And no I’m not talking about you personally. I am talking about the only one worthy of our desire, namely, the the Son of God, our Lord and King Christ Jesus. But what makes me want Jesus? Does the desire come from some secret bank of emotions and dispositions deep within my soul that I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Calvinism’
What Makes Me want YOU? (An extended comment to the article, “Bound Freedom”)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Arminianism, bible, Calvinism, Free Will, jesus, Soli Deo Gloria, sovereignty, The Gospel on September 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Can Humans Will There Own Fate and God Be Completely Sovereign?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Arminianism, bible, Calvinism, Free Will, God's Glory, Jesus Christ, sovereignty on September 16, 2008 | 18 Comments »
The simple answer would be no.
Everyday people around the world are believing in an incomplete theology. People will tell you that they have a free will to choose or not choose God but then turn around and tell you they believe that God is Sovereign. This is not possible. It is either one or the other. [...]
Here comes the bride…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bridal Paradigm, Calvinism, Christ, christianity, Jealousy, Savior on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is no more beautiful picture of how Christ relates to His church than the portrait of the jealous Husband (Christ) after His bride (the Church). Lets try to soak this in for a second, we horribly wretched sinners are sought out by the perfect, beautiful, and all-sufficient Savior with an unrelenting, effectual, passion that [...]
Is sovereign love true love?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bible, Bridal Paradigm, Calvinism, christianity, God, jesus, Love, philosophy, theology on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Loving kindness is an interesting thing in our day. We give it standards we want it to have and form it to meet our new postmodern standards. But love is not some vague feeling but a specific act towards an individual. We can say we love all but how so?