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[...] please God before being regenerated... by the Spirit of God. (pp.42) Olson's description of total depravity is the shortest of all the letters of TULIP, because (I assume) it is one of the points that [...]

[...] This sunday my Pastor preached a sermon on the topic of Total Depravity, or as he put it: "Your Instincts Stink." You can hear it online (at least for a [...]

[...]  This one made me smile; A nice surprise in the middle of a long day. "I don't believe in Total Depravity, and think the idea is totally depraved." -My friend Mark (here) [...]

[...] theory, and if one doesn’t grasp these points, they simply do not understand the theory. 1) Natural selection is a non-random mechanism 2) Evolution occurs primarily in groups 3) Evolution is a [...]

[...] , (made by someone named Steve) addresses a few of the big issues YECs have with theistic evolution.  These objections are also pretty common, so I thought I’d devote a few posts to [...]

[...] of a series of posts that deal with some common Young Earth Creationist (YEC) objections to theistic evolution.  The impetus for these posts came via a comment from a reader on a previous post.  An [...]

[...] of a series of posts that deal with some common Young Earth Creationist (YEC) objections to theistic evolution.  The impetus for these posts came via a comment from a reader on a previous post.  An [...]

[...] of a series of posts that deal with some common Young Earth Creationist (YEC) objections to theistic evolution.  The impetus for these posts came via a comment from a reader on a previous post.  An [...]

[...] cannot reproduce will die without passing on the traits that do not let them reproduce.   Evolution occurs when many random mutations are passed through the non-random filter of natural selection, [...]

[...] a fish turning into a frog, then we would have some good evidence against evolution.  Evolution occurs mainly by the accumulation of small changes over large periods of time.  Of course it [...]

[...] I'm currently reading through the books For Calvinism by Michael Horton and Against Calvinism by Roger E. Olson.  This post is one of a series of posts where I [...]

[...] and I decided to read the two books, Against Calvinism - By Roger E. Olson For Calvinism - By Michael Horton I've struggled with this topic before, but I can't say I've done anything other than casual [...]

[...] to read the two books, Against Calvinism - By Roger E. Olson For Calvinism - By Michael Horton I thought it might be good to post a few thoughts regarding my initial perceptions [...]

This post is part of a series of posts that deal with some common Young Earth Creationist (YEC) objections to theistic evolution.  The impetus for th [...]

This post is part of a series of posts that deal with some common Young Earth Creationist (YEC) objections to theistic evolution.  The impetus for th [...]

This post is part of a series of posts that deal with some common Young Earth Creationist (YEC) objections to theistic evolution.  The impetus for th [...]

This post is part of a series of posts that deal with some common Young Earth Creationist (YEC) objections to theistic evolution.  The impetus for th [...]

[...] ’t grasp these points, they simply do not understand the theory. 1) Natural selection is a non-random mechanism 2) Evolution occurs primarily in groups 3) Evolution is a cumulative process Natural [...]

[...] : 1. Our understanding of the scientific data is incorrect. 2. Our understanding of the Biblical data is incorrect. 3. Both 1 and 2. What bothers me is that option 1 is generally the only [...]

[...] posting more in this series about Calvinism.  As I made my way through the remainder of Roger Olson's book, Against Calvinism , there were less and less aspects of it I wanted to write [...]