Ronnie W. Rogers
Calvinists unsuccessfully seek to harmonize their commitment to compatibilism and decretal theology, the presence of sin, and God’s lack of culpability in the following three ways. First, Calvinists argue that God does not cause evil and that he relates to good and evil asymmetrically, differently. Calvinist D.A. Carson writes, “I alone am responsible for that…
Calvinism’s decretal theology and commitment to compatibilism create a host of conundrums that result in Calvinists’ frequent visits to the storehouse of mysteries. One of which is the idea that even though God has unconditionally elected only some to have any meaningful opportunity to experience the forgiveness of salvation, we are to have hope for…
Calvinists are prone to characterize God as passive if he did not predetermine everything, but such a conclusion is misguided. God sovereignly chose to create a world populated with humans who are created in his image with libertarian moral freedom, thereby creating a world in which some events are determined by him (definite events), and…
There are variations of Christian perspectives on aspects of the Bible, Creation, End Times, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, and, of course, Salvation. Can a person lose their salvation? What is the evidence of salvation? What is the gospel, and who is it for? This last one, what is the gospel (good news for whom),…
Mari J. Matsuda is a law professor at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii. Matsuda has spoken throughout the United States from the perspective of Critical Race Theory. Matsuda defends reparations for people of color but opposes reparations for white people who have equally suffered under government overreach. For…
John 3:16–21 16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.17 “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.18 “He who believes in…