Your Ticket to Heaven was Probably Punched by Grandma
How many Christian men and women owe their faith to a praying grandmother? Heaven is full of saints with praying grandmothers. […]
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Do Christians Freely Choose Christ if God has Foreordained it? (Part II)
Do Christians Freely Choose Christ if God has Foreordained it? Part II: The Christian’s Role (Pre-Ramble: In Part I, we discussed three key decisions that bring an unbeliever to faith in Christ: God’s choice, an intercessor’s choice, and the believer’s choice. We covered God’s choice here in Part I, but now we’re skipping over the […]
Do Christians Freely Choose Christ if God has Foreordained it? Part I: God’s Choice
Do Christians Freely Choose Christ if God has Foreordained it? Part I: God’s Choice Becoming a Christian generally involves (at least) three choices1: 1) God chooses a person to be saved; 2) A believer chooses to intercede in prayer on behalf of that person; 3) A believer chooses to follow Christ. Some reformed […]
Grace and Truce: The Cutting Edge of Christmas
Grace and Truce: The Cutting Edge of Christmas (Audio and Text) “Glory to God in the highest,and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2:14 I want to share some thoughts on the message from the assembly of angels (“heavenly host”) in the Gospel of Luke, right after the angel’s announcement […]
Is Predestination Unfair? (Part IV)
Is Predestination Unfair? Part IV: A Hope that Transcends All Obstacles to Faith in Christ What about Prevenient Grace? Some Arminian thinkers will say that coming to Christ requires some pre-administration of grace – otherwise known as prevenient, preceding, or enabling grace. This divine “wooing “ presumably is the equalizer, thus enabling the disinclined to […]
Is Predestination Unfair? (Part III)
Is Predestination Unfair? Part III: The Unfairness and Inequality of Arminian “Free Will” We’ve been exploring the question of whether God’s pre-selection of those to be saved is less fair than the opposing view, known as Arminianism, which holds that everyone has the same ability, or free will, to trust in Christ, or reject Him. […]
Is Predestination Unfair? (Part II)
Is Predestination Fair? II. Why this Debate Matters: A Better Foundation and Surer Hope It’s important to note that the Calvinist-Arminian debate isn’t merely academic – the implications for believers are of immense spiritual significance. The notion that God chose a people for Himself in eternity past, long before any one of them came to […]
Is Predestination Unfair? (Part I)
Is Predestination Unfair? (Part I) Pre-Ramble If you’re struggling with the idea that Jesus is the only way, otherwise known as, “the particularity of the gospel,” this article may not be for you. It contains the “secret sauce” of who gets saved and how, which absolutely cannot be revealed until after you’ve become a Christian. […]