tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post3773553396244619084..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: God and footballRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-62702692568283744122016-09-21T10:04:49.813-04:002016-09-21T10:04:49.813-04:00What, don't the Commentaries count?
Calvin on...What, don't the Commentaries count?<br /><br />Calvin on 1 John 4:8: "And he takes as granted a general principle or truth, that God is love, that is, that his nature is to love men."<br /><br />Calvin on 1 John 4:9:<br />• "We have the love of God towards us testified also by many other proofs. For if it be asked, why the world has been created, why we have been placed in it to possess the dominion of the earth, why we are preserved in life to enjoy innumerable blessings, why we are endued with light and understanding, no other reason can be adduced, except the gratuitous love of God."<br />• "Christ, then, is so illustrious and singular a proof of divine love towards us, that whenever we look upon him, he fully confirms to us the truth that God is love."Greg Weltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11009322440200137155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-59818107790607632212016-09-18T20:11:23.030-04:002016-09-18T20:11:23.030-04:00"i) Calvinists don't deny that love is an..."i) Calvinists don't deny that love is an essential divine attribute. So why does Jerry imagine that's a fatal concession to Arminian theology?"<br /><br />It is because Calvin doesn't quote 1 John 4:8 or 1 John 4:16 in the Institutes, which Walls describes in his new book as a "stunning omission" (page 5). James A. Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14816918735557659061noreply@blogger.com