Romans 9

God is Flexible: Romans 9, Part 4

August 20, 2015

Category: General
Tags: Determinism, Israel, Open Theism, Potter and Clay, Predestination, Romans 9
Topics: Providence, Predestination and Free Will
Verse: Romans 9

As we continue this series on Romans 9, [Here’s the link to the first post in the series.] today we will look at the famous potter/clay analogy. Most tend to interpret the potter and clay image…

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Paul Was Not Writing about Personal Salvation: Romans 9, Part 2

August 18, 2015

Category: General
Tags: Covenant, Determinism, Election, Israel, Romans 9, Salvation
Topics: Providence, Predestination and Free Will
Verse: Romans 9

In yesterday’s post, I summarized the deterministic interpretation of Romans 9 and offered the first argument against it. In this post I offer the second and third of six arguments that reveal that there is something…

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Rethinking Election: Romans 9, Part 1

August 17, 2015

Category: General
Tags: Christ, Determinism, Love, Predestination, Romans 9, Unconditional Election
Topics: Providence, Predestination and Free Will
Verse: Romans 9

Many people believe that Romans 9 demonstrates that God has the right and power to save whichever individuals he wants to save and damn whichever individuals he wants to damn. I’ll call this the “deterministic”…

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“Whatever it means, it cannot mean that.”

March 18, 2014

Category: General
Tags: Benjamin L. Corey, Determinism, Free Will, God, God's Character, Jesus, Predestination, Roger Olson, Romans 9

pure9 via Compfight Roger Olson wrote a great article a couple of days ago entitled Why (High) Calvinism Is Impossible. He points out that there is no way to understand God as “good” while also believing…

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Romans 9

God is Flexible: Romans 9, Part 4

Paul Was Not Writing about Personal Salvation: Romans 9, Part 2

Rethinking Election: Romans 9, Part 1

“Whatever it means, it cannot mean that.”

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