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Hi Semper!
I'm almost afraid to add my two cents. You are highly educated and a USMC Officer. I'm just a little dweeby peon compared to you. (Here it comes) But I've been on the struggling end of some of these issues and wanted to add a little. I actually waited a while to see if anybody was going to say what I wanted to say when I saw your thread, but since nobody did, I'm stepping forward to add a little.
After I read the Bible, I really didn't have too many. But the Pastor who was discipling me would make me work through them on my own. He would add a few words, point me to exact passages that spoke on the subject, and listen when I presented my solutions. He was an Arminian, but he also helped me when I was drifting toward's Calvinism to use the Bible to justify what I was saying. I also found R.C. Sproul helpful. (On a personal note, I had to struggle with the fact that people who don't take the Bible literally as God's word can be saved.)
Anyway, good luck on your endeavor, and I hope you don't mind me adding a little to the conversation. Whoo-rah Sir!
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