BY JOHN OF DAMASCUS From “An Exact Exposition” a summation and synthesis of 8th Century church doctrine. Chapter 25. Concerning what is in our own power, that is, concerning Free-will. The first enquiry involved in the consideration of free-will, that is, of what is in our own power, is whether anything is in our power: […]
Calvinism
Calvin and the Secret Providence of God
by Richard A. Shaward I post this because I have come to admit that most modern “Calvinists” are not “PURE” “PRACTICAL” Calvinists. In my case, for 20 years I leaned to the more moderate Calvinism of Sproul. When have you heard, if you attend a Calvinistic church, this pure Calvinism from your Pulpits recently? Here […]
On God Causing Sin
By Richard A. Shaward CALVIN : GOD DOES NOT JUST PERMIT SIN BUT WILLS/CAUSES/ORDAINS SIN “From this it is easy to conclude how foolish and frail is the support of divine justice afforded by the suggestion that evils come to be not by [God’s] will, but merely by his permission. Of course, so far as […]
Sovereignty in the Death of Jesus
by Roger Olsen [Man, does this guy think like me] One critic here (so far) has argued against my maxim that “God is in charge but not in control” by pointing to Acts 2:23 which says that Jesus was “delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God.” (RSV) The critic argues that […]