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Minneapolis City Council Pledges to Dismantle Police Department | NowThis
George Floyd's murder as a spark that set off a "powder keg" that has been building from a lot of problems in Minneapolis for decades.
An Urgent Message from Dr Brown (06.08.20)
I like what Dr Michael Brown has to say here. I just wish he would make a difference between the Black Lives Matter Movement and the Black Lives Matter Organization.
Disturbing Video of Protester Shot in the Face With a Rubber Bullet
It is very interesting how different news outlets cover the same story. I saw another related story LaToya Ratlief refers to where Fort Lauderdale police officer pushes kneeling protestors. I hope she recovers fully.
Saturday, June 6, 2020
Friday, June 5, 2020
Testimony: Racist slur used as Arbery lay dying
Ok...so far anyone who thought that Ahmad Arbery's death had nothing to do with his race.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Trump Cares More About Looking Christian Than Being Christian
On Monday June 1, 2020 President Trump interrupted the lawful protest of American citizens for a Photo-op?! The protesters were peacefully demonstrating in Lafiete Park in Washington DC against the murder of George Floyd close to Saint John's Episcopal Church. Police came through in heavy riot gear and pushed people out of the park! Then Trump and several his advisers walked through the park, stopped at the church. Several pictures were taken of Trump awkwardly holding up a Bible. I'm trying not to be too hard on him. It was probably his first time holding a Bible. Anyway, I couldn't believe that this happened. Here is how NBC reported it.
Further adding to this travisty there is eyewitness testimony from clergy at the church on how the park was cleared:
The Secretary of Defense,Mark Espers, who was with Trump during this debacle says that the police did not use force.
Further adding to this travisty there is eyewitness testimony from clergy at the church on how the park was cleared:
The Secretary of Defense,Mark Espers, who was with Trump during this debacle says that the police did not use force.
Is Espers lying or is he just mistaken? I don't know. Look at what happened when the Prime Minister of Canada was asked about Donald Trump's response to our nationwide protests.
Monday, June 1, 2020
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Who is Right about Isaiah 10?
Who is right about Isaiah 10? Is James White correct about what God has said in Isaiah 10? Or is his commitment to Calvinism skewing his exegesis?
Is Leighton Flowers is correct or his commitment against Calvinism destroying his comprehension of scripture?
Read Isaiah 10 and see who is right. They agree that God is saying that He is going to use the Assyrians to judge Judah for their sins by allowing Assyria to occupy and plunder His own people. And then when the Assyrians are done, God promised to punished Assyria for their sins and actions again Judah!
James White says that this passage is proof that God decreed for the Assyrians to do what they did - allowing them to do what they wanted to do and punish them for it. Leighton Flowers disagrees that God decreed the Assyrians actions but instead took advantage of their sins to bring about God's own purpose. I think the disagreement is over who gets the credit for what happened. Did God purpose the Assyrians as an instrument of his wrath and then punish them for doing what he purposed them to do? I think the passage in Isaiah says God did exactly that. Assyria was nothing more than a blunt instrument in God's hands.
I think James White is right that the reason God is just to punish Assyria because He didn't have to force them to be evil. They did what they wanted to do. Recall also that this isn't the only passage that show God working the same way. Just read Habakkuk.
Is Leighton Flowers is correct or his commitment against Calvinism destroying his comprehension of scripture?
Read Isaiah 10 and see who is right. They agree that God is saying that He is going to use the Assyrians to judge Judah for their sins by allowing Assyria to occupy and plunder His own people. And then when the Assyrians are done, God promised to punished Assyria for their sins and actions again Judah!
James White says that this passage is proof that God decreed for the Assyrians to do what they did - allowing them to do what they wanted to do and punish them for it. Leighton Flowers disagrees that God decreed the Assyrians actions but instead took advantage of their sins to bring about God's own purpose. I think the disagreement is over who gets the credit for what happened. Did God purpose the Assyrians as an instrument of his wrath and then punish them for doing what he purposed them to do? I think the passage in Isaiah says God did exactly that. Assyria was nothing more than a blunt instrument in God's hands.
5 “Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger,
in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
6 I send him against a godless nation,
I dispatch him against a people who anger me,
to seize loot and snatch plunder,
and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
7 But this is not what he intends,
this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
to put an end to many nations.
- Isaiah 10:5-7
I think James White is right that the reason God is just to punish Assyria because He didn't have to force them to be evil. They did what they wanted to do. Recall also that this isn't the only passage that show God working the same way. Just read Habakkuk.
Monday, April 27, 2020
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Saturday, April 25, 2020
We Need a Debate Between Dr Ken Wilson and Dr James White
In the past several weeks I have been watching an online back-and-forth between James White and Leighton flowers over Calvinism. Nothing new. The current debate centers on where John Calvin and Martin Luther got their ideas during the Protestant Reformation. Leighton Flowers and many folks who reject the ideas of Calvinism try to argue that the idea that salvation is outside of people's free-will choice was introduced to Christianity by Augustine and no early Christian church fathers believed in the total ability of man or God's meticulous control of reality, decreeing all that happens, before Augustine taught it. They even take it far enough to that Augustine was influenced by Gnosticism.
Of course James White disagrees and has been interacting with an interview of Ken Wilson by Leighton Flowers on his podcast and a book Ken Wilson has written on how he believes that Augustine was influenced by 4th century Gnosticism. James White is spending several hours on this because he is also explaining what Gnosticism was and reading quotes from the Church Fathers.
I think both sides are talking past each other and not really interacting. Both White and Wilson have said that they want to debate each other. I sure hope this will happen. I think they need to agree on definitions including on what James White and Ken Wilson believe about what Calvinism and what Provisionism are and what they believe before they really get down to the fundamental questions that their disagreement raises: "Was Augustine the first to introduce the ideas, regarding Human free-will, that gave rise to Calvinism?"
Here are two videos that really sum up Ken Wilson's arguments.
James White has not finished his arguments but he has presented evidence that some Church Fathers did affirm God's sovereign control over everything. Here is an example from White's webcast.
I don't think James White has answered Wilson's thesis yet, but I do appreciate White going through all this history and thought I have not been exposed. I sure hope he will answer the video where Flowers and Wilson speak to White's critiques directly.
Here are some questions that I want answered in the debate between White and Wilson:
What is "predestination"?
What is "free libertarian will? Is it autonomous?
Was the a single early Christian author agree with libertarian free-will?
Is there anything "good" in me or you apart from God?"
How do we know what "good" is?
Does God control human will?
Has God ever controlled human will or just responded to it?
Is there a difference between the New Testament and the Church Fathers use terms like "Boulimai" and "Thelo"?
Here are some questions that I want answered in the debate between White and Wilson:
What is "predestination"?
What is "free libertarian will? Is it autonomous?
Was the a single early Christian author agree with libertarian free-will?
Is there anything "good" in me or you apart from God?"
How do we know what "good" is?
Does God control human will?
Has God ever controlled human will or just responded to it?
Is there a difference between the New Testament and the Church Fathers use terms like "Boulimai" and "Thelo"?
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