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"The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old." (Prov 8:22, KJV) "The LORD created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of long ago." (Prov 8:22, NRSV) 1. Wisdom in Proverbs is personified as a woman, using feminine pronouns. In this very...

To understand a person’s beliefs in a vacuum lead to errors. There is the historical context to keep in mind. The ante-Nicene Fathers emphasized free will to counter Gnostic fatalism, pagan determinism, and dualistic heresies that denied human moral responsibility. Gnosticism taught a...

The danger of not knowing the difference between “Free Will” and “Free Agency”. Read the difference – https://www.monergism.com/inability-free-will-vs-free-agency Reading a modern commentary by a so-called Bible scholar, one wonders if he is ignorant of the difference between Free Will and...

Is a believer’s justification from eternity past, at the cross, or at time of his first believing? Jesus, who was delivered up because of our offences, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous. Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through...

The church's creeds, confessions and catechisms are the overall interpretation and understanding of Scripture, of the church which is indwelt by the Holy Spirit. When that character in the pulpit is teaching something contradicting the creeds, confessions and catechisms of the church; do you...

I'll add the following, not to debate but just for information. Such translation questions are far above me. Romans 1:25 (Greek ἔδωκαν τὴν ἀλήθειαν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν ψεύδει) literally reads: “they exchanged the truth of God for a lie.” The key to the English rendering lies in how the Greek...

You write, "God is capable of revealing more to a person today than what has been revealed." In spite of the sentence sounding nonsensical, it seems you are claiming God still gives more revelation to individuals than was completed in the 66 books of our Bible. Revelation, what we have...

The ‘blank slate” illustration is what defines Classical apologetics, not Presuppositional apologetic. In Presuppositional apologetics the “slates” do not begin blank. Man starts out with the God given logic and basic knowledge of God and morals, not a blank slate. My basic reasoning on that...

Reading these replies, I'll comment on a couple I noticed. Beginning with John 1:12-13. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God. (Joh 1:12-13...

Cornelius Van Til, a Reformed theologian, was the main architect of Presuppositional apologetics, in contrast to Classical or Traditional apologetics. I have used the term “presuppositional” in reference to my view of Bible study and doctrines in theology and I’ll give the scriptural basis upon...

Carrie Gress: An author of 11 books, including an upcoming title on feminism, says the movement has evolved into a kind of secular "megachurch" with its own doctrines, rituals and moral code — one that she argues now serves as a substitute for faith, family and traditional Christian virtue...

There seems to come a time when the adage "beating a dead horse" comes to mind. I've put forth enough Scripture, that readers can compare what I posted with your evasions of Scripture and make up their own mind. I do admit, it does become tiring to spend a lot of time on these replies and...

It is best to see the perspective of who was writing the epistle. It was Jews - "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen...

The earliest Christian writer to refer to literal sacrifices in the future millennium seems to be John Darby, and if anyone can find an earlier teach of this, please give it: – Darby, Commentary on the Book of Ezekiel (published 1845) – here he writes: “The temple of Ezekiel is not a figurative...

Karl Barth was neo-orthodox, NOT a true Calvinist nor Reformed theologian. I'll stay with the John Gill, the Hodges, Dabney, Boyce, Dagg as theologians I'll use for serious doctrinal studies.