Tag: bible

  • We must know WHERE our decisions come from in order to know God

    The absolute vs. the relative viewpoint If I bowled a strike, did I knock the pins down or did the bowling ball knock the pins down? Well, both are correct one would say. In a relative sense, the bowling ball did. However, in the absolute sense, I did because of my control of the ball.…

  • The Calvinist Straw man and the robot argument

    John Calvin did not invent God’s sovereignty. So why do many Christians use ‘Calvinism’ to attempt to prove human free-will and diminish God’s authority? My belief is that religious people use ‘Calvinism’ to categorize scriptures that they cannot explain. Scriptures that prove God’s sovereignty and completely disprove human free will are not Calvinism, but scripture.…

  • God giving us a free-will is not love, but saving us is…

    an earful on God’s justice – We have all heard this before: “God would not force His love on anyone. He wants us to choose Him and if we do not, His love allows us to make that choice.” Therefore, the thought is that God loves us and wants us to choose Him, but gave…

  • 3 Questions that prove Christian Contradiction

    Question 1: Is God love? Question 2: Is God sovereign? Question 3: If the answer to question 1 and 2 is yes, then why are all men not saved? The answer to question 3 directly contradicts either question 1 or question 2, or both. The fact of scripture says the answer to question 3 is…

  • Man’s Righteousness minimizes God’s

    Those that seek to establish their own righteousness, miss the righteousness of God Let’s imagine that every argument goes something like this: One side is always maximizing Christ’s accomplishment and minimizing man’s righteousness, while the other side is always minimizing Christ’s accomplishment and maximizing man’s righteousness. Which side would you like to be on? I…

  • All Saved? What about those that Reject Christ?

    God actually means ‘all’ when He says ‘all’ — Question from viewer: Again I very much appreciate your response. I read many of the verses you posted as referring to those who receive Christ, but I see it as not including those who reject Him. Yes, all mankind will be redeemed, those who call on…

  • Will Satan be saved?

    The Cross is more powerful than we can possibly imagine Mainstream Christianity believes that God has given up His sovereignty by giving each one of His creatures a free-will. Now, God has to re-act and bow to man’s will. Is this true? First, God created Lucifer to be a perfect angel and that failed. Somehow,…