The Bible says to honor your father and mother (Exodus 20:12) but since it's almost Christmas, I thought I should honor Jesus' mother by debunking a particular skeptic argument that calls her virtue into question.
Merry Christmas!
“Men do nothing save at the secret instigation of God, and do not discuss and deliberate on anything but what he has previously decreed with himself, and brings to pass by his secret direction.” - Institutes of the Christian Religion (Inst. I.xviii.l.) 1559 edition
Divine Determinism is a Calvinist/Reformed Theology doctrine expressing the belief that God is meticulously determining everything that happens.
This assumption is the foundation for much of Calvinist thinking and doctrine starting with John Calvin himself.
I describe my first encounter with someone who believed in Divine Determinism and give my opinion about this doctrine after 30 years of observing and interacting with those who profess to believe it.
What Cory Asbury's song "Reckless Love" taught me about shame in the church and the Biblical solution.
"Conservatives only care about the rich!" is an accusation I've heard from the political left for many years. In this video I explain why the right cares about both the rich and the poor, how those two things are connected, and some other things left-wingers don't understand about how conservatives think.
