Which Come First Sanctification or Belief or Free will

Another question for the Calvinists in the group. Not to debate, but because I’m honestly trying to understand the worldview. If we are already born hard hearted, why would God need to harden anyone’s heart (like pharaoh)? Is God making their hearts more hard? And wouldn’t that imply a degree of softness before that?

If satan must ask God’s permission before acting, then certain horrors, Christ allows in order to fulfill prophecy. Is it reasonable to state that current events point to an unrepentant heart of the people? Is it not also reasonable to state that if the people repent, that God may delay armageddon, but not indefinitely, as […]

I did a debate on the Papacy with a Roman Catholic friend of mine.

Despite popular belief, Micah 5:2 is not a prophecy that the Messiah will be born in Bethlehem. In the prophetic books of the Old Testament, the Messiah is repeatedly depicted as a ruler like King David and is even called “David” poetically (Jeremiah 30:9, Ezekiel 34:23, Hosea 3:5). Also, the Bible states that David was […]

Is John the Baptist part of the “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God” knowing he was filled with the Holy Ghost in the womb? Justify your answer.

Is the Doxology of the Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6:13 a late addition? If it is so, then who added and when it is added?