tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post2317301065586401277..comments2023-07-06T15:14:57.204+01:00Comments on JOHN'S BLOG: Predestination QuestionJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-2863915221351308372007-06-17T18:00:00.000+01:002007-06-17T18:00:00.000+01:00That's a great question, and it's one even Paul ca...That's a great question, and it's one even <A HREF="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/index.php?search=romans%209%3A19-26" REL="nofollow">Paul can only give a "what if" answer to</A>. For me, one of the strongest arguments that it is what the Bible teaches is that Paul saw the need to address that objection.<BR/><BR/>For me, I guess I'd want to say that I trust God, and I'd answer yes to the Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-48532685259006409232007-06-17T17:08:00.000+01:002007-06-17T17:08:00.000+01:00My other problem with predestination (apart from g...My other problem with predestination (apart from general atheism of course). Why would God create people that he already knows would not worship him, thereby instantly condemning them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-82162984687280854952007-06-15T23:17:00.000+01:002007-06-15T23:17:00.000+01:00Basic reasons for evangelism within a predestinari...Basic reasons for evangelism within a predestinarian framework:<BR/>1) it's the means by which God calls people to himself<BR/>2) God tells us to<BR/>3) part of the enjoyment of God is the declaration of his praises (see e.g. Piper)<BR/><BR/>Reasons a predestinarian framework better enables evangelism:<BR/>a) if conversion is down to God's action, it means that anyone can evangelise and that Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-76744240804320939312007-06-15T23:07:00.000+01:002007-06-15T23:07:00.000+01:00Bit of a blow for evangelism. Why bother if this i...Bit of a blow for evangelism. Why bother if this is the case?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-81771451487430087712007-06-14T17:02:00.000+01:002007-06-14T17:02:00.000+01:00Yes, this is conditional predestination, as held b...Yes, this is conditional predestination, as held by Molina and Arminius.Daniel Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07823511443088751096noreply@blogger.com