Five Points in the Light of Scripture

1 Corinthians 2:14

Interpreting 'natural man' as someone merely uneducated, irrational, or unspirit...

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1 John 2:2

Interpreting 'the whole world' as a promise of universal salvation or that Chris...

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1 Timothy 2:6

Interpreting 'for all' as a promise of automatic universal salvation (universali...

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2 Peter 2:1

Assuming a univocal definition of 'bought' or 'redeemed' (ἀγοράσαντα) without co...

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2 Timothy 1:9

Interpreting the 'holy calling' exclusively as a call to vocational ministry, or...

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Daniel 4:35

Using this verse to justify fatalism, nullify human responsibility, or imply tha...

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Ephesians 1:11

Interpreting 'tuvimos suerte' (RV1909) or 'obtained an inheritance' (KJV) as an ...

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Ephesians 2:1

Softening the meaning of 'dead' to 'sick', 'weak', or 'distant' from God, which ...

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Ezekiel 18:23

Interpreting God's rhetorical question as a denial of His sovereignty in salvati...

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Ezekiel 36:26-27

Interpreting the promise of a 'new heart' as an automatic and passive transforma...

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Philippians 1:29

Interpreting suffering as a sign of God's disapproval or lack of faith, or, conv...

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Genesis 6:5

Ignoring the pre-diluvian context and the extreme description of wickedness, or ...

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Acts 16:14

Separating God's sovereign action from Lydia's prior disposition and active resp...

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Acts 17:27

Interpreting 'feel after' as an independent and sufficient human capacity to fin...

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Acts 7:51

Interpreting this verse as a universal statement about human inability to respon...

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Isaiah 46:10

Interpreting divine sovereignty as fatalism that nullifies human responsibility ...

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Jeremiah 17:9

Using this verse to justify widespread cynicism about humanity, or to deny any c...

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John 10:11-15

Interpreting the "Good Shepherd" image superficially as a mere provider of well-...

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John 15:16

Separating divine election from the purpose of bearing fruit and the promise of ...

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John 17:9

Universalizing Jesus' prayer or, conversely, using it to deny any concern of God...

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John 6:65

Using this verse to deny human responsibility to believe or to discourage those ...

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Proverbs 16:33

Interpreting this verse as a justification for passivity or fatalism, or as a de...

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Romans 3:10-12

Interpreting this passage as a denial of any human capacity to perform morally g...

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Romans 8:28-30

Separating v.28 from v.29-30, losing the definition of 'good' (conformity to Chr...

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Romans 9:15

Using this verse to justify a view of God as arbitrary or unjust, or to complete...

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