Tag Archives: free will

weekend reading

Posted on February 27, 2010 by bkingr

here is a long essay from David B. Hart about our culture’s dominant belief system. here is article’s description of David Hart and the circumstances of this paper’s delivery so you have some idea of the direction from which he … Continue reading →

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Do people have free will?

Posted on August 28, 2009 by bkingr

Andrew Naselli takes a long look at the question of free will over here. Fascinating stuff. take some time this weekend to explore it. Here is the introduction to get you started: Non-Christians and Christians alike often give the same … Continue reading →

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The Meaning of Man's Will

Posted on June 22, 2009 by bkingr

R. C. Sproul has a three part series on what it means when we say that man has free will. Fascinating stuff. This is the kind of stuff that keeps a person from swearing off the internet altogether. Here are … Continue reading →

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the Shack part I

Posted on May 16, 2009 by bkingr

I am reading the Shack. It took all the way to page 165 (out of 246) before I got completely angry. Up to that time I was reading at a relatively low grade frustration level. The prose was juvenile. the … Continue reading →

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original sin, part 2

Posted on April 5, 2009 by bkingr

about a month ago, I posted on Original Sin. Specifically, one of the leaders of the emerging church had decided that he didn’t believe this doctrine and Kevin DeYoung called him out on it with scripture. yesterday, I received this … Continue reading →

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sovereignty

Posted on April 4, 2009 by bkingr

John MacArthur nails it with the opening sentence of this post (the second and third sentences are excellent as well) which is an excerpt from the book Ashamed of the Gospel. No doctrine is more despised by the natural mind … Continue reading →

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suffering

Posted on March 4, 2009 by bkingr

I noticed in the sidebar at the Straight Up blog a three part series on God’s role in suffering by Gerald Hiestand. Here is part three which contains links to the first two parts. Go check it out. I like … Continue reading →

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we must get this

Posted on December 4, 2008 by bkingr

here again is a link to John MacArthur’s two part message on God and evil. if you only have 25 minutes, then listen to part two only. Unfortunately, the free listening of the message is no longer available. They cost … Continue reading →

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two views of the gospel

Posted on December 1, 2008 by bkingr

While we are at Ramblin’ Pastor Man’s place, check out his post quoting J.I. Packer on two views of the gospel. Here is the clearest list of the differences that I have yet seen. Go read the conclusion that follows … Continue reading →

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two lines at once

Posted on December 1, 2008 by bkingr

Ramblin’ Pastor man has several quotes from Charles Spurgeon posted. Go take a look. I especially enjoyed this bit here: Not only are there a few cardinal doctrines, by which we can steer our ship North, South, East, or West, … Continue reading →

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part of the tension

Posted on August 26, 2008 by bkingr

I seek to live in the tension (see my “about” page). the main tension we live in is the tension between our responsibility for our actions and God’s sovereignty. The intersection at this point is a profound mystery that belongs … Continue reading →

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Why Pray?

Posted on August 3, 2008 by bkingr

If God is sovereign over all as Ephesians 1:11 say He is, then why pray? John Piper wrote an article back in 1976 answering two questions: 1. “Why pray for anyone’s conversion if God has chosen before the foundation of … Continue reading →

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