Which Came First: Faith or Regeneration? Conceptual Analysis

Yes, I’m continuing down the rabbit hole of soteriology. Primarily, because it isn’t a rabbit hole, but has real-life implications. Here’s one: A few Sundays ago, I was visiting a church in which the pastor began his sermon in John 2 and then suddenly launched into a defense of the Calvinist doctrine of “irresistible grace.”Continue reading “Which Came First: Faith or Regeneration? Conceptual Analysis”

On the Alleged ‘Blind Faith Passages in the Bible

Many atheists, and some Christians who don’t like apologetics, believe that faith is “blindly believing something despite a lack of evidence, or even in spite of counter-evidence.” This is of course ridiculous and not how the Bible defines faith. On the Alleged ‘Blind Faith’ Passages in the Bible