This is an extended version of the article at SBC Today which begins with Jesus' discourse with Nicodemus in John 3.
Basically there are two primary interpretations and both are related to belief, repentance and faith. One posits being born again as being essential for belief, repentance and faith to take place and the other makes belief, repentance and faith essential for being born again. This article will examine these two positions in light of the Scriptural significance of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit as it relates to being born again.
What is clear in this passage is that Jesus speaks of two births: a physical birth and a Spiritual birth. Each is essential if one wants to see the Kingdom of God. Verse 8 offers an unusual statement from the Savior. "8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit." What is Jesus saying here? Proponents of the Born again prior to repentance and saving faith make reference to this passage to say, "God chooses those who are born again and those individuals repent and believe and are converted or justified. The work of the Holy Spirit in regeneration is like the wind; it goes where it goes and makes its presence known. However, if one simply reads the text all it says is this: being born again is like the wind; even though it is not visible its presence is felt. It is like the words of the hymn, "you ask me how I know He lives, He lives within my heart." So it is with everyone who is born again. While one may not be able to prove its existence, one can most certainly experience it.
Here is Jesus' commentary on Numbers 21 and being born again: "14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 'He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.'" (Jn 3:14-18 NKJV) It is clear in this passage that being born again is related to looking at the serpent that was raised up; those who look up to the cross and believe will not perish but have everlasting life. Those who are condemned are those who do not look up at the cross and the resurrected Savior and do not believe.
Now how does this passage relate to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit? How does regeneration relate to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit? One of two things has to be true; regeneration is the result of the indwelling or it is not. If regeneration is the result of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit then the issue of the role of regeneration as it related to conversion is equally related to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the salvific process. Jesus in verse 36 makes the following statement: "36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him." Paul makes the following statement in 2 Corinthians 5:17, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." Here being born again in Paul's mind is related to being "in Christ." In Romans 8:9 Paul writes, "We should be led by the Spirit of God. If the Spirit of God does not dwell in us, we do not belong to God." One thing appears clear: apart from the indwelling of the Holy Spirit or ones being "in Christ" there is no new birth or regeneration.
In Romans 8 the Apostle Paul is clear that the presence of the Holy Spirit in the heart of an individual is essential to his being "born again." Verse 1: "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit." In verse 8 Paul writes, "So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God." Those who are in the flesh are designated as those who are not in Christ or do not have the Spirit dwelling in their hearts. Paul continues, "9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. 10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you." If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. Clearly to be born again one MUST have the Spirit living in his heart for if one does not have the Spirit in his heart that one does not belong to God. Regeneration is not possible apart from the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
Consider the following admonition from Paul in 2 Co 13:5-6: "5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you? — unless indeed you are disqualified. 6 But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified." How is one to know if he is in the faith or not? If Christ is "in you" then Paul says that person is qualified and in the faith. In Colossians 1:27 Paul makes this declaration: "To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is clearly the means of regeneration in the Scriptures. So the question now is this: does the Holy Spirit take up residence in the heart of the unregenerate so that he is able to believe, repent and be saved or does the Holy Spirit take up residence in the heart of an individual who has believed, repented and is then saved?
In Romans 10 Paul writes, "Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes." Here Paul notes the reason many of the Jews had not been saved. He says that they sought their own righteousness and did not submit to the righteousness of God. It was not that they could not submit, Paul says they did not or would not submit to God's righteousness. What was required of them? They were to believe in Christ who is the end of the law for righteousness for all who believe! It is obvious that believing in Christ is essential for right standing before God. God does not grant right standing in order to believe; He grants right standing because one believes.
Consider Paul's continued admonition in Romans 10. "8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame." 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For 'whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved'." Once again, the Scriptures are clear. One must confess the Lord Jesus and believe in one's heart that God has raised Jesus from the dead to be saved or born again. Those who believe will not be put to shame and those who call on the Name of the Lord shall be saved. Conversion is the result of the Holy Spirit taking up residence in a person's heart and that takes place after one believes, repents and confesses Christ.
