Reformed Theology
Romans 9, Predestination, & Total Depravity

Introduction

A Short Digression on Predestination and Free Will
Contradiction, Paradox, or Antinomy?
 

The Trinity and the Nature of Christ

Romans 9 - Critique

Introduction to Romans 9

Jacob and Esau

God's Choice

I Will Have Mercy on Whom I Will Have Mercy

Pharaoh

The Potter and the Clay

Unnecessary Comparisons

What Shall We Say Then?

Introduction

Stating the Problem

Jewish Categories of Thought

The Jewish Conception of God and the Messiah

The Sermons of Peter

The Sermons of Paul

The Silence is Deafening

Scriptures that Seem to Say That Jesus was/is God

More Illustrations of Greek Thought Co-opting Christian Theology

My Understanding of Paul's Teaching
in Romans 9-11

Romans 9

Romans 10

Romans 11

Succinct Summation

The Importance of Immediate Context

Some Thoughts on the Virgin Birth

Concerning "THE Prophet"

"God" and "Man" are Mutually Exclusive Categories

The Hebraic Concept of the Malak
the Messenger-Representative

On Predestination

Ephesians 1 - Chosen Before the Foundation of the World

Acts 2:23 - The Predetermination of God

Acts 13:48 - Appointed to Eternal Life

Acts 16:13 - Lydia

II Thessalonians 2:13 - Chosen From the Beginning

Romans 8:28 - Foreknown and Predestined

The Testimony of the Ante Nicene Fathers

On Limited Atonement and John 3:16

On John 3:16

Addendum 1 - A Word on My Hermeneutics

Addendum 2 - Paul Fahey: "Does God Love Everyone?"

Concerning Total Depravity

Introduction

The Fall of Man - Genesis 3-6

Who are the Sons of God in Gen. 6?

Dead in Transgressions and Sins - Eph 2

Dead in Transgressions and Sins - Col. 2:13

Dead IN Sin - Dead TO Sin

Man's Inability - John 6:44

Unrighteous Men Suppress the Truth
Romans 1:18-23

Through One Man Sin Entered
Romans 5:12, 18

All Have Sinned - Romans 3:10-18

Conclusion