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Does God Need to Change the Future?

Posted 5th May 2010 at 01:23 AM by AMR
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Has it ever been possible for God to change anything that will happen in eternity future?
No it has not. God decreed from eternity all that was, is, and will be. Nothing in God’s eternal plan for His ultimate glory to be realized requires change. If God must change His future then He is not omniscient, nor omnipotent, and we are all still lost in our sins. Knowledge without power is weak, and power without knowledge is dangerous.

God, on the cross, said, “it is finished...
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Dispensationalism vs. Covenantalism - Part 2

Posted 7th April 2010 at 01:29 PM by AMR
Updated 7th April 2010 at 02:14 PM by AMR
This is a continuation of my previous blog entry here:

Dispensationalism vs. Covenantalism - Part 1 - Christian Forums

The essential differences between dispensationalism and covenantalism (D= dispensationalism, C = covenantalism)

D 1. May be Arminian or modified Calvinist. Almost never 5-point Calvinist.
C 1. Always Calvinist. Usually 5-point.
D 2. Stresses ‘literal Interpretation of the Bible.
C 2. Accepts both...
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Dispensationalism vs. Covenantalism - Part 1

Posted 7th April 2010 at 01:26 PM by AMR
Updated 7th April 2010 at 01:32 PM by AMR
Below is some background on the distinctions between Covenant Theology (CT) and Dispensationalism (D).

The following is adapted from views based on the study that appears in Richard P. Belcher's A Comparison of Dispensationalism and Covenant Theology (1986).

Description – CT
Covenant theology centers on one overall major covenant known as the covenant of grace. Some have called it the covenant of redemption. By many this is defined as an eternal covenant...
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Is God in Hell?

Posted 15th March 2010 at 07:33 PM by AMR
Anyone who thinks God is not present in Hell misunderstand His omnipresence and transcendence.

Some like to argue that Hell is but a mere separation from God, as if God is somehow absent from Hell. These same persons fail to understand that if Hell is but mere separation from God then it would be something like "heaven" to the lost, for they revel in their desire to be separated and wholly at enmity from God.

On the contrary, Hell is a place of eternal, just...
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Dispensationalism vs. Covenantalism

Posted 15th February 2010 at 03:16 PM by AMR
A nice chart summarizing the differences between dispensationalism and covenantalism can be found here:

DISPENSATIONALISM AND COVENANT THEOLOGY

A. W. Pink's critique of dispensationalism can be read here:

A Study of Dispensationalism

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