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Can Christians be Tree Huggers?
Some Christians are wary of efforts to protect and preserve nature. I think that part of their concern is that some environmental efforts seem to make an idol out of nature, or even make nature more...
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4 Shocking Reasons the Bible is Unique (Reason 4)
We are looking at 4 reasons the Bible is unique. Here is a brief summary of where we have been so far: The Bible is unique because it reveals mimetic rivalry and the scapegoat mechanism. The Bible is...
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Do humans have a free will? Calvinism says “No!”
Often wrapped up in a discussion of Total Depravity and Total Inability is a discussion of free will. Though it is variously stated, most Calvinists believe that humans do not have a free will. Some...
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Dead in Sin – A Favorite Calvinistic Analogy
When talking about Total Depravity, total inability, and the bondage of the will, it is quite popular among Calvinists to talk about mankind being “dead in sin.” The Bible frequently makes mention of...
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Humans have three parts: Body, Soul, and Spirit
The Bible seems to present humans as consisting of three parts: body, soul, and spirit (1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 4:12). This is called the “tripartite” nature of man. Much like the divine Trinity,...
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Can the Unbeliever Understand the Things of God? (1 Corinthians 2:14)
1 Corinthians 2:14 seems to be the perfect passage to defend the Calvinistic teaching of total inability, for it seems to say that the natural man cannot accept or understand the things of God. But the...
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What I believe about Free Will
The term “free will” is highly problematic, for in reality, there is no such thing as a “free will.” All our so-called “free choices” are not only influenced by our mental, emotional, and physical...
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