Salvation
Here is a snippet from a comment series on a previous post that I thought was worth highlighting: Incest was necessary given the nature of God’s creation of human lineage. And polygamy and concubines run rampant in the Old Testament among those deemed righteous. Incest is not unnatural in the biological sense. One could, and [...]
A friend of mine recently asked me what I made of John 1:11-13: He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, [...]
Here’s another post in my “dispelling the notion that the Bible contradicts itself” series: Does the Bible require circumcisions? Did it in the Old Testament? Why not in the New Testament? Yes the Bible requires circumcision. And, like the ritual purity required in order to be considered clean before God, it is still required today. [...]
RC Sproul writes: Yes, the faith we exercise is our faith. God does not do the believing for us. When I respond to Christ, it is my response, my faith, my trust that is being exercised. The issue, however, goes deeper. The question still remains: “Do I cooperate with God’s grace before I am born [...]
I received the following question from a friend of mine on Facebook during the course of a conversation regarding salvation and whether or not all men are given the opportunity to be saved. If unbelief is a sin and Christ died for the sins of all then wouldn’t all be saved? The question of unbelief [...]
I’ve recently come across an author for American Thinker, Robin of Berkley. I absolutely love her work and story telling style. Here is an ex-script from her post titled “Tiger, the Buddha, and me”: Here’s my favorite story about the Buddha: A grieving young mother from a poor background begged him to revive her dead [...]
I was recently sent the following challenging response to a previous post regarding the deconversion of those who once claimed to be Christians: Apply your reasoning to any other area of life, and no one can ever stop believing something that they really believed in. True belief PRECLUDES assimilating newly discovered evidence which causes re-evaluation [...]
I was recently asked on twitter about my view of salvation and how I viewed it in light of my recent postings on Molinism. My simple, twitterish, response was: “I believe that the Holy Spirit moves on, prompts, and draws all men to Christ. This prompted an email from one reader who wanted to probe [...]
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