I'd be cautious when saying that anything "emphatically disproves both the Arminian and open theistic positions," as I'd imagine there to be at least a small diversity of opinion among your conservative Christian readership. Predisposition tends to play a large role in how you view something. Saying that an author has disproven Arminian and open theistic positions sounds about as good to me as a different blog claiming that someone or other has "emphatically disproven Calvinism" would sound to a Calvinist; in a word, pretentious. If you're going to be bold enough to claim that someone has in fact disproven something, then you should first make sure that the proof is in all aspects rock-solid (in this case, they would have to be more solid than the works of Calvin himself) and give a clear and concise summary of the contentions which he proved; otherwise, I would think that good commentary would at most simply note that the author put out good reasoning which appeared to you to be indisputable. Great site, keep writing.
David Lackey | Homepage | 10.03.05 - 7:57 am | #

It wasn`t until resently that I`ve actually been doing some research and bible digging on predestination.I just never really paid attention to it before,my church does not have mention of it much.But I also think that there is a balance between either sides of view.It is clear that God does choose ( "Many are called but few are chosen") but people also have to accept the call.I think it`s just a real hard thing to understand becasue God knows all yet man has free will.But through much digging I`ve learned a lot.And come to understand many things about scripture.So yeah...it`s definatly a hot topic,but one that must be talked about.
Cristina Irizarry | Homepage | 08.19.06 - 10:34 pm | #