Apologetics and Evidence

In an article from July 30, 2013 (I know, it’s old…  https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/god-loves-the-sinner-but-hates-the-sin ), John Piper teaches that God hates certain people. The problem with this is that there are  inconsistencies  in the mind of the person (usually a Calvinist) who believes this, and even Piper in the article recognizes the inconsistency but tries to pass it off as a paradox. “He hates — now here is the paradox — and he loves at the same time.” [1]  The problem is that it is not a paradox, but simply a contradiction.   Let’s look at some different texts from where the belief that God hates certain persons likely came…    Psalm 5  Give ear to my words, O Lord;     consider my groaning. 2 Give attention to the sound of my cry,     my King and my God,     for to you do I pray. 3 O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;     in the morning I pre...

            The year in which fundamentalism had its beginnings is often debated. Some say as early as the year 1900, while other credit the first point at which fundamentalists call themselves fundamentalists seems to be in the year 1920 when a group known as the “Fundamentalist Fellowship founded by the editor of a leading conservative Baptist magazine known as the Watchman-Examiner. Curtis Lee Laws was at first more moderate than W. B. Riley and tried to maintain fundamentalism as a movement within the broader church for the preservation and defense of the true fundamentals of the faith” (Olsen 562). It would seem, however that a significant event that took place before that cited above would be a clearer marker for the foundations of modern fundamentalism.              The event took place in 1910 where a series of booklets called “ The Fundamentals  insp...

I think the question above should be divided into two parts. As in, the question assumes too much and makes a type of category mistake from a hasty generalization. The first question should be, “Can a person walk away from his or her salvation?” The second question should be, “Will God ever take away a person’s salvation?”   Can a person walk away from his or her salvation ? The first question, “ Can a person walk away from his or her salvation ?” has been a strong point of contention for hundreds of years. I have heard someone tell me once that “if someone is truly ” saved, they would never walk away from their salvation.” I really liked that because it answered a lot of questions that I had concerning such. The word “ truly ” seemed to settle things in my mind. If one did walk away from Christianity, then it seems that they were never “truly” saved. But the problem is that we see our own family and friends through the years doing exactly this... They had a true, heart and...