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Soteriology & the Imago Dei

God is a triune spirit, infinite, eternal, & unchangeable as to being, wisdom, power, justice, holiness, goodness, & truth — ie GLORY Does Romans 1:18 - 32 have anything to say about concepts bound up with doctrinal matters like Soteriology?  After all, the text is an indictment of us all for suppressing the truth about God’s existence, invisible attributes, & authority by way substituting our own, human image & other images drawn from the created order, like those of animals, & then doing theology, philosophy, & ethics/ethical reasoning accordingly.  Some Christians deny the doctrine of Total Depravity (the idea that people who are able to sin are unable to do any spiritual good accompanying their salvation, particularly the exercise of saving (ie justifying) faith & saving (not just civil) repentance). They object on the basis that it is unjust &/or unfair for God to demand that we exercise saving faith & repentance if we are not cons...
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Pentecost Reading: Isaiah 1:1 - 31

  1  The   vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem   in the days of   Uzziah,   Jotham,   Ahaz, and   Hezekiah, kings of Judah. The Wickedness of Judah 2  Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth;      for the  Lord  has spoken: “Children [ a ]  have I reared and brought up,      but they have rebelled against me. 3  The ox knows its owner,      and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know,      my people do not understand.” 4  Ah, sinful nation,      a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers,      children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the  Lord ,      they have despised the Holy One of Israel,      they are utterly estranged. 5  Why will you still be...
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Tackling Tradition 80: Free Will Vs. Determinism

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 Is the content of this meme theologically correct?  The debate between Calvinism & Non-Calvinism with respect to free will is about the internal mechanics of free agency as an action theory of the will.  How is the concept of a free will offering an example of the existence of libertarian free will?    Calvinists affirm what James 1:14 - 15 affirms:    When moral agents sin, they do so by following their own desires into sin, condemnation, & death.  Arminianians & other advocates of libertarian free will argue that people have either by virtue of their creation or by way of the application of Universal Prevenient Grace, the ability to make & follow through with choices that run counter to their own (prevailing) desires as well as the ability to make & follow through with choices that do not run counter to their own (prevailing) desires, or maybe with no underlying cause at all.   The concept of the free will offering...
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Covenant Theology In Outline Form 32: John 21

Shema  21  After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way.  Historical Prologue 2  Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.  3  Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. General Stipulations  4  Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.  5  Jesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” They answered him, “No.”  6  He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.”So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish. 7  That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon ...
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