Jesus reiterates this in the Great Commission recorded in Mark's gospel: "15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned." (Mk 16:15-16) One is not regenerated or born again enabling him to believe; one believes and will be saved. When one believes, the Holy Spirit takes up residence in the repentant heart and then he is born again. In Romans 1:16-17 Paul underscores the necessity of believing the gospel so that one might be saved: "16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith." The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is available to everyone who believes.
Consider Paul's word of instruction in Ephesians 1: "13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory." (see also 2 Co 1:20-22) Clearly the sealing of the Holy Spirit takes place after one has heard the Word of truth presented in the proclamation of the gospel message and has believed it.
In conclusion, there is no ambiguity in the Scriptures where the indwelling of the Holy Spirit is concerned with respect to being born again or being regenerated. Regeneration is not possible apart from the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is God's gift to those who have believed and have repented and trusted God by faith. (Acts 2:38) While some may try to make a case for a temporal or logical position for regeneration preceding repentance and the exercise of saving faith, such is not the case for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Since regeneration is not Scripturally possible apart from the indwelling of the Holy Spirit one must conclude regeneration prior to repentance and saving faith is not possible either.
The lost are not regenerated so they may then repent and by faith trust Christ to be justified or saved; the unregenerate are convicted of their sin and their lost state by the work of the Holy Spirit through the proclamation of the gospel and through believing and repentance, they by faith in the person and the promises of God are converted and justified and receive right standing before God when the Holy Spirit takes up residence in their hearts. This is the clear position presented in Scripture.
If man's sin nature is indeed the result of his wrong standing before God, how does God correct this problem? How does an unregenerate individual who is separated from God's perpetual presence come into God's presence and experience life as only a relationship with God can provide?
Perhaps the most popular passage of Scripture dealing with one passing from death unto life is set in Jesus' dialogue with Nicodemus in John 3. Nicodemus who is a religious teacher and probably very wealthy and very popular came to Jesus and began a conversation with Him only to hear Jesus say to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." (Jn 3:3 NKJV) Much has been written concerning "being born-again". If it is necessary to be "born-again" in order to see the kingdom of heaven then more needs to be written on what Jesus meant when He told Nicodemus "you must be born again." Literally the term "born again" is the translation of two Greek words, γεννάω and ἄνωθεν which mean having been born anew or more probably, from above or from a higher place like heaven or of God. Obviously Nicodemus took Jesus' statement to mean again because he asked how it would be even possible to enter his mother's womb a second time and be born again.
5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again'." (Jn 3:5-7 NKJV) Obviously Jesus introduces two births; one is of water and the other of Spirit. Some have taken the first to be a direct reference to water baptism and from there the tenet of baptismal regeneration has evolved. It would seem plausible that Jesus' own statement would provide the more correct rendering since He speaks of that which is flesh is born of flesh and that which is spirit is born of the Spirit, being born of water is a direct reference to being born physically and being born of the Spirit is just that, being born or being born spiritually. It is impossible to be born of the Spirit if one has not been born physically; it impossible to be born again unless one has been born the first time.
This verse has been whipped around in more ways than a summer thunderstorm. The wind in Jesus' illustration does not refer to the Spirit but rather to those who are born of the Spirit. Believers hear the sound; they experience the touch of the Holy Spirit but they go where they wish with respect to the convicting and convincing work of the Spirit in and on their sinful hearts. All men need to be born again if they want to see the Kingdom of God.
