Ronnie W. Rogers
Lord, let me touch the things around me, but not cling to them. Let me hold things necessary for physical life, but not own them. Let me have You as the only end and the end to every thought and endeavor. Lord let my joy be divine, coming from You, and be experienced in communion…
Read MoreAt times, I post actual interactions that I have with Calvinists in order to allow others to consider both sides of an issue. This is what I have done in this article. The following is a response that I interacted with regarding my article, “Why Some Non-Calvinists Identify as Calvinist” that appeared on SBC Today.…
Read MoreMay I be the husband of the Scripture. I know all too well that these are tritely impious words if I shun death. For I shall never love as Christ loved me, nurture as Christ has nurtured me, protect as Christ has protected me, or bless and edify as Christ has edified me unless I…
Read MoreArrogant spirituality misrepresents Christian conviction. Arrogance by any one of God’s created beings is ugly, but arrogance toward others by Christians is ghoulish indeed since Christians are the recipients of “Amazing Grace.” Christians are given grace to live and communicate our strong convictions graciously. So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and…
Read MoreThe future belongs to God, and we are not God. How quick we are to guarantee the future. People frequently speak about the future with certainty, but God rarely discloses our personal future. When we speak about the future with phrases like “I will never” or “This will never” or other such phrases of future…
Read MoreI gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able (1 Corinthians 3:2) Note the past tense verb, gave milk, referring to times in the past when Paul taught the Corinthians milk because they were not ready for meat and that…
Read MoreIf preachers are not constantly studying things that challenge them spiritually and intellectually, then it is disingenuous for them to challenge the church to study the deep things of God and spend time with Him.
Read MoreThere are many examples of confusing language regarding man’s free exercise of faith in Calvinism. Lewis Sperry Chafer responds to Arminians rejection of the term “sovereign grace” and their charge that such coerces or annuls the human will by saying, “No step can be taken in the accomplishment of His sovereign purpose which will even…
Read MoreTrue spiritual wisdom is to believe what God says above our human learning, wisdom, and thus pursue His wisdom so that we may truly be wise. The first thought that should come to our minds when someone brings something up about a topic is, what does the Bible say? We may not know, but we…
Read MoreSome propose that it is unusually cruel of God to punish man for eternity, regardless of what man did. This perspective is erroneous for four reasons. First, it is based on an inadequate view of the heinousness of sin. Because man is sinful, he is utterly incapable of apprehending or appreciating the sinfulness of sin.…
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