Chris Matthew Responds to an Argument Making the Rounds on Twitter. The Wretched argument. “Wretched” is an apt term, if not an understatement, for something as difficult as this. Before I begin my rejoinder, though, I’ll reproduce the argument here: … Continue reading Divine Essence and Creation: Chris Matthew’s Analysis of Creatorhood and Aseity
There have been a lot of complaints about my response and critique of Warren McGrew. I called him a Pelagian, and he maintains that Pelagius didn’t affirm what is accused of him. This led to a discussion of the atonement. … Continue reading Ransom for Many: Examining Warren’s Inadequate Critique of Penal Substitutionary Atonement
The God of Hope: An Explanation from a Covenantal Ontology by Jimmy Stephens: Classical theism: God is by nature timeless and it contradicts His nature to be in any sense temporal whatsoever. Open theism: Temporal properties possessed by God exclude … Continue reading The God of Hope: An Explanation from a Covenantal Ontology
By Jimmy Stephens John 12:37-41 37 But though He had performed so many signs in their sight, they still were not believing in Him. 38 This happened so that the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke would be fulfilled: “Lord, who has believed our report? And … Continue reading Flowers and the Debate on Divine Hardening: A Calvinist Critique
This was a Paper written by Dr. Michael Czapkay Sudduth. I retrieved it from the wayback machine and have reproduced it here. From: Oxford Tutorial Paper, February 16, 1994 In the present paper I want to consider whether, or to what extent, … Continue reading Eternal Now
The sheer amount of text jumping and quote mining is astonishing. But suffice it to say, his first argument seems to neither (a) exegete John 6:44, nor (b) be a sound refutation of election. It sounds, upon first listening, like … Continue reading Insights from Jimmy Stephens: A Critical Examination of the White vs. Flowers Debate on John 6
Recently, Leighton Flowers has been presenting a defeater for the belief that regeneration precedes faith. It comes from Colossians 2:12-14: Those that worship Leighton as God’s new prophet have voiced their praise for this argument. I think it is a fairly … Continue reading In Defense of Circumcision Without Hands: Countering Dr. Leighton Flowers’ Arguments
Jimmy Stephens: A necessary condition of being a person is knowing God. Computers cannot possess knowledge – full stop. So computers cannot be persons. Isaiah: What would be the necessary condition for knowing God? Jimmy Stephens: The definite article “the” … Continue reading Computers and Knowledge
I’d like to cite Steve Hays regarding the Canon, particularly his response to Jay Dyer. Continue reading Which Tobit is Canon?
Warren starts off with appealing to Jewish tradition about the Yetzer Hara and yetzer hatov. In Jewish tradition, the terms “yetzer hara” and “yetzer hatov” refer to the “evil inclination” and “good inclination,”. These concepts are used to describe the … Continue reading Unveiling the Errors in Warren McGrew’s Analysis of Total Depravity
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