The Potter's Freedom Quotes

“We have so often heard certain things taught in a particular fashion that they have become part of the very fabric of our religious experience and belief. So when our personal traditions are challenged, we often respond with emotion rather than biblically-based thought and consideration. Love of the truth demands that we remember this: sentimentality is no replacement for doctrinal purity. To desire correct doctrine should be normative for every believer.”
― James R. White, The Potter's Freedom: A Defense of the Reformation and a Rebuttal To Norman Geisler's Chosen But Free

“There is great confidence in trusting God's sovereignty, especially when it comes to the fact that even Christians are willing to place their own supposed freedom and autonomy over the true freedom and autonomy of God. I have seen many precious souls struggle through these foundational issues and emerge changed, strengthened, with a new and lasting appreciation of the holiness and love of God along with a passion for His grace that cannot be erased.”
― James R. White, The Potter's Freedom: A Defense of the Reformation and a Rebuttal of Norman Geisler's Chosen But Free

“There is no demonstration of mercy and grace where there is no justice. The”
― James R. White, The Potter's Freedom: A Defense of the Reformation and a Rebuttal To Norman Geisler's Chosen But Free

“God foreknows (chooses to enter into relationship with); God predestines; God calls; God justifies; God glorifies. From first to last it is God who is active, God who accomplishes all these things. It is the burden of the Arminian to break this “golden chain of redemption,” prove to us that God’s foreknowing is a mere passive gathering of infallible knowledge of the future actions of free creatures, and establish that this passage is not telling us that all of salvation, from initiation to accomplishment, is the work of God for His own glory.”
― James R. White, The Potter's Freedom: A Defense of the Reformation and a Rebuttal To Norman Geisler's Chosen But Free

“(redemption) is an intensely personal thing. Christ has forgiven “our trespasses.” These are specific acts of disobedience, not a general “amnesty for sin.” The”
― James R. White, The Potter's Freedom: A Defense of the Reformation and a Rebuttal To Norman Geisler's Chosen But Free

“The emphasis in Scripture is always on the wonder that God would save at all, never upon the idea that God chooses not to save a particular individual, leaving them to perfect justice. It is the “kind intention” of His will that lies at the base of His action of choosing a people in Christ.”
― James R. White, The Potter's Freedom: A Defense of the Reformation and a Rebuttal To Norman Geisler's Chosen But Free

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― James R. White, The Potter's Freedom: A Defense of the Reformation and a Rebuttal To Norman Geisler's Chosen But Free

“The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) was founded by the industry and endeavor of Ignatius of Loyola.”
― James R. White, The Potter's Freedom: A Defense of the Reformation and a Rebuttal To Norman Geisler's Chosen But Free

“That God should set his electing love upon any individual is not in any way dependent upon that person’s will (Rom. 9:16), works (2 Tim. 1:9; Rom. 9:11), holiness (Eph. 1:4), or obedience (1 Peter 1:1-2). Rather, election finds its sole and all-sufficient cause in the sovereign good pleasure and grace of God (Eph. 1:9; Rom. 9:11; 11:5; Matt. 11:25-26; 2 Tim. 1:9). Were election to be based upon what God foreknows that each individual will do with the gospel it would be an empty and altogether futile act. For what does God foresee in us, apart from his grace? He sees only corruption, ill will, and a pervasive depravity of heart and soul that serves only to evoke his displeasure and wrath. What this means is that Calvinism is monergistic when it comes to the doctrine of salvation. This simply means that when a person is saved it is due wholly to the working of one source of power, God. Arminianism is by necessity synergistic, in that it conceives of salvation as the joint or mutual effort of both God and man.15”
― James R. White, The Potter's Freedom: A Defense of the Reformation and a Rebuttal To Norman Geisler's Chosen But Free