The Knotty Subject of Free Will: Do We Have It Or Is It an Illusion? (Part Two)

Part One Free Will When you read “free will,” you read two words, one of which is “will.”  “Will” is simple.  A mind is capable of choosing, like ordering a flavor of ice cream or reaching into the candy bowl for Snickers or Reeses. There are layers here.  The will is the capability of the […]

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The Knotty Subject of Free Will: Do We Have It Or Is It an Illusion? (Part One)

If someone says man doesn’t have “free will,” he contradicts what scripture says.  The Bible uses the terminology, “freewill,” and mainly in the freewill offerings of animals in the Old Testament sacrificial system.  However, the Old Testament uses that same Hebrew word on occasion for free motivation of an act. Old Testament Usage of Free […]

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KJB1611 Marginal Notes = Modern Bible Notes? White Debate 9

In the James White / Thomas Ross Preservation / King James Only debate, James White claimed that the marginal notes in the 1611 edition of the King James Bible were the same as the textual notes in modern Bible versions.  Supposedly the marginal notes in the KJV justified textual notes in modern versions attacking the […]

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Are These Really Uniquely Dark Times Today?

A Debate About Whether Times Really Are Dark A very high percentage of people with whom I speak agree with deep decline of the United States.  I ask many people the question, “Do you think the country is in decline?”  Very few say “no.”  Two different men touched on this subject in recent days, and […]

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Israel through a Biblical Lens

A Biblical Lens to See Israel Everyone should look at everything through a biblical lens.  God’s Word is truth.  I hear people make assessments of Israel without any reference to what the Bible says.  On the other hand, some overshoot and use Israel as their prophetic pin cushion. I see two perspectives to organize appraisal […]

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Sing John 3:16 in Koine / New Testament Greek: Ιωαννην 3:16!

Would you like to learn how to sing John 3:16 in Greek?  You can sing these words in the very speech in which the Lord Jesus Christ originally spoke this blessed promise to Nicodemus!   You can learn to sing the infallible words of John 3:16, the most famous verse of the Bible in the […]

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The Relationship of the Doctrine of Separation to the Doctrine of Adoption

Salvation and Adoption Under the umbrella of the doctrine of salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone is the doctrine of adoption.  One will see the doctrine of adoption especially in both the books of Galatians and Romans.  God does adopt believers into His family as sons. Adoption is an only New […]

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The Whole Universe Both Runs and Acknowledges It Runs on Jesus’ Time

I know that the title of this post sounds like Donald Trump saying, Mexico will pay for the wall.  It sounds like it can’t be right.  Nevertheless, the title is right. Despite Outlawing Jesus, the Public Acknowledges Jesus All Over In the last few days, I talked to someone who worked for Gideons, the parachurch […]

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The Hand of God on the KJV Translators: James White Debate 8

The King James Version translators did not claim that they wrote under the same kind of supernatural control that the apostles and prophets received to infallibly record Scripture in the original languages.  But did they claim that God’s special providence, His good hand, was with them?  Yes!   Continuing the debate review videos on the […]

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David Whose Heart Was Perfect With The LORD His God?

David.  You look back to Saul, and then back at David.  Of course, David.  You look forward to Solomon, and then back to David.  Of course, David.  David.  Why?  Something is different about David.  What is it? David and Solomon When you arrive at 1 Kings 11:4, the Lord says: For it came to pass, […]

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