Sep

27

Jonathan Edwards: Is God the Author of Sin?

September 27, 2007 | 7 Comments

Posted by michaelp · Filed Under Theology 

“If by the author of sin, be meant the sinner, the agent, or the actor of sin, or the doer of a wicked thing; so it would be a reproach and blasphemy to suppose God to be the author of sin. In this sense, I utterly deny God to be the author of sin; rejecting […]

Sep

27

An outside perspective

September 27, 2007 | 5 Comments

Posted by doctorwinters · Filed Under Christian Life 

Sometimes it hurts to see ourselves from someone else’s perspective…
from http://timmybrister.com/2007/09/19/an-outsider-look-at-unregenerate-church-membership/
An Outsider Look at Unregenerate Church Membership

Sep

25

Youth Turning Away From Christian Heritage or “The Coming Evangelical Crisis has Come”

September 25, 2007 | 6 Comments

Posted by michaelp · Filed Under Theology, Culture 

According to one article: 
Young Americans today are more skeptical and resistant to Christianity than were people of the same age just a decade ago, says a new study.
Negative perceptions toward the Christian faith have outweighed the positive as a growing percentage of younger Americans associate with a faith outside Christianity.
Only 16 percent of non-Christians aged […]

Sep

25

So Much for “Teach the Controversy”! - A Theistic Evolutionist is banned from teaching biology at a Christian university

September 25, 2007 | 1 Comment

Posted by vancemac · Filed Under Current Issues in Theology, Creation/Evolution 

Over at An Evangelical Dialogue on Evolution (a great site, by the way), there is a very interesting story about Richard Colling, a biology professor at Olivet Nazarene University, who also happens to be a Christian who accepts that God used evolution as part of His creative work. He wrote a very good book […]

Sep

22

Did John Calvin Believe in Limited Atonement?

September 22, 2007 | 3 Comments

Posted by michaelp · Filed Under Calvinism/Arminianism, Salvation, Theology 

Of course people go both ways on this, but this passage from John Calvin’s Commentary on John 3:16 at leasts shows how John Calvin believed that 1) God loves all mankind, 2) does not want any to perish, and, because of this motivation, 3) sent his son to be a sacrafice. 3) Finally, Calvin believes […]

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