Jesus used this event where God saved His children to explain how one was to be born again to see the Kingdom of God. The provision for the salvation of the children of Israel who had been bitten was made by God. All they had to do was look at the bronze serpent raised up on the pole to live." "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life or be born again." "16 For God so loved the world (that has been bitten by sin and is condemned to pay the penalty for that sin) that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (Jn 3:16 NKJV) The world in John 3:16 is paralleled by the world in Moses' day. They sinned against God by calling God's provisions to them "worthless bread." They deserved to die; the bread was everything but worthless because it was what had kept them alive. Interestingly enough, it is the Word of God that is the bread of life for men today. (John 6:35, 48) It was everything but worthless back then and today as well. God's provisions for salvation are life giving provisions. Just as God chose to save those in the wilderness who deserved to die, so has He once again made provision for sinful men to live by looking to Jesus and believing in in Him. God has lifted Jesus up; all who look up at Him and believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life.
Jesus continues: 18 "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. (Jn 3:18NKJV) It is imperative that one keep the illustration in mind as Jesus continues His instruction here. Those who believe are like those who looked up at the serpent on the pole that was raised up for all to see. Those who looked at the serpent lived and those who refused to look up or were not able to look up all died. Those who believe Jesus said are not condemned or no longer condemned but those who do not believe are condemned already. Man's sin is what condemns him; his belief in Jesus washes away the stain of sin and takes away the penalty and condemnation of sin.
"19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed." Light reveals dirt. Dust and dirt are not visible in the dark. Sin does not seem so bad in the dark where no one is looking and no one knows anybody's name. Light penetrates the darkness and overcomes darkness and reveals things as they are. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God." (Jn 3:19-21 NKJV) Looking up is the same as looking into the light. Believing in God removes the condemnation that Jesus has come to reveal to sinful men. The light exposes the sin and allows the sinner to look up and see Jesus and find forgiveness and life.
So, how can all this be? How can one believe and have his sin forgiven and his relationship restored to a position of right standing before a Holy and Sovereign God? How can one be born again or "regenerated" to see the Kingdom of God?
The English word "regeneration" is the translation of the Greek word, παλιγγενεσία which is a compound word from πάλιν (again) and γένεσις (birth). It means simply a new birth, a new beginning, a new order. This term has gained ground in recent years in theological circles especially among its new comers. The issue today concerning regeneration or being born-again is not its necessity but rather its place in the salvific process. Some argue regeneration is the end itself and is synonymous with being born again while others are arguing that regeneration is required for one to be born again. When Jesus told Nicodemus, "you must be born again to see the Kingdom of Heaven" did He mean that being born again made on able to see and understand the Kingdom of God so one could become a child of God or did the new birth Jesus spoke to Nicodemus about refer to the new birth itself that would allow one to see and experience the Kingdom of God?
Once again, the illustration Jesus gave from Numbers would seem to be the best setting to answer this question. Those who looked at the serpent raised up on the pole were instantly healed and saved from the poisonous snake bite. Their looking up did not allow them to be saved; it saved them. In the same respect, in Jesus' illustration and instruction to Nicodemus, looking up to the Son of Man who was lifted up on the cross saves the one who believes; it does not make salvation possible because one has looked to Jesus; the light of the glorious gospel saves those who believe.
Are There Sins God Cannot Forgive?
According to the tenets of Calvinism, Jesus died on the cross to pay the penalty for the sins of all who would believe. He did not die for the sins of the unregenerate who would not believe. Since the Bible states that God is omniscient, He must know all things. One must conclude that God knew when He created the world who would and who would not ultimately be saved. Given the certainty of this statement, the question concerning the forgiveness of sin is this: is it God who determines whose sins will be forgiven or is God's forgiveness determined by free choices made by sinful men? God's sovereignty limits that discussion to the former. God is sovereign in all things including salvation and so He and He alone determines who is and is not saved and as a result, only those whose sins will be forgiven are placed on the cross and those sins and those alone are atoned for and those are the only sins God can forgive.
Where does John 6:39 make any substantive statement concerning God;s intent where the Atonement is concerned or the specificity of Jesus dying for the sins of a select few? It does not! Jesus is simply saying that He will raise up those the Father has given Him on the last day. What is clear is the meaning of verse 40: "And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day." Jesus said in verse 35: "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst." It can certainly be argued that those the Father has given to the Son are those who believe.
