Posts By Godismyjudge

The New Living Translation and Calvinism

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The New Living Translation (the most popular English version of the bible) has numerous translation errors that favor Calvinism and oppose standard Arminian or Traditional Baptist interpretation of the texts.  For example, Ephesians 4:30 in the…

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Isaiah 5:4 and Sufficient Grace

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I was recently asked to comment on Isaiah 5:4 and how I thought it supported resistible grace. (link) Here’s the passage in context: 1 Now let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my…

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Christ Redeemed Faith

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The Canons of Dort say Christ acquired faith for us by His death (Point 2, article 8).1  The significance of this seemly minor point is that Christ buying the condition of the covenant effectively changes the…

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Middle Knowledge in Scripture

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Description of Middle Knowledge The twin foundations for middle knowledge are the beliefs that the bible teaches libertarian free will and the bible teaches God’s providence over all things.  Middle knowledge reconciles the two by…

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Arminius on Certainty vs. Necessity

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The following quote is from the Works of James Arminius, 1875 London Edition, Examination of Gomarus on Predestination. (Volume 3. p 547-549)  Arminius’ Examination of Gomarus is only in the 1875 edition and is therefore…

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