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A Paradox of Salvation: God Chose Us AND We Chose Him

What is a Paradox? A paradox is a statement that apparently contradicts itself and yet might be true. The Bible has paradoxes in it due to the fact that our understanding is limited. Remember, Christ often explained spiritual truths that were difficult to understand by tying them to physical things that His followers did understand (like a fig tree or a grape vine). Since God is unlimited in understanding and unfathomable by us mortals, it is only logical to expect that things will appear to us to be paradoxes (seemingly self-contradictory but nevertheless true). What Are the Paradoxes We Will Discuss? 1) God Chose Us and We Chose Him 2) Our Salvation is Free and It is Very Costly 3) Jesus is 100% God and 100% Man God Chose Us  Elect — a person or group chosen by God for special favor and for the rendering of special service to Him. ( Nelson’s New Ill. Bible Dic. ) Election — the gracious and free act of God by which He calls those who become pa...

A Review of The Faith of Demons by Rick Muchewicz

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I met Rick Muchewicz on Google+. When I began reading The Faith of Demons , it was everything I expected it would be. Rick’s book is a prophetic book. Now before you get the wrong idea, I need to explain. Biblical prophets engaged in fore-telling and forth-telling. I don’t believe that Rick makes any effort to do the first but he does plenty of the second. As the prophets of old pointed their fingers at kings and said, “You are the man,” Rick does the same to his fellow evangelicals. There is a growing genre of books arising in evangelicalism that calls one’s fellows “on the carpet” regarding trends, fads and worse. Rick’s The Faith of Demons is the most recent one that I have seen. In this respect, I find agreement in much of what he questions, exposes and rebukes. For that, I thank him very much and pray that his tribe increases. On the negative side, I have a few things to add. The Faith of Demons is a lengthy book; too lengthy in my estimation. I love quotes, especially from Ch...