Recap: We have been tackling some challenging questions that are often posed by Calvinists which evoke typically unsatisfying answers...

Recap: In the last post, I expressed a frustration with both Calvinists and non-Calvinists who seem intent on exposing the failures of the other side but neglect to be persuasive in their handling of the weaknesses in their own arguments. (Yes, both perspectives have significant, unconvincingly-resolved issues.) Previously we looked at the following "gotcha" question often posed by Calvinists to non-Calvinists: Question #1 - Why did you come to believe in Jesus but your nei

As I mentioned in the previous post, one of the biggest frustrations in trying to understand a true-to-Scripture, non-contradictory perspective of God's purpose of election is that, while both sides seem eager to expose and exploit the obvious errors in the other’s interpretations, they are reluctant to deal with some weaknesses and unresolved questions in their own arguments. Also, both sides are really adept at "theological sophistry", posing barely plausible explanations

In the next several posts, we will explore what I believe to be some of the challenges of both the traditional Calvinistic and...

Recap: In the last post I made a statement that I know would be considered heresy to many. What did I say that was so heretical? I said...

Recap: In the last post I proposed that when it comes to the biblical doctrine of election, the Reformed understanding of God's love...

“Why did God give (man) free will? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love...

What Happened to God? (cont.) Recap: In the previous post - "The Journey Begins" - my wife and I had become part of a jail ministry team,...

On these pages, I hope to provide some sound, foundational biblical insight into a variety of topics concerning Christianity and the...