Apologetics

Scripture says salvation cannot be lost: 1 Peter 1:3-5; Ephesians 1:13-14; John 10:27-29; John 6:37-40; Philippians 1:6; Romans 8:38-39; 11:29. Scriptures also say salvation can be lost: 1 Corinthians 9:27; 2 Peter 2:20-22; Hebrews 6:4-6; 10:26-29; John 15:1-6; Romans 11:17-22. Even before Calvin and Arminius, Christians historically choose a side and then deploy eisegesis to refute the opposition. […]

“And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment” -(Heb. 9:27 NKJ) “The judgment” isn’t a literal translation, the definite article is not in the Greek. Therefore, this does not refer to THE final judgment, it refers to a judgment that occurs immediately after physical death. (See note below)

(Reprobation the concomitant of election and an act of God’s will, 1–3) 1. Election—but no reprobation? Now when human understanding hears these things, its insolence is so irrepressible that it breaks forth into random and immoderate tumult as if at the blast of a battle trumpet. Indeed many, as if they wished to avert a

As a former Jehovah’s Witnesses who once quoted “He is…firstborn over all creation” to prove Christ is the “first created”, I want to share the context I never saw when I did that. Let’s see what Paul is really saying about Christ: 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all

I was converted by the classic Apologetic [Apostles of Denial, E.C. Gruss] from JW belief to Orthodox Trinitarianism, over 40 years ago. Since that time I’ve tried to convince other JW’s, and failed. They endlessly dispute every text I bring to support the Christian idea of God. What if I have been doing this backwards?