December 7, 2011
The Blog
Joy to the World?
On a forum for evangelical universalism there is a thread regarding the amount of music lyrics that carry the hopeful theme of ultimate reconciliation of…
“ALL Worship, ALL Glory to God!”
Sometimes the truth is so close we can’t see it. Paul says in Romans 10:8 that, ” ‘The word is near you; it is in…
“Doubt Your Doubts”
A line that is memorable from some of my listenings to Tim Keller as he challenges the skeptics in his congregation is the phrase, “you…
Hell: It Hasn’t Always Been Forever!
Has a paradigm shift occurred in the evangelical Christian world? Scot McKnight, the Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies at North Park University, commented…
Thoughts on Free-Will: Part Three, Napoleon
Here is an astonishing account of Napoleon’s thoughts regarding the power of love over man’s “free-will” from Hilarin Felder’s book Christ and the Critics. Felder…
Thoughts on Free-Will: Part Two
I was engaging on the topic of free-will in the immediate wake of Love Wins among the Amazon review comments. Here is a bit of…
“That God May Be Everything to Every One”
“When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things under him, that God…
Thomas Talbott
Thomas Talbott, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Willamette University Professor Talbott engaged in a series of articles in the Reformed Journal debating the issue of the nature…
“Egypt My People, Assyria the Work of My Hands” …?
Have you ever considered the following passage? Isaiah 19:19-24 says: “In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of…
Should We Say, “Farewell Origen”?
Has anyone noticed how certain theologians/thinkers are integrated into the stream of evangelicalism while others of similar theology are banned or blacklisted? We could begin…
Thoughts on Free-Will: Part One
The main reason I changed my view from an Arminian to the Reformed perspective was the challenge to the free-will assumption. It was a very…
The Purpose and Plan of the Divine Marriage by “Kate MacDonald”
As I reflect on the role of the elect in God’s plan of redemption for the world I am astounded by how it is ever…
What Do the Names of God Reveal About His Character?
I found a website that lists literally every single reference to God’s name. There are listed over SIX HUNDRED references to His names, more than SEVENTY “I AM’s”…
The “All Without Distinction vs. Exception” Argument
I was asked recently about the reformed explanation of the word “all”. Calvinists maintain that the word “all” rarely means every human being that ever…