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The Incoherence of Liberation Free Will

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I do not believe the concept of Libertarian Free Will has any philosophical or theological coherence. My purpose in this article is to lay out the contrast between Libertarian Free Will and the Biblical view often referred to as Compatibilist Free Will.

I want to ensure, especially when discussing this particular topic, that the terms I use are well defined up front. This will hopefully prevent the reader from falling into the danger of assuming his own definitions and therefore miss the impact of what is being said or develop a misconception of what is being communicated. Human beings, due to their fallen state (1 Corinthians 2:14, Romans 8:7-8), will invariably bring their own assumptions of their own abilities to a discussion of the will and therefore already have preconceived notions of what it means to “will” something. Clearly defining these terms as used in this article will hopefully allow me to more quickly get to the root of the issues addressed and the reader gains more benefit.

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LBM Podcast 0059 – Joining BTWN and Theories of the Atonement of Christ

FacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailIn this episode Jason first announces the news that this podcast is moving to the Bible Thumping Wingnut Network. This is the last published episode to this channel. After that Jason briefly discusses the Reformation and then goes into his presentation on the different Theories of the Atonement of Christ. This episode focuses on which theory fits the Biblical evidence and answers the question “How does a perfectly good, righteous and just God pardon guilty sinners without violating his own perfect justice?”

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Theories of the Atonement Presentation

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Just Like the Nations

FacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailIn the 1 Samuel 15 account of Samuel, Saul, and the Amalekites, Saul made the executive decision against God’s command for the Amalekite conquest to keep the Amalekite king and the best of the flocks alive. His attempt to keep any plunder was foiled by Samuel, sent by God. Samuel called Saul out on the bleating of sheep that he heard and confronted him. Then the Lord rejected Saul as king and Samuel took to the gruesome task of hacking Agag to pieces before the Lord—a classic Old Testament object lesson. This is a grotesque account and an awful undertaking for Samuel; but this is the effect of God speaking, man disobeying, and God issuing judgment—a cycle that repeats throughout Scripture, a cycle intensified here by Israel’s sinful desire for a king.

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LBM Podcast 0053 – Debate “Is the doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints, Biblical?”

FacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailIn this episode Jason Mullett and Paul Pavao debate the topic of the Perseverance of the Saints. With this thesis Jason takes the affirmative and Paul the negative. The episode starts with 10 minute opening statements by both Jason and Paul. After the opening statements they engaged in a free and open dialogue.

 

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Christian History Calvinism Article

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LBM Podcast 0052 – Book recommendations. upcoming debate and two articles reviewed

FacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailIn this episode Jason discusses some books that he recommends all Christians read. He discussed the upcoming debate with Paul Pavao on the doctrine of Perseverance of the Saints. Jason reviews an article by Conrad Murrell on Christian Government. Conrad’s makes many of the same mistakes that New Covenant theologians and Anabaptists make when it comes to the law of God. After that he goes into an article by Jeff Robinson entitled Meet a Reformed Arminian.

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Christian Government – Conrad Murrell

Meet a Reformed Arminian – Jeff Robinson

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LBM Podcast 0051 – Roman Catholic Analytic and Protestant Synthetic Justification

FacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailIn this episode Jason delves into the Roman Catholic and Protestant views of justification. An analytic vs synthetic view of justification. Is the righteousness of Christ imputed to us or infused into us? Jason goes into the Council of Trent and the Roman Catholic Catechism to see if the Roman Catholic Church today still holds to their 16th century views. Are these differences still important today, do they still matter?

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The Segregated Church

FacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailThe Christian church has always been distinct in its function and organization compared to any secular institution. However, as times goes on and a younger generation rises to authority, its image is not much different from the world. The modern, hip, and all-inviting church—with its popular Christian music, trendy leaders, holy-ground coffee shops, and Pinterest-inspired nomenclature and decor—disregards the reverence due to God in order to accommodate a hoped-for popularity that is in no way indicative of any type or degree of commitment to Jesus Christ.
 
With the rise of the cool, there has been an increased trend to segregate congregants by age. Although this has been a common practice in Sunday school classes for many years, this burgeoning of youth groups, college groups, young-adult groups and small groups continues and shows no signs of stopping.
 
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LBM Podcast 0050 – A critique of New Covenant Theology

FacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailIn this episode Jason critiques New Covenant Theology, in particular the NCT view of the moral law. Is the threefold division of the law Biblical and historical?

 

 

 

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The threefold division of the law – Jonathan F. Bayes

James M. Renihan – Sermon on NCT – 9/23/2005

Sam E. Waldron – Sermon on NCT – 10/7/2006

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LBM Podcast 0047 – Live discussion on the deity of the Holy Spirit with Carl Albert

FacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailIn this episode of the LBM Podcast we have Carl Albert associated with the Israel Doctrine (loosely affiliated with the Hebrew Israelite movement) back again joining us for a discussion on the deity of the Holy Spirit. Jason defends the position that the Holy Spirit is indeed God and the 3rd person within the Trinity, Carl takes the position that the Holy Spirit is a created being specifically the angel Gabriel.

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A Response to Carl Albert at Israel Doctrine

FacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailThis is a response to Carl Albert of Israel Doctrine. Carl put out a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3fhcuICEFY) that was a follow-up to our discussion on Podcast 45.

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