john_Mark
Puritan Board Freshman
http://www.tektonics.org/tulip/ulip.html
I am wondering what some of you think?
I read through the first part down to his illustrations of his main points. Seems to me just a whole bunch of philosophical constructs without much scripture. He does quote and I believe misuse 1 Kings 19:11-12 though. He simply prooftexts and assumes his position.
One thing I find to be a poor approach is the following.
Holding here hasn't even proven the opposite of his question which is offering a proof that God's decision to do nothing is a sovereign decision. We could speculate as to what he means, but if he is unwilling to define and explain his positive position then why ask us to proof the negative? His rhetorical question of blame does not suffice.
I responded to him a little over on theologyweb, but I can't stand their layout over there. There are just too many philosphical assumptions in Holdings article.
I am wondering what some of you think?
I read through the first part down to his illustrations of his main points. Seems to me just a whole bunch of philosophical constructs without much scripture. He does quote and I believe misuse 1 Kings 19:11-12 though. He simply prooftexts and assumes his position.
One thing I find to be a poor approach is the following.
Yet one cannot falsely generalize from these particulars and assume that God chooses to exercise His right of sovereignty in the same way for things like the moving of a finger. Perhaps He does, but perhaps He does not; perhaps He does at some times, but not at others. Yet to suggest such a thing hardly removes any sovereignty from God, for a simple reason that I have yet to see dealt with by a Calvinist commentator (though I may see it in the future): The decision to do nothing is itself a sovereign decision. If this is not so, why do we blame people for not taking action when we think they should?
Holding here hasn't even proven the opposite of his question which is offering a proof that God's decision to do nothing is a sovereign decision. We could speculate as to what he means, but if he is unwilling to define and explain his positive position then why ask us to proof the negative? His rhetorical question of blame does not suffice.
I responded to him a little over on theologyweb, but I can't stand their layout over there. There are just too many philosphical assumptions in Holdings article.