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The John 6 Debate: Part II

Posted in Devotional, Theology on June 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

John 6 Does Not Require Calvinism: A Response to Donald’s Exegesis
This marks my second debate at Coram Deo. My name is Michael, (call me MG) and I blog at The Well of Questions. As a non-Reformed Christian (Eastern Orthodox) I disagree with many of the tenets of Augustinian/Calvinist theology. John 6 is [...]

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The (long awaited) John 6 Debate: Part I

Posted in Theology on June 24, 2007 | 32 Comments »

Well, I guess this time I’m the one who’s supposed to take the first crack at this whole exegesis thing, although I admit that the last debate made me a little weary by the end, and I think the tiger trap on this passage is (if anything) bigger yet. About half of this passage [...]

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Romans 9 Debate: Part VI

Posted in Current Events, Philosophy, Theology on June 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Here is MG’s next response to Donald.
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Because I felt I needed to clarify my methodology at some length, my post will be very long. I apologize ahead of time for length, but feel it is a small price to pay for the added clarity of content.
Methodology:
Regarding method, Donald says that I am [...]

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Does God Exist?

Posted in Current Events, Philosophy, Theology on June 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »

MG was kind enough to write this post for me. It will hopefully be the first of a series. The aim of this series will be to examine natural arguments for theism (arguments for the existence of God), an enterprise which is commonly referred to as Natural Theology. Hopefully this series will [...]

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The Romans 9 Argument: Part V (My last)

Posted in Theology on June 3, 2007 | 3 Comments »

I changed the name of my post heading because I no longer believe that this is a debate. I make no promises as to the brevity of this post, but I will follow this structure. First I will make a number of methodological points, then I will respond to MG’s responses in the [...]

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Romans 9 Debate: Part IV

Posted in Theology on June 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s is Michael’s next response. It’s much shorter than the last one.
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Donald begins with a methodological point: there should be an even burden of proof. However, I do not intend to infer a specific doctrine from Romans 9. I intend to neutralize the case for Calvinism from Romans 9. [...]

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