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So if the unregenerate cannot understand God, what is the use of declaring...
Have you considered that those who are unregenerate already know God, but they know Him as an enemy, not as a friend. Romans 1 declares although they "knew God" they "suppressed the truth in...
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The Dangerous Illogic of Secularism
The image on the right was a recent meme posted on Facebook shortly after the horrible tragedy killing 50 people in Orlando, carried out by a lone Muslim gunman who had declared his allegiance to ISIS....
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After Orlando: A Letter to a Secular Friend
Dear ______,In a recent conversation, among other things, you made the claim that Christians are complicit in the tragic Orlando shootings by arguing that "you weren't the gunman, but you think gay...
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Who is Quashing Who's Freedoms?
Did you ever notice that the persons who love to claim that Christians are out to quash everyone's freedom; and want to oppress everyone, are the same persons who have so strenuously and forcefully...
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He Will Not Forsake His Saints
Brothers and sisters, let's acknowledge reality: we are no longer on a slippery slope. We have already hit bottom and the edifices of the new order are already being erected there. But do not fret - it...
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Four-Point Calvinists & Multiple Intentions in the Atonement
Visitor: 4-point Calvinists like Bruce Ware affirm 'multiple intentions' for the atonement, all shared symmetrically within the Trinity. The Father employs election and preterition, the Son atones...
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12 Principles for Online Discussion
By His great mercy, through no merit of our own, God has delivered us from captivity and He has now given us a mission of mercy to declare the gospel to a world that is still in darkness. In the last...
View ArticleAtheism and Existential Nihilism
Guest Post by Steve HaysI'll comment on a post by Jeff Lowder:http://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularoutpost/2016/07/09/naturalism-theism-and-the-meaning-of-life/Jeff's analysis is dependent on Erik J....
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Inability and Accountability
"Can a ... leopard change his spots? Neither can you do good who are accustomed to doing evil." - Jeremiah 13:23There are a number of professing Christians who have actually been taught that God would...
View ArticleSome Recoil At the Idea that God Ordains Evil or Disasters
It genuinely baffles me that there are professing Christians out there (e.g. Rachel Held Evans, Roger Olson) who, because of moral qualms, reject the biblical idea that disasters in this world are...
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Diversity through Relentless Conformity
Dear friends, there is a great malignancy in our land called secular progressivism - a movement that ironically wants diversity through relentless conformity. But we cannot continue in our attempts to...
View ArticleDoesn't the Story of Cain and Abel Overthrow Calvinism?
Question: Doesn't the story of Cain and Abel defeat Calvinism? "The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do...
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Give Jesus a Try?
Sadly, many of those out there who now call themselves "evangelicals" are really nothing more than deists whose religion is to spread the so-called gospel of Christian values, behavior modification and...
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An Exalted View of Own Goodness
As human beings we have a strong tendency to have an exalted view of our own character, and we flatter ourselves. But a Christian is one who, by the mercy of God, has cast aside all high views of his...
View ArticleHoly Perfection Demands Holy Perfection.
Holy perfection demands holy perfection. When we all fell in Adam, God did not lower His holy standard to accommodate man's sin. No ... God will not compromise His holy character because, to do so, He...
View ArticleDoes Belief in Effectual Grace Make God's Universal Call of the Gospel a...
"All that the Father gives to Me will come to me..." (John 6:37)VISITOR: This means He gives the ones whom he knows will come. I used to be a Calvinist, so I know all the philosophical reasonings that...
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Which Flavor or Ice Cream Do Atheists Prefer?
If morality is relative and based on personal preference, as atheists claim, then their moral judgments of others carry no more weight than if they told you which flavor of ice cream they prefer.There...
View ArticlePragmatic vs. Kingdom Outcomes
It seems that in many of these political discussions on the upcoming election, we tend, as a group, to think a lot about political policy outcomes but think little to none about Kingdom outcomes. Here...
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Resources to Check Out Around the Web - 10-08-2016
How Do We Deal with the Problem of Evil? (Video) by Greg WeltyGod Is Sovereign; We Are Responsible: Keeping Kids Safe by Laura Elliott12 Observations after Reading The Porn Phenomenon by Mr Garrett...
View ArticleOn Calvinism, Evil and God's Holiness
I received an email to my to Monergism.com account from a visitor named Shawn. He asked some important questions on on Calvinism, Evil and God's Holiness. I have reproduced his email in full with my...
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