| Author | Message | ||
| Pat |
Christianity Today has out-done itself this week - please try to obtain a copy. It has a web-page, but I don't know if the articles can be accessed there or not. One article is in regard to an eternally on-going punishment for the wicked - I was delighted to see that some of the "great" theologians of today are disagreeing and discussing the subject. It also has a superior article on Predestination! I URGE you to find and read it! It is written by a couple of students who are working on their M Divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary. They studied it out, as one didn't believe it at all, and the other was a bit ambivalent about it. A quote: "God has saved us in spite of ourselves because He loves us more that we love our sin." The closing: "Our intellectual adjustment to predestination has completely transfigured everything in our lives. We can't get through Communion without crying. We have been reconciled to people we held grudges against. We are more willing to laugh at our foibles and we admit to our sins more easily. We have rediscovered the treasure of private confession and absolution among Christians. "Even in the midst of our sorrows and screwups, we aren't going to get thrown out of the ark. We have discovered our paradoxically bound freedom, and for us as creatures, it is the only real freedom." This is an extra-ordinarily excellent issue - please make every effort to obtain one - you will want to keep a copy...I found them both especially interesting for an ex-SDA... Pat | ||
| Jay |
Thanks, Pat, for bringing this issue to our attention. I have not yet seen it, but my SDA dad told me about it. He thought that it was an excellent discussion on predestination. I will look forward to borrowing this issue from him. | ||
| Jay |
Thanks, Pat, for bringing this issue to our attention. I have not yet seen it, but my SDA dad told me about it. He thought that the article on predestination was excellent. I will look forward to borrowing this issue from him. | ||
| Jay |
Sorry for the double post. Jay |
