Foundation:
A Parent’s Effort to Understand
the Definition, Defense, and Transmission
of the Christian Faith

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The number 777 has multiple meanings. The meaning intended in james777.com is “the universal presence of the Creator and the ‘hope’ that accompanies that Presence.”

The conclusions expressed in this presentation are my own. You will arrive at your own conclusions. Some change in the content may occur in the near future, but having considered a number of differing opinions, most of the changes most probably will be oriented towards attempting to make the presentation clearer.

This is a paragraph added to allow me to learn how to resize, re-Font, move, etc. material in this effort. Instructions I on the web difficult to follow and implement. I may have to get knowledgeable help.
The “Shift – Return” allows me to not create a new block on pressing “Return only, but to continue in the same paragraph. Have not found a way to change the font size and line spacing in an individual block only.

The following articles are “Blogs” which preceed the main material, “Foundation, A Parent’s Effort to Understand the Definition Defense, and Transmission of the Christian Faith.” appears after the “blogs.”

BLOGS

The above is a response to the following poignant article “Losing My Religion”: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/02/losing_my_religion.html. Click “Download” to place the copyrighted file to your computer.

The following is a diagram by a friend who tried, very successfully, to picture what the above “my response to M Walter” and the main material of this web site is trying to convey.

The following was the accompanying message to the diagram.

“I tried to put into a diagram what I think you’ve been working toward. Perhaps you have already made such a diagram.  I may not see it the same way in every part, but I do see as the center of it, your hope for those you love—and that really comes through to me.   I see the relief you have discovered, about a certainty that God will provide, at least in an eternal sense, for those we love, and even those we don’t.

Your conclusion of hope, in the way you have found it, places you in tension between camps of friends and foes that are unwilling to find areas of agreement.   Exactly where and how you have decided on reasoned hope that is more inclusive…they remain in conflict, unable to consider a broader umbrella of love and salvation.  It ultimately requires accepting some paradox (which you find is fully accounted for in biblical scripture).  Paradox is not logical….in that sense not unlike accepting the paradox of the trinity).  Why are three also one?   Why does God love those who call him by name as Jesus asks for, AND those who can’t?

In any case, it is an important conclusion you have come to.  It is not one I would have predicted for you.  It is very meaningful and interesting.  I hope there is a way to share this hope with those willing to be curious about it.”

The above was sent to church personnel as a suggestion on how to deal with problems on relating some biblical interpretations with science. Click “Download” to place the copyrighted file to your computer.

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The following Table of Contents of “Foundation, A Parent’s Effort to Understand the Definition, Defense, and Transmission of the Christian Faitjh,” is the main focus of this material. Some of the chapter entries follow the Table of Contents; more will follow in the next few days/weeks. The chapter entries are word files which must be downloaded by clicking the “download” (to your computer) button that appears by the file of interest. Then the (copyright) files may be saved to your computer or discarded as willed.

                             Foundation:
             A Parent’s Effort to Understand
       the Definition, Defense, and Transmission
                    of the Christian Faith                                               James Clinton 05/13/26
 
Luke 10:42. “Few things are necessary; really only one.” (NASB, 1st Edition.)

Preface
 
Transmission

(1) Can We Be Assured of the Salvation of Our Children? Yes.
(2) How far will Jesus go to save? Jesus in Extremis.

Definition (Items in red are to put on web page asap.)

(3) Basic Beliefs, (the essential and the non-essential)
(4) Salvation by Faith Alone in Jesus Christ (correlating works, faith plus works, and faith)
(5) Are James 2:24 and Romans 3:28 contradictory?
(6) Can You Lose Your Salvation?
(7) Who Will Be Saved? (Including addressing those who have never heard.)
(8) Will Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses Go to Heaven?
(9) Predestination, a Non-Calvinistic Perspective (particularly, Total Depravity)
(10) Is Lordship Salvation the Only Salvation?
(27) The Second Coming of Jesus Christ: Hal Lindsey’s case for a Pre-tribulation Rapture.

Basic Defense

(11) Has the Bible Been Changed? (Deliberately, accidentally, mistranslated, was it “developed.”)
(12) Evidence for the Resurrection versus 19 Theories Against It.
(13) The Amazing Evidence of Fulfilled Prophecy
 
Additional Defense

(18) The Statement of Chemistry on the Origin of Life
(19) The Statement of DNA on the Origin of Species
(20) Evolution, most important perspective; YEC, PC, TE, Age of the Earth; the Flood
(21) Intelligent Design
(24) “The Reason for Suffering and Pain”
(26) The Bible: interpretation, inerrancy
(30) Bible Study: who, what, when, where, why, how, context, correlation, congruity, perspective, the issue or question addressed and how is it being addressed, logic, eisegesis, the layman’s use of Greek and Hebrew using https://blueletterbible.org and in addition noting the implications of the Greek verb tenses, voices, and the subjunctive and optative moods which are “if” or “conditional” statements.

Opposition

(14) The New Testament and Criticism, Fabricating Jesus, Liberal “scholarship”
(15) Mormonism (lack of credible evidence)
(16) Jehovah’s Witnesses (unbiblical theology) Include: The Deity of Jesus Christ and the JWs
(17) Other Religions and the New Age
(25) Atheism, Response to Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion
 
Epilogue

                                                                     

Can we ensure salvation for our children? Yes.

Did Jesus also do what he indicated that we should do?

Salvation by works, faith plus works, or faith?