Rebuttal

An Ontological Contradiction. Reformed Theology advances the doctrine of meticulous providence. It teaches that God predetermined and controls every detail of history. Nothing occurs apart from His eternal decree. This doctrine is said to protect divine sovereignty, yet when carried to its logical end it destroys the holiness of God, removes human accountability, and renders prayer meaningless. The Scriptures affirm that God is sovereign. He rules heaven and earth, and nothi

Ephesians 2:3 is a favorite text of those who teach that humans inherit the guilt of Adam’s sin. For example, John Piper, a popular Calvinist, appeals to this text to support the idea of inherited sin. He says: “There is a phrase in verse 3 that shows the seriousness of deadness. At the end it says, ‘We were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.’ In other words the things we have done to bring the wrath of God upon us we have done by nature. We need a Savior

As I write this article, the Catholic Church has had a new leader for two days. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was chosen to serve, according to the Roman Catholic Church, as the 267th Pope and his chosen named is Pope Leo XIV. We are told that there were no clear “front-runners” to win the papacy, although there were several candidates. There were 133 cardinal electors who voted inside the Sistine Chapel and, in order to win the vote, a candidate must obtain a two-thirds ma