The Anti-Calvinist Rant

I think the first thing we need to do when we talk about God’s Will is to define it.   When we say, “God’s Will,” I think there are actually three different things we are referring to:   God’s desires, God’s plans, and what actually happens. If you said, “It’s God’s Will that I move to New York,” it could be that you think it’s simply what God desires for you, what He wants you to do ... or that it's the one path He preplanned for you and it was your job to find "the path," the next step He planned for you ... or that since you moved to New York (or are going to) then it must have been "God’s Will" because everything that happens is "God's Will" and has been planned by and caused by Him (Calvinists would fall into this camp). I think it causes a lot of confusion when we lump them all together as “God’s Will,” because they are all different things.  And they all bring different questions to the table. 1.  Such as if you say it's what God d

On my blogs, I'm asking if you'll all say a quick prayer for my neighbor, G.  Because of all this coronavirus stuff, she's starting to see certain "end times signs" materialize, and it's making her wonder if the Bible might actually be true.  She has been open to hearing about Jesus, and we were able to have some of the first conversations ever about faith and Jesus and the Bible, standing in our yards six feet apart, of course.  And I gave her some books to read to help her understand better. Pray that God continues to put the Gospel in her and her husband's (D.) path throughout the day and night, in various ways, that they can see and understand the truth of the Gospel and God's offer of forgiveness and eternal life through faith in Jesus and that it's the only way to be saved.  Pray that God sends heavenly angels to keep evil from interfering so that they are not blinded by the enemy's lies and distractions.  Pray that they sense God'

Some more of the memes I made up (at imgflip ), just for fun!