The question is, is it God who caused them to believe or is it the Light that Jesus has brought in to a dark world that convicts men and leads them to repent and believe? Is it the gospel that is proclaimed to a sinful world that the Holy Spirit uses to bring people to their knees in repentance and faith that results in their conversion? Is it the numerous number of testimonies of countless millions who have surrendered their hearts to the Lord and continue to live faithful lives so that allow people to see Jesus at work in their hearts and lives that the Holy Spirit uses to bring people to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ so that in believing in Him people might be saved and will never hunger or thirst again!
Hear the conclusion to this matter. Simply put, according to the tenets of Calvinism, there are sins that God cannot forgive. Calvinism contends only the sins of the elect were atoned for on the cross. The Bible says, "And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission." (Heb 9:22 NKJV) If the sin of the unregenerate were not placed on the cross, God cannot forgive that sin. It is not that He will not do so; scripturally speaking, He cannot do so.
Looks like the Calvinist may have a problem with its concept of the sovereignty of God after all.
Jesus' statement to the Pharisees in John 10:26 has garnered a lot of attention and debate concerning an individual's ability to believe in Jesus. Some have argued that this statement is an obvious reference in support of unconditional election and effectual calling and even limited atonement because it is clear that in Jesus' own words, an does not believe BECAUSE he is not one of Jesus' sheep. Since Jesus gave His life for His sheep, there is this idea that Jesus died exclusively for the elect (His sheep) and the elect are those who will believe and the non-elect do not or will not believe because they are not Jesus' sheep and they never will be.
The following is a look at the text and the context of this very important statement that Jesus made.
Notice what Jesus did; He placed clay over this man's eyes and told him to go and wash in the pool of Siloam. Jesus could have simply said, "Open your eyes to see" and immediately his eyes would have been healed. Just like Abram, this man had to go where Jesus told him to go and do what Jesus told him to do BEFORE he received his sight.
Faith is not something man just possess. Faith is something that possesses man. Faith is both active and passive. This man received his sight because of his personal encounter with the Savior and his willingness to do what Jesus told him to do. His faith demonstrated in his obedience is what gave him his sight.
Basically this is the same argument Jesus used when John the Baptist sent his disciples to Him and asked, "are you the Coming One or should we look for another?
Jesus then makes a very interesting statement. 39 And Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind." (John 9:39 NKJV) What does Jesus mean in this statement? A couple of things are obvious. He says "for judgment I have come into this world. This is an interesting statement and the idea of judgment here is one of a matter to be judicially decided, a lawsuit or a case in court. (Strong's Lexicon G2917) The idea here is that judgment will be based on those who do not see may see and those who do see will be made blind. Here seeing is no doubt associated with believing. This man born blind received his sight and he believed. The religious leaders had their sight and they had all the knowledge they needed to believe but they were blinded by their unbelief. Jesus' judgment was based on what men did with the knowledge they were given. This judgment would be based on what men did with the Light that He brought into the world. One other note is the setting of Jesus's statement as well. He is not speaking to the world in a universal sense; He is speaking specifically to the Jewish religious leaders and their religious traditions who were proud, self-confident despisers of the truth. This is obvious in the response from the Pharisees.
The religious leaders were challenging Jesus' authority to speak over and against their authority where matters of the law were concerned. They were the experts in the law. Jesus' response to them is telling. Had they been blind, He said you would have no sin but because you see, your sin remains. This is indeed very interesting. What does Jesus mean when he says they would have no sin?
Jesus points out their own arrogance by saying to them, "but now, you are saying, 'we see' so your sin remains." So what is the point of Jesus' condemnation to them? "You have all the information you need to believe that I am who I claim to be." That is exactly what Jesus is saying. They are without excuse and this is the reason Jesus said I have come here in the first place in verse 39, for judgment. Basically though, He is saying you are judging yourselves! They had the Law. They knew the Law. Their pride and arrogance and their self-righteous attitudes were keeping them from hearing and heeding the real Truth which He had come to provide.
