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Tag Archives: predestination
Election: Romans 8:29 (“those God foreknew he also predestined”)
(Rom 8:29) For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. Whom did God “foreknow”? The word only appears one other time in the … Continue reading
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Election: Back to Romans 8
Reflect back on chapter 8 — (Rom 8:29-31) For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those he predestined, he also … Continue reading
Neo-Calvinism: Abraham Kuyper, Criticisms, Part 3
Common grace For [Kuyper] common grace is primarily a grace directed to the redemption of the cosmos and culture. By rooting this doctrine in the divine decree of predestination he was able to construct a system whereby God’s plan for … Continue reading
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Neo-Calvinism: Abraham Kuyper, Criticisms, Part 1
Pronk notes that there certain problems arose with Kuyper’s theology. Prior to Kuyper the Reformed, while not denying that the church has a task in society, put the emphasis on the salvation of sinners. Preaching for the Old School Calvinists, … Continue reading
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Searching for The Third Way: Predestination, Part 4
The Third Way of Predestination In Christianity, there are essentially two views of predestination. The Calvinists teach that God decides who will be saved and then changes them, outside their own choosing, so they’ll have faith. Calvinists deny that we … Continue reading
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Searching for The Third Way: Predestination, Part 3
The scriptures that teach predestination I believe in predestination, because the Bible plainly teaches it. But I do not accept the Calvinist view. Nor do I accept the traditional view of non-Calvinists, such as most Church of Christ scholars. Rather, … Continue reading
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Searching for The Third Way: Predestination, Part 2
Space-time and God The answer to the question posed in the last post is found in a deeper understanding of the nature of God and his creation. God’s choice of a word to describe his existence is “eternal,” or aionios … Continue reading
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Searching for The Third Way: Predestination, Part 1
Finally! I’ve been wanting to post about predestination for a long time, and it just happens to be a great example of how Third-Way thinking can shed new light on a longstanding dilemma. You see, the commentaries have gobs of … Continue reading
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