Sunday, January 28, 2018

Michael Brown on Calvinsim

I really respect Dr Michael Brown. He is a scholar of the first rank and consistently witnesses for Jesus to Jews, Atheists, and to our culture regarding homosexuality and sex ethics. The only thing I have ever heard from him that I can agree with him 100% on is his views of Calvinism and Free will. Below is his video of Dr Brown's explanation of what Romans 9 says.



Here is video where Michael Brown  appeared on Dr Leighton Flowers' podcast. They discussed how they both disagree with Calvinism. They both seem to reject that the scriptures teach that all humans are so utterly captivated by sin that we are unable to choose to give Jesus our lives on our own by our free will. They also said that we need to be free to choose or reject Jesus or it really isn't about God's love. While they did talk about scriptures and tried to explain why they support their views and do not support Calvinism, they did not convince me. Jesus said that no one is able to come to him unless the father draws (the Greek word actually mean "dragged") him or her. See John 6:44. Check out their discussion below.




I see the underlying issue comes from trying to answer the question about what why some people reject Christ after they hear the Gospel while some people accept it. All Christians are fine with agreeing that when a person gives their lives to Christ, their sins are propitiated and they are going to heaven and they have true peace and relationship with God. We receive eternal life in the future and a full life and relationship with God in the here and now. Although we all who are born in sin and shaped in iniquity, some turn to Jesus and some say no. Why? Is there something different in the man or woman who understands and accepts what Jesus did from the people who don't. Calvinists and Anti-Calvinists answer these questions differently. Given what Jesus said when Peter wanted to know what would happen to John after Jesus told Peter what he was supposed to do. Maybe we should follow that.

20 Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”) 21 When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”
22 Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.” 23 Because of this, the rumor spread among the believers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say that he would not die; he only said, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?” - John 21:20-23


Dr Brown did debate his friend and well-known Calvinist, Dr James White.



Saturday, January 27, 2018

2017 Pastor Gino Jennings & Minister Smith Debate TRINITY 2017



This Debate with Smith and Gino Jennings shows us what happens when your pastor tell you not to go somewhere and you go anyway. Smith went on his own without his Church's blessing and he lost badly. Not because Jennings is right to reject the Trinity, but because Smith was not prepared.

DEBUNKING a FAMOUS "Hebrew Israelite" Meme (Jews left black, returned wh...

Below is a video refuting the meme on the left that tries to argue that the white Jews are not real Jews.  Not true. It's a good video

Apostle Gino Jennings vs. Minister Reginald Young (Trinity & Baptism deb...



From 1994,  there was a much better debate on the trinity vs oneness doctrine on the nature of God with Gino Jennings than the one I posted earlier.  Pastor Reginald Young was so much better. I wish the debate was much more scholarly but it is worth seeing.

Did Paul Really Write That? | Dr. Dennis Edwards, PhD

Can you be Gay and Christian? Michael Brown vs Harry Knox

From Oneness Theology to Trinitarian Theology | Dr. Dennis Edwards, PhD

The Church & Artificial Intelligence: Can Robots Be Godlike?

Ugly history: The 1937 Haitian Massacre - Edward Paulino

Pastor defends Trump amid affair allegations



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I am surprised Franklin Graham has such blind spots

Burger King | Whopper Neutrality

Slavery in the Bible | Dr. Esau McCaulley

How African Empires Fell

Top 10 Best Traditional African Dances

Was Reincarnation Deleted From The Bible?







Above is a video with serious problem. The presupposition is that at best the Biblical texts that we have have been edited or at worst whole books have been left out. I totally disagree. The thought that there is edited and redacted versions of the 66 books that now make up the Bible is borne out of not knowing or understanding how the Bible has been transmitted and translated through time. I'd suggest reading The King James Only Controversy by James R White as a start. As for the apocryphal Old and New Testament texts, we know that they are forgeries and often conflict with the cannon that we do have.  For those who think that this point is not important, please pray-tell, what you think is a contradiction in the 66 books? Good luck with finding one. There aren't any.  Are there discrepancies between books that cannot easily be understood from a surface level? Yes. But they don't equal contradictions with history, facts, or logic. Disagree? Go ahead and cite some things you think are issues and we can  examine them.  A good rule of thumb to see if an ancient manuscript should be considered scripture is to see if it fits the criteria:

 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, - 2 Timothy 3:16

Every one of the 66 books in the cannon fit in these criteria.

It's a Lonely Christian Life | My story of Division and Separation withi...



Above is a video from a channel from someone who clearly used to be a Christian and is now an Atheist. I think that this video is important because he points out some true points. If you judge others' sanctity by how much they know or understand about theology, doctrine, or history you will invariably be in the position of being lonely just like the video suggests. If you judge yourself in any way by any metric you will find yourself in this horrible place. This isn't a problem with being a Christian or following the Bible. It's a problem with pride and stupidity of people. If you find out that your Christian life looks like this, you must realize: YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG!! You are not looking at other people the way God wants you to look at other people. For example

3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. - Philippians 2:3

This means that God does not want you to think of anyone as being better than other people for any reason.