When you’ve studied the Bible for many years, you think you can’t be surprised anymore by what the text says. Sure, we all keep getting new insights as the Spirit enlightens us, but the text itself seems pretty solid.
Until you look “under the hood”.
No, I’m not about to question the words, like the liberal scholars [...]
I’ve written a lot about Calvinist theology, but I need to speak out about the attitudes displayed by the majority of them. Note that I do not condemn all Calvinists in this little rant of mine, since I know a few who are not like this at all and display a Christlike spirit. But by [...]
Who do people think they are? This is based on my response some time ago to an atheist, but it applies as well to anyone who has ever been mad at God.
Which comes first, salvation or forgiveness? How are the two related?
In Genesis 3 God pronounces curses on the serpent and the earth. Nowhere is there any mention of a curse on man’s soul or spirit, but only on the physical world. Certainly if Total Depravity is true we should see it clearly stated in the account of the Fall. Such an important change in man’s [...]
In spite of their eccentric differences, cults have many areas of commonality. The most over-arching, in my opinion, is in the area of authority. The leader/founder is not to be questioned under any circumstances, upon pain of rejection, excommunication, or death. Critics are labeled heretics and are thoroughly defamed. But most of these cults remain [...]
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