by Robert | Jun 21, 2020 | John
οὐδεὶς δύναται ἐλθεῖν πρός με ἐὰν μὴ ὁ πατὴρ ὁ πέμψας με ἑλκύσῃ αὐτόν, κἀγὼ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ. (John 6:44; Greek) No one is able to come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise that person up on the last day. (John 6:44,...
by Robert | Nov 14, 2019 | Debates, Romans
“Jacob have I loved” In the discussion of predestination, you will quickly hear the oft quoted verse from Romans 9:13. As it is written, “I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau.” This text is used to suggest that God had particularly chosen...
by Robert | Oct 31, 2019 | Apologetics, Theological Musings
Part 2 – Romans 8:28-39 A second passage where we find “predestined” (PROORIZŌ) is found in Romans 8:29-30 where we see it used twice in what is often called the “golden chain of salvation” and is used by some to demonstrate a case for God’s pretemporal predestining...
by Robert | Oct 30, 2019 | Apologetics, Theological Musings
Understanding Predestination The following quote from R. C. Sproul was posted on Facebook recently: “We talk about predestination because the Bible talks about predestination. If we desire to build our theology on the Bible we run head on into this concept. We soon...
by Robert | Oct 14, 2019 | John, Meditations
12/16/2018 – A meditation from John 1. When I was 18 years old, I attended Nyack College and took my first Greek class. The very first two verses my instructor taught me was: Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος. (John 1:1...
