Click here to Read Part 1Click here to Read Part 2 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? (John 3:12) Jesus is saying in effect that if Nicodemus cannot understand what he is saying through the use of earthly analogies such [...]
Author: David Louis
Regeneration Precedes Faith: Exegesis of John 3:1-21 (Part 2)
Click Here to Read Part 1 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. (Rom 8:7 ESV) In this verse Paul is explaining to us the ability of the [...]
Regeneration Precedes Faith: Exegesis of John 3:1-21 (part 1)
This series of blog posts will be a verse by verse exegesis of John Chapter 3 in order to demonstrate the consistency of Jesus' teaching regarding the doctrine of regeneration or the new birth. I am convinced that a Non-reformed Protestant (1) is “unable” (pun intended) to walk through this text verse by verse and [...]
Apologetics From the Attic 