The Very Right of God
Posted by ericredmond on October 1, 2007
The Very Right of God. This file contains my thoughts on the Piper-Boyd-Olson-Witherington exchange on the I-35 Bridge collapse.
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October 2, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Eric, thanks for your fine and patient examination of the passage and the issue. As you noted, one of the characteristics of Calvin’s writings was his willingness to accept mystery in God. Unfortunately, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is not “manageable.”
October 5, 2007 at 1:56 pm
I really like your paper and your argument makes sense. however, the only objection I have and I don’t know how you will justify this, is if God is justified in leetin people die a death because of their sinfulness, what about the people that were not sinful on that bridge? The christians (who do not possess a sin nature no more) who died they are not sinful, so how is that justifed. I know God is glorified but how is the action justifiable.
X-man
October 5, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Xman -
Thank you for your comments. Remember, violent death is only one means to bring about the end that any of us must face, whether saint or sinner. God is justified in that all will die (save the return of Christ). The deaths of those who know him are precious to him.
ECR
October 8, 2007 at 7:44 pm
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