Archive for May 2013
A Calvinist Asked Me This Question, and My Reply Follows
“If all men are under the same propensity to believe and under the same affects (sic) of the fall, what would make a believer better than a nonbeliever that he should choose Christ?” 1. The issue is not that a believer is better (that idea may arise from viewing my position through the lens of…
Read MoreTHE TULIP: The Petals and the Sepals (Leaves)
Before you make the TULIP your flower of choice, consider it in full bloom. TULIP is used acronymically to succinctly point out the major emphases of Calvinism. I well understand that the use of the TULIP does not fully illustrate the depth and breadth of Calvinism. I do understand that some believe the acronym has…
Read MoreThink About IT: Calvinism Confuses the Issues
Recently, a Calvinist asked me the following question in an all too common fashion. He asked, “Are you saying that for God to be the perfect sum of love He must offer the gospel to all men equally? To give each and every man ever born equal access to the Word?” Here is my answer.…
Read MoreOld Heresies in a New Age
Recently, Richard Harvey presented a very helpful paper in the Round Table in Ideology that dealt with A Christian consideration and appraisal of Monism and the New Age Movement. The difference between Eastern and Western civilizations is a deep-seated contrast in worldviews, even a divergence of the meanings of logic, truth, and reality. A clear…
Read MoreThink About IT: Forgiven!
If we truly appreciate being forgiven, we will forgive others. It is ironic indeed, for Christians to extol God for His immeasurable forgiveness of our sins in Christ, and yet shamelessly withhold such forgiveness from those who may have measurably sinned against us. If we truly appreciate being forgiven, we will forgive others. How could…
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