Episode 9: Listener Questions on Regeneration in the OT, God's Omnipotence, and Elders Stepping Down




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Summary: In this episode, we tackle an assortment of questions submitted by listeners: Did the Holy Spirit indwell faithful believers in the Old Testament, or is the indwelling Spirit unique to the new covenant? Can God create a stone so heavy he cannot lift it? If he can't, doesn't this mean God isn't really omnipotent?  Finally, should elders within a church be willing to step down from their positions for reasons other than moral failure? Or should we thinkg 'once an elder, always an elder?'   This episode's "books you should read": https://www.amazon.com/Whole-Christ-Antinomianism-Assurance_Why-Controversy/dp/1433548003/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537296661&sr=8-1&keywords=the+whole+christ   God's Indwelling Presence, James Hamilton: https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Indwelling-Presence-Testaments-Theology-ebook/dp/B00R3U22CE/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537297782&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=jim+hamilton+indwelling