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Scripture Commentary article 2018-01-04

How does God harden a man’s heart?

How does God harden a man’s heart? We know that God can and does harden hearts because the Bible tells us this, but how and why does God choose to do this? And if all people are created with pre-hardened hearts as some suggest, then why is it necessary for God to harden a man’s heart? Let’s consider...

2 Chronicles 18:18–22 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 2 Timothy 3:9 Soteriology Calvinism God's Sovereignty

Scripture Commentary article 2009-12-21

First Christmas God Came Through Woman

While many say that women cannot receive from God something that will benefit men (as they believe that all wisdom that God has for humanity must come through the agency of a man) may I remind us today that the Wisdom of God brought God Himself into the world through a woman. The vessel that He used

Colossians 1:27 Colossians 1:28 Colossians 1:29 Women in Leadership Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-23

@TheModerateCase “…a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness

@TheModerateCase “…a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; and so all Israel will be saved…” (Ro 11:25-26). Is the church being hardened? Will the c

Ro 11:25-26 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-01-04

@ronhenzel The Israel of the Old Testament in part was the very beginning and origin of the New Testament church. All the apostles are of Israel and at Pentecost many Jews joined the church. In order for salvation to come to the Gentiles there was a ...

@ronhenzel The Israel of the Old Testament in part was the very beginning and origin of the New Testament church. All the apostles are of Israel and at Pentecost many Jews joined the church. In order

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-21

@ElifNull @smashbaals In Ro 11, Paul explicitly contrasts Israel and Gentiles throughout: “I am speaking to you who are Gentiles…” (Ro 11:13) “A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in” (Ro 11:25) If...

@ElifNull @smashbaals In Ro 11, Paul explicitly contrasts Israel and Gentiles throughout: “I am speaking to you who are Gentiles…” (Ro 11:13) “A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fu

Ro 11:13 Ro 11:25 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@smashbaals Hm. So if “all Israel will be saved” does this mean the Church is not saved now? Is the church partially hardened? “For I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be uninformed of this mystery… that a partial hardening has happened to I...

@smashbaals Hm. So if “all Israel will be saved” does this mean the Church is not saved now? Is the church partially hardened? “For I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be uninformed of this m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-10

@NPeeSea @rightresponsem Are you 100% certain your view is not? My view comes fr

@NPeeSea @rightresponsem Are you 100% certain your view is not? My view comes from a view of scripture which says that God isn’t done with Israel, that it’s a partial hardening after which God brings

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-15

God uses judicial hardening so they will experience the result of their stubborn refusal to believe in order to hopefully bring them back. This is much like church discipline for those who refuse to repent—handing them over to Satan so that they may...

God uses judicial hardening so they will experience the result of their stubborn refusal to believe in order to hopefully bring them back. This is much like church discipline for those who refuse to