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John Mark Comer dismisses what he calls the “losing strategy” of waiting for a “zap from heaven.” Bob DeWaay examines this claim in light of Ephesians 2:4–7 and Jeremiah 17:5–10, 14, showing that salvation is not the result of human self-effort or spiritual techniques, but God’s sovereign work of grace. The “zap from heaven” Comer mocks is, in biblical terms, the monergistic work of God that brings sinners from death to life. Those who receive this saving grace are truly blessed because their hope is in the Lord.
Links:
Free Will or the Bondage of the Will:
Definitions are Critical
cicministry.org/commentary/issue92.htm
Recovering Reformation Theology
Rejecting Synergism and Returning to Monergism
cicministry.org/commentary/issue93.htm
A Critique of “Practicing the Way” Part 52
This is a critique of "Practicing the Way" by John Mark Comer, WaterBrook, 2024.
Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
John Mark Comer dismisses what he calls the “losing strategy” of waiting for a “zap from heaven.” Bob DeWaay examines this claim in light of Ephesians 2:4–7 and Jeremiah 17:5–10, 14, showing that salvation is not the result of human self-effort or spiritual techniques, but God’s sovereign work of grace. The “zap from heaven” Comer mocks is, in biblical terms, the monergistic work of God that brings sinners from death to life. Those who receive this saving grace are truly blessed because their hope is in the Lord.
Links:
Free Will or the Bondage of the Will:
Definitions are Critical
cicministry.org/commentary/issue92.htm
Recovering Reformation Theology
Rejecting Synergism and Returning to Monergism
cicministry.org/commentary/issue93.htm
A Critique of “Practicing the Way” Part 52
This is a critique of "Practicing the Way" by John Mark Comer, WaterBrook, 2024.
Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
