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Scripture Commentary article 2020-06-02

The Giving Part 2: Judas the Betrayer, a Balanced View of the Sovereignty of God

[Music] the giving is a balanced view of the sovereignty of God God's sovereignty is vitally important for us to know God yet it's God's sovereignty taught as a system of theological thought which can lead to a person reading into the biblical text an outside concept that is foreign to the writers i...

Luke 22:18 Luke 22:21 Luke 22:3 Soteriology Calvinism Atonement
Scripture Commentary article 2018-04-06

The Giving A balanced view of the Sovereignty of God

We are preparing to film the last portion of The Giving DVD project. The full title is The Giving A Balanced view of The Sovereignty of God . The subject of the DVD is John 6 with the hard sayings of Jesus that seem to teach that Jesus did not die for everyone.

Soteriology Calvinism God's Sovereignty
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 tweet 2026-03-22

“Reformed theology does teach double predestination…it’s double or nothing really, you can’t have single predestination and just ignore the non-elect unless you are a universalist.” —RC Sproul Yes, electing only some to receive faith to be saved mea...

“Reformed theology does teach double predestination…it’s double or nothing really, you can’t have single predestination and just ignore the non-elect unless you are a universalist.” —RC Sproul Yes, e

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

“So I’m not going to play around anymore. When people tell me that they don’t be

“So I’m not going to play around anymore. When people tell me that they don’t believe in predestination, I’m going to grab them by the throat and tell them ‘Why not! The Bible teaches it!’” 😳 https://

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@sola_chad “So I’m not going to play around anymore. When people tell me that th

@sola_chad “So I’m not going to play around anymore. When people tell me that they don’t believe in predestination, I’m going to grab them by the throat and tell them ‘Why not! The Bible teaches it!’”

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-10

@immrbloo Ok, how about I teach everyone that they are saved by their faith and

@immrbloo Ok, how about I teach everyone that they are saved by their faith and not by predestination. I tell them that Jesus died for them (and I mean it). If it’s heresy, at what point am I not to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@ronhenzel In Ephesians 2:8, Paul's focus on being 'in Christ' emphasizes what believers obtain through faith, not a predestination of who will have faith. The matching gender between 'mercy' and 'gift' aligns with this context, showing that salvatio...

@ronhenzel In Ephesians 2:8, Paul's focus on being 'in Christ' emphasizes what believers obtain through faith, not a predestination of who will have faith. The matching gender between 'mercy' and 'gif

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-08

@ronhenzel While predestination is taught in scripture, predestination of indivi

@ronhenzel While predestination is taught in scripture, predestination of individuals to be given the faith to believe and others to be passed over and not given the faith to believe in s not taught i

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Theology verse entry

Ephesians 1:4-5

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Ephesians 1:4-5 soteriology,predestination,election,free will,Calvinism,provisionism,corporate election
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 1:26-31

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

1 Corinthians 1:26-31 soteriology,predestination,election,free will,Calvinism,provisionism,boasting,faith vs works
Theology verse entry

Romans 9:17-18

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Romans 9:17-18 soteriology,sovereignty,hardening,Calvinism,provisionism,Pharaoh
Theology verse entry

Romans 1:24-28

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

Romans 1:24-28 soteriology,sovereignty,hardening,Calvinism,provisionism,judicial hardening
Theology verse entry

Romans 8:28-30

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Romans 8:28-30 golden chain,foreknowledge,predestination,calling,justification,glorification,soteriology,Calvinist proof text
Theology verse entry

Romans 11:25-36

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

Romans 11:25-36 Israel,olive tree,hardening,mercy to all,election,doxology,soteriology
Theology greek term

ἐκλέγομαι (eklegomai)

to choose, to elect, to select for oneself

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Theology greek term

προορίζω (proorizō)

to predestine, to foreordain, to determine beforehand

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Theology greek term

ἀπώλεια (apōleia)

destruction, perdition, ruin

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Theology greek term

προγινώσκω (proginōskō)

to know beforehand, to foreknow

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Mike Winger idea 2019-07-24

Romans 8:29-32 and the golden chain of redemption used to argue for limited atonement

Mike summarizes the Calvinist use of Romans 8 to support Trinitarian harmony / limited atonement.

Romans 8:29-32 election limited atonement Romans 8:29-32
Mike Winger idea 2020-08-28

Proverbs 16:4 is a text that theological grids are read INTO, not a proof text for either Calvinist determinism or open theism

Question from Tobias about whether Proverbs 16:4 suggests God predestined the wicked for condemnation.

Proverbs 16:4 hermeneutics Molinism middle knowledge
Mike Winger idea 2021-03-05

Romans 8:29-30 — the Golden Chain of Redemption: foreknew, predestined, called, justified, glorified; Calvinist and non-Calvinist interpretations

Brief overview of the golden chain; Mike declines a full treatment and refers to his Romans series

Romans 8:29-30 election Calvinism free will
Mike Winger idea 2021-03-05

God does not create people destined for hell; the verb tense in Romans 9 distinguishes God's active preparation of the saved from passive endurance of the lost

Responding to the difficulty of reconciling God's glory with creating people He knows will end up in hell

Romans 9 Romans 9:22-23 Romans 9 predestination God's sovereignty
Mike Winger idea 2021-03-05

Molinism helps explain how divine sovereignty and human free will operate together

Expanding the discussion about God creating people He knows will reject Him

middle knowledge free will divine sovereignty