The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines Calvin’s total depravity as follows: Definition of total depravity: a state of corruption due to original sin held in Calvinism to infect every part of man’s nature and to make the natural man unable to know or obey God. In one sense this definition is correct. Total depravity comes from original…
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Spiritual Authority & Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Ever since reading about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, there’s been one aspect of his life and service to the Lord that’s bothered me. We know Bonhoeffer best through his book The Cost of Discipleship. It’s here where Bonhoeffer discusses the price that must be paid to serve God in challenging and difficult times. And how hard that…
Prophecy Update: What’s Next?
Two major events happened recently which appear to have significant prophetic implications. In this essay, I want to suggest the possible ramifications flowing from these events. Of course the caveat applies that the author has no special revelations from God, only the speculative imagination that comes from being a fiction author. Event Number One is…
The $100 Challenge
Have you taken the $100 challenge with your faith? Some ambitious secular people do it when they determine they will pursue success at all costs. Maybe it’s something we should consider doing to pursue a life in Christ. Some years ago a fledgling,and highly ambitious, stock market trader by the name of Minervini challenged a…
A Chance Encounter With a Sister in Christ
Away from our normal environs, my wife and I were walking on a Florida beach late in the afternoon when I spotted a younger asian lady sitting alone, reading what could only be a Bible. I resolved on our way back that I would stop and talk with her. When we returned some twenty minutes…
Calvinism & Free Will in the Deuteronomy 32 Worldview
It wasn’t long ago that I didn’t have strong feelings about Calvinism. Being a believer that the Bible clearly teaches we have free will, I thought Calvinism was off-base, but it was one of those subjects where I said, “Whatever…” That has changed. One person who recently contacted me regarding one of my essays also…