If Jonathan Edwards is wrong—as I am claiming—about God perpetually holding sinners in anger like “loathsome insects” “over the pit of hell,” then why does Scripture contain stories of God’s wrath burning, followed by fire from heaven (Num. 11:1), or intending to destroy the entire Israelite people (Ex. 32:10)? Don’t these stories prove Edwards’ point?Continue reading “Humanity: Loathsome Insects, or Royal Family? Part 3 of 4”
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Humanity: Loathsome Insects, or Royal Family? Part 2 of 4
Is it true that God “abhors” sinners, as Jonathan Edwards claimed (see Part 1)? Is He really just holding us like worms over the “pit of hell,” perennially finding Himself in a state of anger over these “loathsome insects”? To find out God’s perspective on the matter (and if He is angry about it), let’sContinue reading “Humanity: Loathsome Insects, or Royal Family? Part 2 of 4”