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You, like all of us, don't just post his living word on the subject, We all add our own interpretation to the meaning of such posts. Otherwise, why bother? Clearly you were not asking Red Baker to just post the "Living" word on the subject. You were asking him to comment on it, to tell you...

Why look to Red Baker? You have so often painted yourself as the authority on regeneration.

There is not really any need to "strike a balance" between divine sovereignty and human responsibility. There is only the need to understand correctly the meaning of each. I maintain that the meaning assigned to the divine sovereignty of God in the Calvinist Theology is simply wrong. You need...

I think that the reason it took you so long to grasp a hold of it, was that what it actually says was not what you wanted it to say in order to agree with what you want to believe. As I pointed out in reply #110 to Scott Downey, the parable of the Sower in Luke 8 rejects that claim. You are...

I didn't say anything about any saved person. I spoke only about the Calvinist claim that only the regenerated can hear, see and believe anything about God, Christ and the gospel. Clearly, that is denied in the parable of the sower.

No, I am not wrong about the Greek grammar of Ephesians 2:8. You can check it for yourself. Nearly every scholar will admit that the only correct grammatical reading of that verse is for the Greek word, τοῦτο [touto] must refer back to the entire phrase "by grace you have been saved through...

I'll just bet that you think that parable supports your Calvinist teaching. It doesn't. Luke 8:13 which you quoted could not possibly even happen if Calvinism is true. According to Calvinism, it is not possible for the unregenerated to hear and receive the word at all, let alone with joy...

You were the one making reference to the farmer tilling the soil and it is bringing in a harvest that was a witness of God at work within us. If you think that is any part of the "good" that is being addressed in verse 28, then please explain it. The faithfulness of God and what God said about...

Is that why Peter was crucified upside down? Is that why all the apostles except possibly John are said to have been martyred? What is the "good" spoken of in Romans 8:28? If that farmer that you mentioned tills up the soil and the harvest fails completely, does that mean that God is not at...

I don't know if the Bible makes things simpler, but I do know that the Bible says that neither one of those two positions is true. They are traditions of men. I just personally believe that one of those traditions is closer to the truth. And that isn't the Calvinist position since it makes a...

Why did you even bother with that inane comment?

Never said otherwise.

Joh 6:45 It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me-- The point is that "Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me-" That means that it is they who hear and learn from the Father...

John 6:45 It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me--

Where is any spirit? In your mind? In your heart? In your big toe?

The word "that" in "and that not of yourselves" does not refer back to either faith or grace. It can't since in the Greek it is neuter gender and both grace and fiaith in the Greek are feminine gender. The only acceptable interpretation is that it refers to the entire phrase, "by grace you...

But the really critical thing here is that He knows what you are going to do before you do it. Besides Acts 15:18 is another of those verses that the KJV does poorly in interpreting. (ASV) Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old. (ESV) known from of old.' (ISV) that have...

So what did God foreknow? That they were called by Him? You think His foreknowledge was about what He would do? That is silly. What God foreknew was that they would love Him.

Acts 13:48 is a verse that is dearly loved by the Calvinist/Reformed Theology groups. And that is understandable because it is misinterpreted by nearly every English translation available. This text, Acts 13:48, summarizes the response of the Gentiles to the powerful preaching of the Apostle...

In giving the typical Calvinist interpretation of those three verses, you get it wrong. Your premise boils down to claiming God foreknew those He predestined. That in itself is a rather preposterous claim. It certainly doesn't give much positive acclaim to God's power of foreknowledge. That is...