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Gods of the Bible?

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My comments on this video: Tyler Vela states: “Is polemical language not a much easier resolve here than positing a realm of actually existing beings? Don’t Christians speak this way now – that God is greater than all the gods of Hinduism? Allah? The gods of money, sex, and power? Do we not often reify supposed gods to make the comparison relevant?” I respond: I think this is just a problem in language itself and Michael Heiser is unfamiliar with logic. We often refer to things that don’t exist as if they did. “Unicorns have a horn” seems to imply … Continue reading Gods of the Bible?

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Hume looking for a miracle

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Ever since Hume, it has been asked whether a miracle could ever occur. He defined a miracle as ‘a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity’. Tyler Vela: A Hume Divided Dr. Timothy McGrew: McGrew on Hume Do miracles break the laws of nature, as David Hume claimed? Dr. Stephen Meyer: Do Miracles Violate the Laws of Nature? Alvin Plantiga: Do Miracles Violate the Laws of Nature? Does Science Show That Miracles Can’t Happen? Dr. Craig Keener: Why don’t miracles happen whenever somebody needs them? Dr. William Lane Craig: How should we define miracles … Continue reading Hume looking for a miracle

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Concordism

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Here are the other parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, and Bibliography. The issue of Concordism arises from the modern climate of the progress of scientific inquiry. This is because of our privileged status in the plan of God. We have been given machines and inventions that have changed the world and subsequently our lives. Even as you read what I wrote you can see our dependency on Science. Even now the apologetics community is filled with men like Hugh Ross that bring science into the … Continue reading Concordism

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Divine Impassibility by Paul Helm

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Divine Impassibility: Why Is It Suffering? By Paul Helm Emeritus Professor, University of London The doctrine of God’s impassibility has fallen on hard times. In the era of the Suffering God and of “Holocaust theology” scarcely anyone has a good word to say for it.[1] This in itself is a striking fact, given the Christian church’s eras-long commitment to the doctrine. These days nearly everyone sees the eclipse of divine impassibility as an unqualified blessing. For them the idea is totally unscriptural, a case of “baptised paganism,” an object lesson in what happens when theology takes its lead not from … Continue reading Divine Impassibility by Paul Helm

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Adam’s First Sin

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In discussing Adam we are at the disadvantage of the Biblical evidence is at a minimum. We agree that Libertarianism fails to answer the question as well. That nobody is free from the eternal decrees of Lord Jesus. We have alternative explanations for why Adam sinned. The origin of Sin is a difficult issue, but possible. We have the Edwards-Anderson(mysterian) response and another more uncommon one. Edwards in the Freedom of the Will wrote: Concerning sins first Entrance into the world. The things which have already been offered, may serve to obviate or clear many of the objections which might … Continue reading Adam’s First Sin

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Libertarian Freedom and Future Tensed Propositions

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http://rcdozier.blogspot.com/2017/05/divine-foreknowledge.html?m=1 http://reformedapologist.blogspot.com/2006/03/arminianism-in-light-of-future-tense.html http://reformedapologist.blogspot.com/2011/07/necessity-of-divine-will-by-way-of.html http://reformedapologist.blogspot.com/2007/12/molinists-and-calvinists-agree-in.html https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/foreknow_frame.html Dr. Greg Bahnsen on freewill and foreknowledge https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/openseason.html Continue reading Libertarian Freedom and Future Tensed Propositions

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Freewill Scapegoat

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Mike Manea responded to the quote of Walter Martin. Here is my response: If I may, can I suggest that the article might be missing the forest because of the trees regarding the Investigative Judgment? Would it be possible to set aside for a second what E.G. White says, the exegesis of Hebrews or the attempt to save face after the disappointment of 1844? Maybe, just maybe, this Adventist idea has something to contribute to Christian theology. You may suggest whatever you want, but it will require more than suggestion to convince me. The issue is that her writings are … Continue reading Freewill Scapegoat