The Wonders of Eternity

Posted by Charles Brown What is the difference between having an individual will, or free will as it is known and being able to express that will? How can submitting one's will, even consecrating our life to God in complete surrender constitute the ultimate victory? I have had many discussions with my Christian friends that love God and believe in the mercy of Jesus Christ. I appreciate very much their testimonies of faith. In those discussions, I find the similarities of what I believe as coming from God very similar to theirs. I have found however a disconnect between what they express and the foundational teachings of the theologian/scholars that define basic doctrines of modern and traditional Christendom. The traditional views held by orthodox Bible scholars and Christian philosopher/theologians is that man's soul is created at his birth. There was no prior existence of your soul or mine until that day that we call our birthday. No man or woman had been cre