There is one final contrast that needs to be noted before going to chapter 10. These Pharisees had no excuse. They had the benefit of knowing and understanding the Law. This stands in stark contrast to the man who was born blind. He had no hope. He had no excuse. His condition was not self-inflicted. He was not responsible for his condition. The Pharisees on the other hand were responsible for their blindness. One final thought; Jesus cured the one who was not responsible for his condition. He heard Jesus' voice and he did what Jesus told him to do and his blinded eyes were opened. The Pharisees had no excuse for their blindness except for their own pride and obstinance. It seems that this blindness was one that Jesus would not heal or correct.
Chapter 10 is quite popular for Jesus' reference to the sheep and their relationship to the shepherd especially in the area of why people believe in Jesus and why they do not. It is important to remember that this passage is related directly to Jesus' dealing with spiritual blindness found in chapter 9. This dialogue found in chapter 10 continues what Jesus began in chapter 9.
Jesus moves from the spiritual blindness of the Pharisees to their ability to lead the people. Here Jesus is establishing His authority as the Shepherd. He comes to the front gate with his sheep and the gatekeeper opens the door when he comes to get his sheep and the sheep that went in with him will come out with him. In verse 6, John writes, "they did not understand the things that Jesus spoke to them." The "they" in this passage is the same "they" in chapter 9; "they" are the Pharisees who are the ones who did not enter the sheepfold through the door." Verses 1-5 refer speak of and to shepherds in general. Verses 7-10 will speak to The Shepherd for both the sheep and the shepherd.
The three verses that get very little attention in most discussions of chapter 10 and Jesus' reference to His sheep and their hearing His voice are found in verses 7-10.
"Then Jesus said to them again, "Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
Here Jesus is obviously referring to His sacrificial death on the cross for His sheep. He is identified as "the good Shepherd." This is in obvious contrast to the religious leaders of His day who are opposing Him at every opportunity. They have criticized Him of healing a man born blind of all things pointing to their own spiritual blindness. Jesus will contrast Himself with the hireling who simply wants a paycheck and will flee at the first sign of danger. The hireling does not care for the sheep; Jesus says that He is more than willing to give His life for the sheep, not His sheep. This is vitally important. Jesus' death is universal in scope as opposed to being specific.
Jesus died in sinful man's place to obtain pardon for his sin; Jesus paid the penalty for man's sin so that he could be set free from the punishment of his sin. Jesus did not his life down for His teaching; He laid it down for the sheep. He did what He did so that He could become the doors that anyone could enter by Him and be saved, and go in and out and find pasture. This is an important note to make because the Pharisees were more concerned with the letter of the law whereas Jesus was more concerned with the people who were affected by the Law. Jesus died for people not the Law.
Jesus knows His sheep; He knows who has and who has not entered by the gate, which is by His blood shed at the cross. His sheep, those who have entered by the gate or the cross, know Him.
This is an obvious reference to the Gentile inclusion into the sheepfold or the universal church.
Verse 21 obviously links chapter 10 to the events in chapter 9.
The truth is, they were not interested in flowing Him but rather looking for a reason to bring trouble on Him.
Jesus answers them, "26 But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you." This statement has garnered a lot of attention. Jesus tells the religious leaders that they do not believe because they are not of His sheep. Some argue this statement speaks of unconditional election in that "Jesus did not say they were not His sheep because they did not believe; He said they did not believe because they were not His sheep." The problem with this rendering of this verse is that the context clearly states that the condition of being one of His sheep is believing in Him (John 10:9). So their unbelief which has kept them from becoming one of Jesus' sheep is the cause of their continued unbelief.
In verses 34-38, Jesus makes the following appeal: if you cannot believe Me because of the things I say, because of what you believe the Law and your tradition says, "believe the works (that you have seen Me do), that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him." (John 10:38-39 NKJV) These works are proof that Jesus is who He says He is and that He has come to do what He has said He would do. Faith is rooted in their believing the promises of God! Jesus was telling the religious leaders to listen to what He was saying but to also pay attention to what God was doing in and through Him.
