tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post660423341151096571..comments2023-07-13T06:34:31.965-05:00Comments on Fear and Trembling: R. C. Sproul Threads the Needle AgainJ. K. Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-4719974583667416042008-11-12T12:31:00.000-06:002008-11-12T12:31:00.000-06:00Steve,Good to hear from you.Just don’t forget the ...Steve,<BR/><BR/>Good to hear from you.<BR/><BR/>Just don’t forget the entire (!) sentence from our friends at Westminster:<BR/><BR/>“God from all eternity did by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass; yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin; nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-43438346220844631852008-11-12T12:22:00.000-06:002008-11-12T12:22:00.000-06:00RT,The election was not favorable for political co...RT,<BR/><BR/>The election was not favorable for political conservatives like me. I am upset at the general bend of recent politics. <BR/><BR/>I also think that the most important thing we can do to change the cultural landscape is to do what you said: “…pray for our neighbors and compel them to come to Christ. The rest is in God's hands.” Christ is our only hope for culture change, and He J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-62822619946799588982008-11-11T11:19:00.000-06:002008-11-11T11:19:00.000-06:00Jesus said in the gospel of John 15:16, "you did n...Jesus said in the gospel of John 15:16, "you did not choose me, but I chose you..."<BR/><BR/>Also in John 1:13 "; who were born, not of blood nor of the will of man, but of God."<BR/><BR/>Did you catch that? It blows right by most people...."not born of the will of man."<BR/><BR/>So much for our free will.<BR/><BR/>When it comes to choosing God, our will is not free, but rather it is bound in sinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-59859586092144303082008-11-10T22:42:00.000-06:002008-11-10T22:42:00.000-06:00I originally thought you meant this post to be abo...I originally thought you meant this post to be about the presidential election. The fact that we elected an individual who openly supports and promotes all forms of abortion confirms man's bent toward evil. Personally I was hoping that McCain would be among the elect.<BR/><BR/>I believe that election in the Bible refers to a corporate election - the fact that God chose us as His people, the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com