I’m looking forward to reading Mike’s new series….I do like the rewording of subject. As Inability, but there is some justification of the original phrasing using the word Depravity. I’m using my AI tool to help summarize many references..hopefully this is accurate. The preference for the term "total depravity" over "total inability" among early Reformers comes down to a… Continue reading Total Depravity/Inability
Category: Discernment
Atonement….
We were reading Plumer’s Chapter earlier this week. It was saying much the same thing about the required sacrifice. “Even the most tender and enlightened conscience of the most guilty man says of Christ's satisfaction, whenever it is divinely revealed, "This is enough—I ask no more—I end my quest of atonement here." Mike’s opening quote… Continue reading Atonement….
Odds and Ends
These will be controversial, so I hesitate to pass them on. But you don’t have to agree, just be open to this perspective. I did look at several of Glenn’s links and hopefully, they provide for some useful discussion at minimum. Odds and Ends Btw. I follow Glenn Chatfield. If you examine a few of… Continue reading Odds and Ends
The Small Stuff….
Probably. Even more so than Mike Ratliff, I qualify as a nobody! I have yet to achieve 10,000 hit’s on my own posts. I would say that having some Biblical Discernment should be a Spiritual Gift, and likewise Understanding Sound Biblical Doctrines should be desirable Fruit of the Spirit. As to Unity, I’ve always appreciated… Continue reading The Small Stuff….