Ronnie W. Rogers
This is the third part of this series of articles, which looks at the strengths of interpreting the word “day” in Genesis chapter 1 as a normal lunar day. The fourth and final article answers objections to this normal reading of the text. As mentioned in a previous post, any evidence or arguments I make…
Read MoreThis is the second part of this series of articles, which looks at the strengths of interpreting the word “day” in Genesis chapter 1 as a normal lunar day. The fourth and final article answers objections to this normal reading of the text. All four parts are numbered consecutively.
Read MoreGenesis has been a battleground for some time, and today is no different. This is particularly true of Genesis 1-3, which is the account of the creation and the fall. When I first began studying the Scripture, I recognized the importance of the first eleven chapters of Genesis, but in retrospect I did not fully…
Read MoreAccording to Calvinism, God chose hell for most and help for few. While Scripture is clear that God is righteous and just if He sent everyone to hell, Scripture is equally clear that God does not claim to be merely just, but He is also inestimably kind and longsuffering. “Or do you think lightly of…
Read MoreThis article seeks to address the question: does physical birth demonstrate the Calvinist idea that faith precedes spiritual birth? Calvinists argue that the new birth (regeneration) precedes and provisions faith,[1] whereas I am contend that faith precedes and provisions the new birth. Calvinists frequently seek to demonstrate their belief by employing an argument based on…
Read MoreThe call to be faithful concerns today only. No one can live faithfully in the near or distant future. For example, one cannot walk in faith tomorrow, or even an hour from now, because faithfulness exists only in the moment. One may desire to live out his life in faithfulness to God, and therefore concern…
Read MoreThe greatness of loyalty is most clear in the storms of disloyalty. Quotidian loyalty is characteristic of many good times, but great loyalty alone survives and shines during the dark tempest of disloyalty. For it is in the gales of disloyalty by those in whom you placed your trust that the genuine loyalty of nobles…
Read MoreSince writing Reflections of a Disenchanted Calvinist: The Disquieting Realities of Calvinism, I have been unexpectedly involved in engaging Calvinists through writing and speaking. I must admit that, at times, I have found my interactions with some Calvinists quite frustrating because of the great difficulty that I have often experienced when trying to discuss a…
Read MoreThe future belongs to God, and we are not God. Yet 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 MoreSincere requests for forgiveness, which is evidenced in words and actions, is all that is needed to be saved and forgiven by God. Christians should require nothing more to forgive their offenders, for to do so is to dishonor grace. “To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit”…
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