Salvation is available to all who will come to Him by faith through obedience to His Word to be saved.
Monergism.com makes reference to statements made by R.C. Sproul in an excerpt from his book, The Mystery of the Holy Spirit. Sproul makes the following statements concerning regeneration in salvific process.
I hadn't thought that matter through very carefully. Nor had I listened carefully to Jesus' words to Nicodemus. I assumed that even though I was a sinner, a person born of the flesh and living in the flesh, I still had a little island of righteousness, a tiny deposit of spiritual power left within my soul to enable me to respond to the Gospel on my own.
A monergistic work is a work produced singly, by one person. The prefix mono means one. The word erg refers to a unit of work. Words like energy are built upon this root. A synergistic work is one that involves cooperation between two or more persons or things. The prefix syn – means "together with." I labor this distinction for a reason. At issue was this: Is regeneration a monergistic work of God or a synergistic work that requires cooperation between man and God? When my professor wrote "Regeneration precedes faith" on the blackboard, he was clearly siding with the monergistic answer. After a person is regenerated, that person cooperates by exercising faith and trust. But the first step is the work of God and of God alone.
These giants of Christian history derived their view from Holy Scripture. The key phrase in Paul's Letter to the Ephesians is this: "…even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have you been saved)" (Eph. 2:5). Here Paul locates the time when regeneration occurs. It takes place 'when we were dead.' With one thunderbolt of apostolic revelation all attempts to give the initiative in regeneration to man are smashed. Again, dead men do not cooperate with grace. Unless regeneration takes place first, there is no possibility of faith.
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According to Sproul's understanding of the salvific process, the unregenerate man is dead in his trespass and sin and as a result, he is totally incapable of responding by faith to God and as Sproul notes, "there is no possibility of faith." Sproul also indicates the point at which regeneration takes place is instantaneous; while the lost person is in a depraved state, dead in his sin and totally depraved, he is infused with "one thunderbolt of apostolic revelation" which is according to Sproul the irresistible initiative in regeneration that brings about repentance and saving faith and justification is accomplished.
Now with respect to this "one thunderbolt of revelation" or irresistible grace or effectual calling, regeneration would have to be instantaneous or otherwise it would have to be by default progressive and that would mean that at some point an individual would no longer be depraved or unable to begin the process of responding to God. So given the instantaneousness of regeneration or the absence of regeneration, one would have to understand that for the Calvinist, the preaching of the gospel to the unregenerate is useless. Sharing one's testimony with the unregenerate is a waste of time because they are not even effective much less effectual because of the totally depraved state of the unregenerate individual. Since God's efficacious calling is solely what brings about regeneration, preaching and teaching and witnessing prior to regeneration have no bearing on one's repentance and saving faith and justification. Regeneration occurs at God's sole command and conversion is automatically the result.
This must be understood. The preaching and teaching of the Word of God to the unregenerate cannot be made the means God uses to accomplish the end unless one is willing to relegate the role of regeneration to a progressive one. This would be tantamount to accepting a picture of prevenient grace followed by or leading to irresistible grace. For if regeneration is progressive, then what you have is a form of prevenient grace with an irresistible conclusion and then the question comes into play, what determines when and how prevenient grace becomes irresistible. To counter this possibility is the work of effectual calling in the regeneration process. Effectual calling cannot be progressive but rather must be instantaneous or else it could not be considered effectual.
Even as Paul speaks about the power of the gospel to save those who believe, it is the power of the spoken Word that brings new life; not God's effectual calling. The gospel has no appeal whatsoever to the person who has not been regenerated. Dead people cannot hear spoken words. This is the foundation to total depravity. It is simple. According to the Calvinist platform, effectual calling and regeneration bring about conversion, not the preaching of the cross or the gospel.
Identified as the incarnate Word, Who "was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it." (John 1:1-5 NKJV) The Word that spoke the world into existence and breathed life into Adam is the same Word that can breathe spiritual life into our sin hardened hearts and make us whole again.
Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you — unless you believed in vain.
It is crystal clear; the Bible does not speak of nor even support a salvific possibility of God regenerating an individual outside of the work of the Word of God and its proclamation. It is the proclamation of the gospel that causes lost men to see their sin and their need of a Savior and to hear God's promise to save those who believe. Calvinism errantly seeks to establish new birth as the sole result of God's predestined will and subsequent effectual calling, which is not contingent at all upon the proclamation of the gospel because prior to that effectual calling, the gospel has no effect at all on the lost, unregenerate person.
Now this brings up another point. Monergism posits God and God alone in the salvific process. The Calvinist will contend that God and God alone regenerates the lost person and that person repents and is saved. Man plays no part in the process whatsoever. So when it comes to believing, it is God plus nothing (any response from the individual prior to regeneration) that brings about conversion. Why is it then that the Calvinist will argue that it is God plus man that is responsible to bring the message to the unregenerate man? Why would monergism not apply in the sharing of the gospel as it does in the receiving of the gospel? If God does not need man's participation in receiving the gospel, why does He need man's participation in the sharing of the gospel? The truth is, it is not necessary for that sharing has no effect unless and until God makes the unregenerate able to hear and understand and then gives him the ability to respond to that message.
Calvinism which posits salvation by regeneration or effectual calling simply is not supported by the Scriptures and needs to be once and for all put to rest.
Is the gospel the power of God unto salvation to those who are not first regenerated?
The mission of Paul's life is to share this glorious gospel with everyone he can. "18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." (VV 18-21 NKJV) Paul understood the power of the spoken Word. He understood the need to preach the gospel and for people to listen. He saw himself as an "ambassador for Christ" and he felt as if Christ Himself was pleading for the lost to come to Him through his preaching.
NKJV) This is what Paul believed; it is what Paul experienced in his own conversion and it this is the message that Paul believed anyone could hear and respond to and that is why his admonition was "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation." Once a sinner is confronted with the gospel, it is his response that will determine his eternal destiny and today is all anyone is promised.
Romans 8:29-30 is perhaps the most Calvinistic passage of Scripture in the Bible. Here the Apostle Paul makes the following declaration: "29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified." (NKJV) The question of the hour is, what do these two verses mean? Is Paul speaking in salvific terms? Is he giving the world a glimpse into the mind of God as He reaches out to touch the hearts of sinners to make them part of His eternal family? The Calvinist says this is exactly what Paul is doing and this is exactly what these two verses are referring to.
These verbs are all aorist active indicative tenses. They indicate that the action of the verb has already taken place with respect to the subject of the verb. Given the tense of the verb, it is clear at least grammatically speaking, this cannot refer to action that is yet to be taken. The Calvinist argument that glorification is so set in the mind of God that it is virtually already settled is not easily substantiated grammatically in this passage of Scripture. This will be highlighted in greater detail later. With this in mind, is there a contextual application that might better suit Paul's statement?
Paul begins chapter 8 with these words, "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. (Rom 8:1-2 NKJV) It is clear that Paul is speaking if not to Christians, about Christians. In verse 4 he settles that question when he wrote, "that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit."(NKJV) He goes on to say "8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you." (Rom 8:8-9 NKJV) "16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs — heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together." (Rom 8:16-17 NKJV) Paul is establishing the foundation for their inclusion in the family of God.
Notice the phrase, "if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together." This is an important phrase in the exegesis of this text. Paul has taken great lengths to identify the Roman Christians with the family of God; they are heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus. So, how are these Roman Christians to respond to the persecution they are facing? This present suffering will end in glorification. What about the tenses in this verse? If we "suffer" is a present active indicative which indicates that Paul is speaking of persecution they are currently experiencing and "that we may be glorified together" is aorist passive subjunctive; which carries with it an intended action that is yet to be completed. The subjunctive voice even with the aorist tense is an indication that there is no past time indicated by the aorist tense of the verb but anticipates some hypothetical event in the future. So Paul is indicating here that the present suffering the Roman Christians are going through will culminate in glory someday.
