If salvation was really a choice that God left up to us, we’d have to start rewriting a number of famous hymns, perhaps starting with these two: Amazing Grace Amazing grace! How sweet the soundThat gave the choice to me!Though once lost, chose to be found,Was blind, but chose to see. How Hard You Tried… Continue reading “Free will” hymns
Category: Free will
Is God a gentleman?
“But God won’t force people to go to heaven to live with Him against their will,” he said when he found out I believed in Universal Reconciliation. “Forcing someone to do something against their will is called rape, and God wouldn’t do that.” “I should probably point out that I’m not saying He’ll let them… Continue reading Is God a gentleman?
In Christ shall all be made alive
This is part 10 of my Actual Good News series of articles on the topic of biblical soteriology (the study of salvation). Please note that I’m including many of my scriptural references in the links (which are are the underlined words throughout the article), and they also link to studies with extended details that I couldn’t fit into… Continue reading In Christ shall all be made alive
The impossibility of “free will”
This is part 9 of my Actual Good News series of articles on the topic of biblical soteriology (the study of salvation). Please note that I’m including many of my scriptural references in the links (which are are the underlined words throughout the article), and they also link to studies with extended details that I couldn’t fit into… Continue reading The impossibility of “free will”
God is still on Plan A
This is part 8 of my Actual Good News series of articles on the topic of biblical soteriology (the study of salvation). Please note that I’m including many of my scriptural references in the links (which are are the underlined words throughout the article), and they also link to studies with extended details that I couldn’t fit into… Continue reading God is still on Plan A
Unmerited suffering and God
This is part 7 of my Actual Good News series of articles on the topic of biblical soteriology (the study of salvation). Please note that I’m including many of my scriptural references in the links (which are are the underlined words throughout the article), and they also link to studies with extended details that I couldn’t fit into… Continue reading Unmerited suffering and God