@gracie-j Don’t know if you have any interest in this for your study or if you’d rather do it on your own, but last year I kept a set of highlighters by my Bible and marked verses that correlated with the principles of Calvinism (mostly verses on Limited Atonement and predestination, since I ended up focusing on that area more by accident XD). I…[Read more]

@scripter-of-kingdoms Hi! Welcome to KP! ^-^ I’m a fantasy author, and definitely my favorite part is worldbuilding. In particular, building worlds that explore differing worldviews and that use these different angles to bring the truth into focus. Sort of like one of those places where there are rocks that look like they’re just random shapes,…[Read more]

@libby Interesting. I may need to expand my list of titles. XD How do family-related titles work? Are they stand-alone like “Mom” or “Dad”? I’m mostly trying to figure out how best to handle this culture’s words for “grandmother,” since they have one that refers to a literal grandmother (“lonpaia”) and one that refers to more of a village…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting Awesome! Thank you! 🙂

@devastate-lasting Thanks! I think the hyphenated suffix would work well with the rest of the language I’ve got. Is the Japanese suffix attached to the surname or first name?

Yeah, I think America is probably weird in that it’s not a purely expected thing. XD It’s common, but I think not as consistent as in other places? (I generally take my…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting I started with Vietnamese and then pulled in some Japanese and Chinese. I did adjust the names in a recent draft so that they reflected that pattern. Are there titles of respect (e.g. “Mrs.,” “Mr.”) in those cultures, and if so would they go before a surname like in English? Or would there be a different configuration?

I also…[Read more]

@keilah-h

Heyo!!  Welcome to KP!!!  (Your name is really pretty, btw 😃)  I’m Ella, and here are a few things about me:

1)  I LOVE sports (basketball especially)!!!

2)  I love tea, smoothies, and dark chocolate!!

3)  I have an adorable tabby cat named Jasmine!!

Here’s my WIP synopsis:

Seia has lived in isolation her whole life. With an abusi…[Read more]

@kayleigh-idea

Oh, and I forgot to share my WIP synopsis, so here’s mine: 😉

Seia has lived in isolation her whole life. With an abusive mother, few friends, and no prospects, there is only one thing keeping Seia from running away: her sister, Sadana. Seia’s only wish is to escape with Sadana and find a new life of peace and safety in a far o…[Read more]

@kayleigh-idea

Hey!!  I’m kinda late, but welcome to KP!!  I’m Ella, and here are a few things about me:

1)  I love sports (I play basketball and love to work out)

2)  My favorite drinks are strawberry smoothies, tea (chai and chamomile), and caramel macchiatos from Starbucks

3)  I write fantasy, speculative, and thriller/suspense novels, all…[Read more]

@gracie-j I don’t know how the balance looks overall, but in the groups I end up in I’m usually one of around half a dozen Calvinists. Which leads to fun debates. ;D But yeah. XD

@joy-caroline

oh, oops, I just didn’t read it carefully enough—that was my bad, haha!  Super cool idea, I love it!!

@nova21 Oh, cool! It’s always exciting to find people who agree, since I find I’m usually in the minority on that issue. XD I hope the article helps. ;D

@gracie-j

Hmm, not much I can contribute, but, let’s see…

-sports, health, active lifestyle tips 🥕🏋️‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏀

-brainstorming powers 🦸‍♀️

-endless supply of book ideas, names, and themes 📚

-super tight sister-bond… ? 😄

So ya, that’s all I got for now.  Super cool…[Read more]

@r-m-archer

Ah, predestination…  I believe in it (so don’t start formulating an awesome argument to rip mine apart, lol), but it’s a constant argument at my school.  I’ll definitely be reading that article to see if I can try and persuade some people… 😉

@jbb

I’ll put in my two cents, even though no one will probably use it, haha!! 😆

-very tight sister-bond

-ENFP-ness…? 🤦‍♀️

-physical stuff (sports, limits of the human body, sports psychology (i guess?), etc.)

-endless supply of…

• character names
• themes
• awesome action scenes 😜
• “tying up all the loose plot threads”
• brainstorming…

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