From American Renewal Project Newsletter, June 18, "Gillibrand has championed abortion rights by squaring her support through her belief in ‘free will, a core tenet of Christianity.’”
Speaking of 'free will', I'll ask you, dear reader, to rub a few brain cells together and consider two definitions:
First, Free will is the ability to choose any at all of the moral options offered in a given situation.
Second: Free agency is the ability to choose your actions based upon the strongest inclinations and desires of the moment.
Many Christians believe people have free will, when in point of fact people are free agents. Many Christians see no reason to believe there is any difference. Free will-free agency, a distinction without a difference.
The difference lies between choosing the morality of your action and the action itself. God alone decided what is sinful. He did that before the foundation of the world. Choosing what you do, your actions, does not make them either pleasing to God or sinful. Your choice as a free agent is pretty straight forward--to sin, or not to sin. You are God's agent in this world. How you represent Him is pretty much up to you, but represent him you do because you were created in His image. Please let that sink in for a while, then decide how you are doing.
Free will is not really a core tenet of Christianity. Free agency is! Or at least it should be!
