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Greetings atpollard, I enjoyed your post here, very much.

Charlie, thank you for your time and patience. Many blessings to you. So, I'm trying to be a stickler here because I think it is important to what I'm trying to discover or understand. In the previous post you wrote... So when you reference the laws as "The Law of Moses" I'm taking that to...

Greetings Charlie. I hope you are well. I have the in-laws coming in this weekend. So getting ready for that. Is this true? That is, did God give His law, the Ten Commandments, to only Israel? I know physically He did. But was it intended for the whole world? As in, to be spread...

David. :) glad to hear from you. Many thanks for your response to my post. I hope you are doing well over there. It seems to me that this is the implications of Romans 3:19... (1) God decreed the law (2) the law makes "every mouth be stopped" and that "all the world may become guilty before...

Greetings kyredneck. I have not interacted with you before, I don't think. I hope you are well and God's blessings abound in your life. Regarding your quotes of Job, these uses of the phrase "sons of God" (bə-nê hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm) is clearly in reference to angels. They are not humans. However...

Like, like, like, like, like, like (giving likes). Amen! Peace to you

Greetings to all my brothers and sisters who read this post. Long story short, I believe God led me to study a particular subject that I was not initially interested in (long story). And the product of that study was 3 essays that I offer to anyone confronted with the desire to explore these...

Greetings Charlie. Thank you for responding to my post and I hope your week has been a blessed one. Gotcha. Why? In what way is he "bound"? Why? That is, why is there no deviation from these laws, by God? Are they coeternal with God? Or were they decreed at some point by God and simply...

Greetings to all my brothers from all denomination. I wasn't sure just where to place this question and thought the best robust conversation might be here. Because I am looking for many viewpoints. Question #1 Adam, as a type, sins and brings condemnation to all mankind (Romans 5:18). God...

Greetings atpollard. Nice to talk to you again. I realize I'm butting in. :) But only to give my short perspective on this quote. I, myself, am a compatibilist. I think the Bible clearly teaches that God's providence reigns AND mankind has a freedom of the will (which makes us culpable)...

Greetings again JonC. In your quote above, you write "I disagree that this sacrifice satisfies the demands of justice regarding sin." For reconciliation to be properly grounded and not create divine dissonance within the characteristics of God. It seems to me that the theologian must...

JonC, thank you for your time and insight. Peace to you brother. So what I am interested in is your insight on my perspective on what you are presenting. My thoughts, I understand may be new and not traditional, on what you are saying is that Substitutionary substitution tends to focus more...

Another great day, JonC. It would seem that after readying what you wrote. My OP fits nicely within your concept of "representative substitution". I'm trying to think of a more clear distinction, for me, between the two (Substitutionary vs Representative). What I see at first blush, is a...

Gotcha. I see your point. Owen, it seems to me, is used quite a bit by the High Calvinist. Although you stated in another post to someone (I think), that Owen was directly providing an augment against Universalism (all saved). I've encountered many High Calvinist who invoke Owen regarding...

JesusFan. Great to hear from you. Hope you had a blessed weekend. I have a couple of thoughts on how the Calvinist might reconcile the two groupings of scripture, that is those that suggest a Universal Atonement and a Particular Election. One is the distinction between the terms "mercy" and...

This is getting a little off the OP, but... I'm interested in your thoughts here. (1) Christ's death is a substitutionary sacrifice that satisfies God's demands of "justice" regarding sin. Could you tell me how you disagree with my statement above? I would ask that you critique exactly what I...

I think you just made the distinction between "Universalism" and "Universal Atonement". Or at least expressed the hesitation of the use of the term "Universal" associated with the term "Atonement" because one might think Universalism is meant by the use of the two together. If the latter, I'm...

Greetings JonC. Thank you for providing your thoughts and wisdom to this thread. I think this is frequently true. I, myself, must guard against it at all times. Amen Peace to your brother

Good morning Dave. Gone for a couple of days to take care of life issues. :). If I haven't said it before, I like your responses. Most I agree with, but the ones I might not agree...you appear fair and open. Regarding your quote above, at least from my experience, High Calvinist more...

Greetings Alan Dal Gross. Peace and blessing to you, my brother. Although what I am about to say will not go deep enough to convince anyone. :) John Owen makes a conceptual error in this argument, imo. He confounds the multiple purposes of the Incarnation, death and resurrection into only...