For those of you who actually go to my website (as opposed to subscribe and just see it on a reader) you may note a change in the look.
Since day one, my tagline has been this.
With An Eternal God, you can have it both ways. Anti-Calvinists say that they don’t like the idea that God is the Universal Puppetmaster. This description implies two ideas: (A) That God is in control of everything that happens, including each person’s choices. (B) That Humans are not responsible for anything they do. I reject one of these. See if you can guess which one. Please see my discussion on this in the ‘Both Ways’ category.
This has been a good intro – with content that helps a newcomer know where I’m am coming from theologically, but is somewhat unwieldy, to say the least. So I’ve changed it.
At 28 words (compared to 76), the new tagline is quite a bit more, shall we say, wieldy, if not as streamlined as the experts would recommend. What do you think? Should I just reduce it to the first sentence?
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November 8, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Phil
I prefer saying that humans are responsible, rather than ascribing to them the more loaded phrase “free will.” I believe God created man and woman with a free will, but ever since the Fall, that will has been sin-stained and corrupted, resulting in the ever-present propensity to choose wrong every time (unless acted upon by God’s grace, completely external to us). So yes, I am responsible for my choices, and yes, God is completely in control.
November 17, 2010 at 10:22 am
wrf3
And here I though you rejected the second fork. Man does not have free will, but man is responsible by Divine Fiat.
November 17, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Chris
Phil has a good point.
Also, with just the first sentence, that leaves a little more mystery, which might encourage someone to stay and read who might not otherwise.
I think you should refer them to the Both Ways category to find out more.
I don’t think I would have gone there if you hadn’t had that explanation.