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There are twenty beggars in the street and I determine to give one of them a shilling. But will anyone say that I determined to give that one a shilling, that I elected him to have the shilling, because I foresaw that he would have it? That would be talking nonsense. In like manner, to say that God elected…

Imagine a river, full of sandbanks, with a channel that twists and turns in a tortuous fashion. There is a vessel on it with an experienced pilot on board. Even he is very anxious, and is constantly heaving the lead and frequently going at half-speed or stopping altogether. Now if a steamer with a good…

I suppose that when the stones for the temple were quarried in the mountains, each one received a special mark from Solomon’s seal, marking it as a temple stone and perhaps denoting its place in the sacred edifice. This would be like the first inscription, “The Lord knows those who are his.” But the…

A young woman entered Heartbeat of Miami Pregnancy Help Medical Clinic seeking help with an unwanted pregnancy. She was having an ultrasound done when she saw the little flutter of the heartbeat and then she heard it. She asked, “Is that, like, my heartbeat?” Lourdes McMinns, the Clinic supervisor said,…

Adopted as a child and with no knowledge of her biological family Abbey Donohoe met Paula O’Brien at a party in Davenport Iowa. Despite their 11-year difference in age people said they looked like sisters. They became Facebook friends and when O’Brien made a post about her brother’s child who was given…

A month and a half after Election Day in 2016, Joe Chandler, from Georgia, is refusing to find out who won the presidential election. He says that on the day after the vote he woke up feeling happy and relaxed and decided not to ruin the mood by seeing the election result. So, for 6 weeks he has avoided…

An election season calls forth charges and then countercharges. An army of fact checkers head for the news to verify, fact or lie. “Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said, ‘Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not to his own facts.” As believers we ought to value truth very highly. After all, it is…

FUTURE What if you looked into the future and caught a glimpse of yourself like you would be then? This is the premise of the television drama, Flash Forward. The whole world passes out for 2 minutes and 17 seconds during which they see themselves exactly seven months into the future. --World, October…

Determinism does not imply indulgence; we must hold ourselves, and others, morally responsible for every action. When Zeno beat his slave for stealing, and the slave, have a little learning, said, “But it was fated that I should steal,” Zeno answered, “And that I should beat you.” The Story of Civilization…

Predestination means that God has a purpose that is determined long before it is brought to pass. It implies that God is infinitely capable of planning and then bringing about what he has planned, and Scripture speaks of him as doing this. Source: Elwell, W. A., & Elwell, W. A. (1997, c1996). Evangelical…

God is not working at random: the gospel has been sent forth on no uncertain mission: the final outcome in the conflict between good and evil has not been left indeterminate; how many are to be saved or lost depends not on the will of the creature. Everything was infallibly determined and immutably fixed…

Hodge has well remarked that, “rightly understood, this doctrine (1) exalts the majesty and absolute sovereignty of God, while it illustrates the riches of his free grace and his just displeasure with sin. (2.) It enforces upon us the essential truth that salvation is entirely of grace. That no one can…

Americans crave the right to choose. We revere our autonomy. We don’t want to participate in a predetermined plot; we want to create our own future. We are the masters of our own destiny—the captain of our ship. No one else is allowed at the helm. The entertainment industry bears out the American preference…