Archive for November, 2004
Chosen by God (chapter 2 part 1)
Saturday, November 27th, 200412:25 am
R.C. Sproul begins the second chapter of his book with a discussion of the definition of predestination. He defines “predestination” as:
“God deciding our final destination (heaven or hell) before we are even born.”
I pretty much agree with this definition. It is not, however, just our “final destination” that is predestined, we are also […]
xyz’s existence verses God’s existence
Friday, November 26th, 200411:48 pm
A fellow called Mike has recently made the following brilliant argument against my argument that I stole from Anselm (see the first post):
“Although, I am a Christian, and absolutely agree that God exists, and also agree that the existence of God really doesn’t need to be debated, because the very existence of […]
R.C. Sproul’s book (chapter 1)
Wednesday, November 24th, 200411:44 pm
I recently read Chosen by God, R.C. Sproul’s wonderful book on predestination. I highly recommend reading the book if you want to understand Calvinism. It is easy to understand (considering the subject), persuasive, and even funny at times. The only reason I wouldn’t recommend this book is from fear that you […]
Debating whether God is debatable
Monday, November 22nd, 200411:36 pm
One of the most often debated debates is whether God exists, but there are those who say that God’s existence is so obvious that it isn’t really debatable at all. Anselm (dead Christian philosopher) may have been one such person who would have said something like that. Or he may not […]