tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post5705220563302949577..comments2023-09-15T08:54:19.379-04:00Comments on New England Pastor: Is God Sovereign?Shawn Bracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10603380405719498288noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-22364175572754749242011-04-01T18:44:52.052-04:002011-04-01T18:44:52.052-04:00We also would do well to focus more on the charact...We also would do well to focus more on the character of God. I believe when we lose sight of the Great Controversy theme, then we are fighting on someone else's battleground.<br /><br />Calvinists deny the Great Controversy over God's character completely--because there can be no controversy in a universe run by a sovereign God.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-80303799575623204212011-04-01T18:41:21.659-04:002011-04-01T18:41:21.659-04:00I have been following this debate as well. One thi...I have been following this debate as well. One thing I believe you might have forgotten to mention (or I missed) is that the conception of sovereignty that many Calvinists espouse is very much derived from human notions of what sovereignty is supposed to be like. I am glad you pointed out that there might be no biblical basis for focus on this attribute over any other. Love seems to have more Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-56142852200357390882011-03-22T21:22:41.744-04:002011-03-22T21:22:41.744-04:00Find my short response at http://laymenblogger.blo...Find my short response at http://laymenblogger.blogspot.com/2011/03/response-to-is-god-sovereign-by-shawn.html<br /><br />It wouldn't fit in your comments section??Micaiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141419694668576965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-81844951574930568272011-03-16T04:08:29.707-04:002011-03-16T04:08:29.707-04:00The correct understanding of the place of God'...The correct understanding of the place of God's Law in His government will answer many questions about His character. This is one of the reasons why Adventists were given the light on God's Law, so that God's glory (His character) could be known in all the earth.<br /><br />Therefore, I would not consider a study of God's character with someone, without laying down principles suchpractichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461944000746422187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-91536422677406627212011-03-15T15:28:20.594-04:002011-03-15T15:28:20.594-04:00Thanks Shawn for this insightful and well-thought ...Thanks Shawn for this insightful and well-thought out post. I have been thinking a lot recently about the sovereignty of God as one of my friends has been trying to witness to a Calvanist who of course is big on this. It is those sticky passages that are hard to know how to explain at times. We don't want to appear that we serve a weak, unknowing God but we also want to show that He respect Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835289706701948823noreply@blogger.com