Lighten Up: The Down Side of Free Will

How do you respond to Jeremiah 25:8–12? January 16, 2008

The Lord says to the nations: “Because you have not obeyed my words” (vs. 8), “this whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of…

Lighten Up: Jesus Makes Things Hard October 25, 2013

Maybe Mark Driscoll is on to something. I guess Jesus really does want to make someone bleed. ;)

Lighten Up: Looking a Gift Miracle in the Mouth September 26, 2014

Isn’t God “changing his mind” an anthropomorphism? January 21, 2008

Question: Traditionalists argue that passages that refer to God “changing his mind” are anthropomorphic, depicting God in human terms. Open Theists take these passages literally, however. But if you’re going to take these passages literally, it seems you should, for consistency’s sake, also interpret passages about God “coming down” from heaven literally (e.g. Gen. 11:5;…

How do you respond to Acts 13:48? January 16, 2008

“When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and praised the word of the Lord; and as many as had been destined for eternal life became believers.” If the individual Gentiles who believed were “destined for eternal life” before they “became believers,” some may argue, they obviously were foreknown by God before they became believers.…

What is the significance of Joel 2:13–14? January 14, 2008

“Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing. Who knows whether he will not turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him…?” As we have seen, God’s willingness to alter his course of action—even after he’s prophetically announced…