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The Lord's first coming helps to understanding the second ... i.e., a first phase personal and observed by a relative few of the faithful, the second open and visible to both seekers and opponents; the two phases separated by a preordained period of time where the Lamb is not operationally...

This mistranslates the participle as present when it is in fact perfect. Basic Greek facts: a perfect participle is a verbal adjective indicating completed action in antecedent time relative to the main verb. The perfect participle tetagmenoi with the subject hosoi and imperfect indicative...

Proverbs 21:4 - "An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin."

This appears to be gnawing on an old bone - Greek "Middle Voice"

In your view, is God sovereign enough to ordain a creature with independent free will?

It is sobering to observe a lack of teachability in any area, and I think we are often vulnerable to it when faced with this sort of seeming contradiction (e.g., 2 Cor 3:4); in light of this I regularly suspect myself of it and ask for illumination and correction (3:5; Psa 139:23-24). I wonder...

So in your view does God predetermine every decision of the tetagmenai authorities in Romans 13:1, or is He only "half sovereign" in that regard as well?

To offer a different perspective, think for a moment about the Romans 13:1 type usage of this participle: God puts government authorities in place to make decisions, He does not determine those decisions. In the same way, Gentiles who were known by God to be responsive were "set in place,"...

A God who refuses to make salvation available to all is the cruel and unjust God of YOUR false theology, not the Bible. You can't fit Revelation 22:17 into your view so you have to change it and pretend it doesn't say what it clearly says. The Bible teaches that (to use my analogy) God has...

I am simply reading what Scripture says. You are reading something INTO it that isn't there, and you demean the character of God in so doing.

Please don't try to tell me what I think. I am fully aware of my innate sinfulness, and of yours. That doesn't change anything with regard to the exercise of faith. Whosoever will may come. That invitation is not qualified or limited in any way by God, only by you. Sheep are not mentioned...

The ability to express faith is just as universal as the ability to think. The merit of faith is in its object, not in its exercise. The Bible says faith is not works; you are the only one claiming otherwise.

Rubbish. Ascribing gross injustice to God in direct conflict with Scripture is blasphemy. God does not condemn, judge, and eternally torture people for sin and rebellion when they have absolutely no ability to do otherwise. Even the Philistines did not punish those who were not mentally...

"Pioneer," "founder," and "Jesus on whom our faith depends" are good translations which support my point. Not one of these translations indicates that Jesus hands people their saving faith as you claim. That notion imports an unscriptural concept into a text and a context that isn't even talking...

"Far better scholars" wrote the authoritative lexicons that tell us that Tyndale back in 1526 did not have a good grasp of what archegos means; we have a much better understanding of biblical Greek now than he did 500 years ago. Accurately understanding the text is hardly a "grammatical...

What an utterly blasphemous point of view. A man giving a party on his yacht sees ten inebriated people fall overboard. He has ten life preservers available, but he only throws two in the water and lets the other eight people drown as a result. No sane person on earth is going to say, "Gee, what...

No, sorry. You are twisting the plain meaning of Scripture to fit the theology you want to believe. Hebrews 12:2 does not say Jesus "authors" faith and then gives it to us. It says He is the leading example of faith that we should follow. This is made clear in the context, and affirmed by the...

It's not about me, my "desperation," or what I want. It shouldn't be about what you want either. It's about understanding what the Word of God says, and it does not say Jesus is the author of our faith or that faith must be given to us so that we can believe for salvation. Whosoever will may...

May I refer you to Strong's Greek lexicon to help correct this misapprehension: arxēgós (from 746 /arxḗ, "the first" and 71 /ágō, "to lead") – properly, the first in a long procession; a file-leader who pioneers the way for many others to follow. 747 (arxēgós) does not strictly mean "author,"...

That is a misreading of Hebrews 12:2 - Jesus is the archetype of our faith, not the giver; i.e., He set the example for us of how to live by faith in every word that proceeds from the Father. The same term is used of Jesus in Hebrews 2:15 where He is the archetype of obedience and deliverance in...