Category: Calvinism

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Original sin (Inherited guilt)

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The first claim usually is that original sin was invented by Augustine. I think those claims are false, but that isn’t what I wish to get into here. I’ll reference these two videos for that objection: My goal is to survey the biblical evidence for the view from both testaments. I wish to look at OT evidence for the concept of Original Sin. Some say that God only punishes us for our own sins that are done in our own lives. I wish to show that is a false assumption. It is true that we are punished for our sins, … Continue reading Original sin (Inherited guilt)

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Timeless foreknowledge?

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Dr. Paul Helm wrote this in his work ‘Eternal God: A study of God without Time, Second edition’. Pages 98-100 What is it that the timeless foreknowledge is before? It cannot be before anything for the timeless knower, for him there is no temporal before or after, since he occupies no position in time. Thus for a timeless foreknower the statement: (a) I foreknow that A Where A is some event or action in a temporal ‘stream’, is necessarily false, since for it to be true A would have to stand in some temporal relation to the foreknower, which is … Continue reading Timeless foreknowledge?

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Faith alone implies Christ alone

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It’s been said that I reject Grace alone and faith alone by Christian Anarchist and his friends. This is another false charge of “Spiritually Dishonest Ministries”. Anarchist has had a problem with me and now wishes to move from attacking my character to that of attacking my doctrine. Just not on an issue of mere simple doctrine , but on the heart of the Gospel. In leveling these charges he attacks my place before God. Which is something I take seriously. While he supports sodomy he condemns me as unorthodox. I think he needs to read up. The questions now … Continue reading Faith alone implies Christ alone

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Does God love everyone?

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Introduction:  Most people think that God loves every individual human that has ever existed. For such a universal dogma, you would expect it to be explicitly said all over the bible, but there’s no explicit statement that actually says that. So, they rely on deduction to derive this doctrine. We will see if they are successful in proving such. That isn’t to say that it is invalid to use good and necessary consequence, but I don’t think that they adequately apply such. We should also keep in mind the doctrine of impassibility. I’ve already shared resources on that before and … Continue reading Does God love everyone?

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Does God desire the salvation of the reprobate?

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Does God desire the reprobates to become the elect? Here are resources to help answer that question. Paul Manata made some good points in a comment section : “If God doesn’t desire that any should perish, why doesn’t he save them all? He can’t obtain what he desires? Also, since I believe the Bible does teach that some people will be in hell forever, it is irrational for me to hope that all people will be in heaven forever. it’s like getting a news report from a very trustworthy source that a dirty bomb went off in the middle of … Continue reading Does God desire the salvation of the reprobate?

Calvinism, Classical Theism, Divine Timelessness, Doctrine of God, Immutability, Impassibility, theologyLeave a comment

Impassibility of God

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This contains the works of Steve Hays, Jame E. Dolezal, Paul Helm, and others. This is a collection of resources on impassibility grounded in the idea that God is timeless and Eternal. This covers both exegetical and philosophical thought. ANNOYED PINOY: The Impassibility of God Triablogue: Who dwells in inapproachable light From wrath to grace Petitionary prayer and accidental necessity God’s time-travelers Is Jesus a grape vine? Space, time, and God Can a timeless God know time? Temporal Responsibility Making a deal with the devil Parsing classical theism God in time God and music Time’s passage Body, soul, and Incarnation … Continue reading Impassibility of God

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Edward’s circle

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Response to Leighton Flowers: http://soteriology101.com/ “In a recent online discussion, Dr. Johnathan Pritchett made a strong case against Calvinist’s position on this point: Theological argument – In order for person X to freely choose Y, God has to ensure that person X has the desire to only choose to do Y so Y obtains, because like all things, God decreed Y. If God ensures Y, and Y is sin, then God caused X to sin because there are any number of other things that could obtain if X had different desires, even other sinful ones. But God decreed X to … Continue reading Edward’s circle

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The thunder rolls

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Fellow council member Chris Harris sent me statements of Leighton Flowers. So, I decided to respond. LEIGHTON FLOWERS said: “Chris, haven’t you ever seen a cop show where the cops threaten one gang member by suggesting they will put them back out on the street unprotected where the opposing gangs can get to him? Are the cops causing the gangs to break the laws or are they using one evil gang to correct the another lesser evil gang member? Can you see that parallel here with the really evil “gang” called Assyria and the lesser evil gang called Israel who … Continue reading The thunder rolls