A Philosophical and Theological Perspective
Origins of the Universe and Biblical Faith |
This website is in honor of our Awesome, Sovereign, and Almighty God, who graciously orchestrates the release of those who, without His intervention, are prisoners of their own wills. It is of the greatest importance that we intimately
know the
Author and Perfecter of our faith on a personal level, and by His sovereign grace, we can!
Investigating matters of
Origins and
Biblical Faith, through the scriptures and the disciplines of
Theology and
Philosophy,
I explore how God's sovereign work effects the way we think, the way we make decisions, and the way we live our lives. (See the
About page for a look at my personal testimony and journey.)
It seems that many well-meaning modern churches have erroneously diminished the grace of God, both in scope and power, by teaching and focusing more on man's abilities of human will and choice rather than in the doctrine of God's
sovereign and providential choices through His enabling grace. Even though making a personal choice to receive Christ is an important and necessary component in the salvation process, there seems to be something happening on a much
deeper and spiritual level for anyone to be
willing to do so, beyond what is inherently natural for man.
Does man's faith enable God's grace, or does God's grace enable man's faith? There is strong Biblical support that suggests that human will and the resulting choice to receive Christ, is the result of a supernatural event, rather
than the human vehicle of will-power, by which salvation is attainted. If God is active in helping us make the choice at all, through persuasion, through conviction, or by some other means, then evidently, we could not have made
the choice all by ourselves without His help.
Because of this, my convictions have compelled me to research some basic groundwork in the doctrines of
Biblical grace. His amazing grace is our hope, our confidence, and our comfort. I hope to demonstrate that without
God's grace, which enlightens and frees the heart and mind of man, we can do nothing righteous on our own, including exercising saving faith in His Son, Jesus Christ.
May your visit here be a source of encouragement and inspiration along your journey.
John Anning 
