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Exegetical Thoughts on Romans 9:14-33
Romans 9:14-33, gets us into the meat of the tangent Paul is providing. Remember that in Romans 8, we saw Paul set forth the idea of God’s unbreakable love. In Romans 9:1-13, we saw Paul beginning to address the objection that God’s love broke or failed as applied to the Israelites. Paul’s response was to…
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Exegetical Thoughts on Romans 9:6-13
Romans 9:6-13 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are…
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Exegetical Thoughts on the Golden Chain in Romans 8
Our text for consideration today is Romans 8. The passage is a marvelously Trinitarian passage, with the activities of the Father, Son, and Spirit shown to be in harmony throughout. The passage is part of a larger passage designed to comfort the Romans reading this letter, because the Trinity is on their side. Romans 8:28-308:28 …
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The Real Francis Turretin on: God's Knowledge of the Future
Glenn H. at Pot and Torch has an interesting post on the topic of Unconditional Election. (link) I especially enjoyed the introductory quotations he provided from Ames and Turretin, two of the great systematic theologians. -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!