brandonadams
Puritan Board Sophomore
Since my ipod was stolen, I've been listening to J. Vernon McGee's through the Bible program on the radio. He started Ecclesiastes this week.
He was discussing chapter 2 and the vanity of toil. He started talking about some people out there who are fatalists, who believe everything is predetermined.
Ecclesiastes 2:11--3:1 (MP3)
@ 14:50 in the link below he says:
@ 24:00 He starts lumping those who emphasize the doctrine of election together with materialistic humanism and Islam.
It's rather strange to hear him say these things. Just the absurdity of what he is saying combined with his unique, confident delivery.
He was discussing chapter 2 and the vanity of toil. He started talking about some people out there who are fatalists, who believe everything is predetermined.
Ecclesiastes 2:11--3:1 (MP3)
@ 14:50 in the link below he says:
... this man adopts a certain philosophy of life. It's known as fatalism. This was common among the Greeks later on. It's been common among pagans. Buddhism is a fatalistic system. Platonism was. And we find that today, there's certain cults, I won't call them by name, but actually it's fatalism. You gather sometimes the impression that they have a glorious faith in God, but it's fatalism actually, and not really faith in God.
@ 24:00 He starts lumping those who emphasize the doctrine of election together with materialistic humanism and Islam.
It's rather strange to hear him say these things. Just the absurdity of what he is saying combined with his unique, confident delivery.