📖 Series: Responding to Ferris (How to Be Christian) 🥖 Part 1 – The Bread of Life & John 6 📜 Part 2 – Romans and the Doctrine of Justification Ferris responded to Todd Shannon by suggesting that some elements … Continue reading Analysis of Ferris’s Eucharistic Interpretation: Challenges and Inconsistencies
📖 Series: Responding to Ferris (How to Be Christian) 🥖 Part 1 – The Bread of Life & John 6 📜 Part 2 – Romans and the Doctrine of Justification 1. Understanding Typology in Scripture Typology is a significant method … Continue reading Spirit Gives Life, Flesh Counts for Nothing: Ferris Misreads John 6
📖 Series: Responding to Ferris (How to Be Christian) 🥖 Part 1 – The Bread of Life & John 6 📜 Part 2 – Romans and the Doctrine of Justification Recently, I was prompted by Ferris from “How to be … Continue reading Unraveling Ferris: The Structure of John 6 in the Greater Narrative of the Gospel of John
📖 Series: Responding to Ferris on John 6 Analysis of Ferris’s Eucharistic Interpretation: Challenges and InconsistenciesA final critique addressing logical, doctrinal, and scriptural inconsistencies in Ferris’s view. Metaphorical Musings: Analyzing Ferris’ Approach to John 6 in “How to Be Christian”An … Continue reading Misreading the Bread of Life: Ferris and the Flesh-Spirit Divide in John 6
📖 Series: Responding to Ferris on John 6 Analysis of Ferris’s Eucharistic Interpretation: Challenges and InconsistenciesA final critique addressing logical, doctrinal, and scriptural inconsistencies in Ferris’s view. Metaphorical Musings: Analyzing Ferris’ Approach to John 6 in “How to Be Christian”An … Continue reading Why ‘Eating Jesus’ Means Believing: A Biblical Answer to Ferris
📖 Series: Responding to Ferris on John 6 📜 Part 2 – Romans and the Doctrine of Justification 5.2 The Connection to the Last Supper Another common objection is that the language in John 6 anticipates the institution of the … Continue reading The Logic of Life: Faith, Not Flesh, in John 6
Introduction: The Exegetical Battlefield Few verses in Scripture have been as contested in theological discourse as 1 John 2:2: “He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.” … Continue reading He Is the Propitiation: Why Assurance Flows from a Finished Atonement
Leighton Flowers, through his platform Soteriology 101, presents a synergistic perspective on salvation, emphasizing human libertarian free will and interpreting the Father’s “drawing” in John 6:44–45 as an enabling act through teaching rather than an irresistible force. 1. Drawing as … Continue reading Why the Father Never Fails: A Rebuttal to Leighton Flowers on John 6
1. Introduction Paul’s heart aches for his kinsmen. At the start of Romans 9, he pours out sorrow that so many in Israel—God’s own covenant people—have rejected their Messiah (Rom. 9:1–3). How could it be that those who were given unparalleled privileges … Continue reading Not All from Israel: Paul’s Purposeful Silence on Proselytes in Romans 9
In this article, I offer a series of brief but critical reflections on Dr. Joel Korytko’s recent interpretation of Romans 9, particularly his rejection of the Calvinist view of divine election. Dr. Korytko argues that Paul’s use of “seed” (σπέρμα) … Continue reading The True Seed
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