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Steve, Thank you for posting this article. I attempted to post a similar article written by John MacArthur confronting this issue and it was not received well. When I was a Calvinist I would have agreed with this article which is why I believe some Calvinists here have accused me of falsely...

So, how do you define "freely?"

Jews were NEVER elected to be saved, they were elected to receive God's revelation (prophets/scripture) and to be the lineage of Christ. There is a big difference between electing someone to certainly be saved and electing someone to receive the means of the covenant by which they can be saved...

Web, I don't believe there is any other means of salvation except for through Christ atoning work...I just appealed to the last one regarding the unknown means of application since they don't express faith. Plus, earlier you said, "Christ's blood still covers the infants nature / cursed flesh."...

The last one...but I'd affirm as you have that its by Grace and Christ's work still. Well, many have equated Total Depravity with Original Sin confounding the issue, so I think that is where we differ. I'm just attempt to pluck out the truth from the confounded dogma. I do believe Adam was our...

I don't either, but I'm asking how it is misrepresentative of Calvinism. So, sticking with the analogy with Noah, that would be like his commanding his kids to go tell the drugged people to get on the boat, right? How does that avoid the argument of it being disingenuous? I think most people...

This short movie clip gives a great explanation of what Total Depravity looks like and makes a poignant observation about political cultural in the process.

Agreed. Agreed. And I take that as the doctrine of Original Sin, don't you? I agree, thus the problem of Original Sin has its solution. I'm not sure where we disagree???

I'm not following you here? What do you mean about a silent dispensation of salvation? This is new terminology to me. What is the difference in 'not guilty' and 'innocence' in your view? Ok, so then why would they not be considered innocent? I agree, but not because they are innocent/not...

After this answer I expect you NOT to ask this question again. You can argue against our view, but do NOT just keep asking me the same question, okay? Election. God’s choice of those who believe in Christ is an important teaching of the apostle Paul (see Ro 8:29-33; 9:6-26; 11:5, 7, 28; Col...

I think you must of misquoted the text quantum, are you sure it didn't say, "God made Noah a righteous man blameless among the people that grieved God because God chose not to make them righteous like Noah he did Noah." :thumbs:

When I speak of "normative" I simply mean "outward" or through human agents, as opposed to God simply "flipping a switch" in Jonah's heart to make his will change. If there is another word you'd like to use to communicate that distinction please feel free to suggest one. He went reluctantly...

What do you mean by "sans?"

Yet, you don't define freely in the same manner, do you? You don't believe they could have willingly done otherwise, do you?

An infant can't, but neither can an infant put his faith in Christ (which is the stated means by which Grace is applied). Unless you believe an infant is not in need of grace, you must trust that God's justice (through Christ's provision) covers those in infancy or 'ignorance.' And if a...

Of course I don't. Because I affirm they have a free will by which they can choose to accept of reject God's appeal to be reconciled. It is powerful enough to accomplish its purpose, which is NOT to save people despite what they want to do (that would be the Calvinistic premise which I've...

Of course they can. That is what Paul shows in Romans 9. "Not all Israel (the elect) are Israel" (in covenant with God). The elect are those God has chosen to recieve his special revelation, by which they can enter covenant with God. This is represented by Paul as those "grafted into the...

You have to remember that Arminius was a "Calvinist" who respected John Calvin. He simply tweaked some of the points he believed to be in error, so I suspect He would sound a lot like a 'Calvinist' in many respects. Some are very careful not to...but I've heard some argue that someone may be...

They usually come to me while reading other's works or sometimes comments made in other threads. But, seriously, if Calvinism is true it would be better to be born a dog than a reprobate, huh? Both make choices according to their inborn desires, but one is tortured for eternity for it while...

It's not about excusing his sin. Paul, in Romans 1, is talking about excusing unbelief and rebellion against truth that is clearly seen and known.