Discuss. What are you impressions about this patient and the chaplain sent to console him in his dying hour? I can’t help but think that there is something to what this patient was getting at. Postmodern “spirituality” and the weak Christianity we see (I am thinking of the Unitarian Universalist I saw with Honzo JR) doesn’t help when it comes down to it and a person needs to know that there is something on the other side and how to deal with their guilt that they have. I think this man points out that our souls cry out to know a transcendent God who is just and righteous as well as loving and forgiving. What do you guys think about this clip? I leave this open to where ever it takes us. It should be fun.
What I find interesting in the following logical syllogism is that the Calvinist, in order to avoid being a universalist (5), has to to deny premise 1 or redefine God’s love - which is to deny premise 2. If Calvinists were honest about this, Calvinism would die out fairly quickly in churches because the denial of 1 or 2 goes against what most church people consider God’s fundamental attribute. In other words, complete openness on this subject would be the death of Calvinism.
P1.God truly loves all persons.
P2.To truly love someone is to desire their well being and to promote their true flourishing as much as you can.
P3.The true well being and true flourishing of all persons is to be found in a right relationship with God, a saving relationship in which we love and obey him.
P4.God could determine all persons freely to accept a right relationship with himself and be saved.
Here is a video clip of John Hagee describing his book In Defense of Israel. Has his dispensationalism gone too far? How would you describe his thesis? My first reaction once I picked my jaw up off of the floor was the man is a heretic or a blasphemer, some may consider that to be an overreaction. Some of my thoughts can be found here.