It's been a few weeks since I've finished up my posts on 1 Corinthians. It was a very fruitful study for me. It's the longest book of the Bible that I have ever completed. I was originally planning to dive right into 2 Corinthians, but I've decided to take a detour and tackle Ecclesiastes next. I don't know what my pace will be as I'm also going to be studying it with my wife, which I'm really looking forward to! For commentaries I will be using Fox and Enns. Probably no big surprise.
I'm working on a paper on the topic of divine sovereignty and human freedom. Occasionally on this topic (or the subtopic of election) you will hear people through out the barb at strong Calvinists that they're 'being more Calvinist than Calvin.' After having read Calvin carefully on the issue I don't think that there's any validity to that charge. I don't see a material difference here between Calvin and say John Piper. Here are several quotes from the Institutes to prove my point. 'All events are governed by God's secret plan.' I.xvi.2 'Governing heaven and earth by his providence, he also so regulates all things that nothing takes place without his deliberation.' I.xvi.3 'Nothing happens except what is knowingly and willingly decreed by him.' I.xvi.3 Calvin explicitly rejects a limited providence, 'one that by a general motion revolves and drives the system of the universe, with its several parts, but which does not specifc
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