Who would these Roman Christians think of when the apostle Paul spoke of "the saints?" It is at least fair to assume they might think of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. They might think of David, Job, Isaiah, Jeremiah, all Old Testament saints that God had used to bring Jesus into the world. It is clear that Paul did not think of himself in this category and was not including himself in this company. Notice Paul's next statement: "28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." (Rom 8:28-29 NKJV) "We know" is a very important statement here. How do these Roman Christians know that God works "all things out for good for those who love the Lord?" Because they had been taught the Old Testament and they knew that God had worked in the lives of those Old Testament saints and He had brought them through untold difficulties to glory!
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. (Rom 8:29-30 NKJV) Notice the conjunction, "for"'; it ties what is about to be said with what has just been said. We know what God has done for the Old Testament saints, those that He "already knew, He predestined, (aorist indicative, completed action) to be conformed to the image or likeness of His Son. They died long before Jesus was even born but they are still a part of the promises of God! God planned from the beginning to bring their salvation to completion in Christ Jesus. Moreover, those He predestined (aorist indicative, completed action) He justified (aorist indicative, completed action) and those He justified He glorified (aorist indicative, completed action). If Paul had any intended notion that he was speaking to the Roman Christians he would have used the same tense he used previously in verse 16, that being the aorist passive subjective. He did not do so because he was speaking here of the Old Testament saints who had already died but God had provided hope for.
Paul continues, "31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?" (Rom 8:31 NKJV) If God took care of the Old Testament saints, will He not do the same for us? Yes! "32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?" (Rom 8:21-36 NKJV) Paul is not at all speaking of predestination of individuals to conversion: he is speaking to these Roman Christians who are suffering immense persecution and encouraging them to "keep the faith" for the God who brought the Old Testament saints to glory is going to bring them to glory!
Paul simply wanted the newly born again Christians in Rome to know that they were covered by the blood that covered the saints of old and the same God that brought them out of the immense persecutions they endured would bring them out of those they were enduring.


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Category: Dhabaa'ih Ahl al-Kitaab (meat slaughtered by the People of the Book)
Can he buy meat from a non-Muslim butcher who says that it is halaal?
If a none muslim butcher claims that he is selling halal meat and chicken is it ok to buy from him. if any of our friends buying from his shop can we eat that meat.Keeping in mind that there are two halal meat shops in our area runing by muslim brothers.
Meat from dubious restaurants
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Firstly: it is better for you to buy the meat you need from Muslims, because this is more on the safe side and there is less likely to be any doubt concerning it. You will also be helping the Muslims to continue their work for which there is a need in the western countries. Moreover, the Muslims undoubtedly deserve this business more than others. It is sufficient for the Muslim to feel that he is renewing his bonds of faith with his Muslim brothers every time he forsakes the stores that are owned by kuffaar that may be closer to him or sell goods for cheaper prices, to buy from his brothers in faith. See question no. 9205.
Secondly: If the non-Muslim butcher is not from among the People of the Book, then meat slaughtered by him is not halaal. If he is from among the People of the Book, Jewish or Christian, then meat slaughtered by him is halaal.
Ibn Qudaamah said: The scholars are unanimously agreed that it is permissible to eat meat slaughtered by the People of the Book, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): "The food (slaughtered cattle, eatable animals) of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) is lawful to you" [al-Maa'idah 5:5]. Al-Bukhaari said: Ibn 'Abbaas said: "Their food" means meat slaughtered by them. Al-Mughni, 13/293.
After that we do not need to ask them about the way in which they slaughtered it, because the basic principle is that their slaughter is valid because it was done by them as People of the Book. See question no. 20805.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
It is proven in Saheeh al-Bukhaari (no. 5507) from 'Aa'ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that some people came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said: "Some people bring meat to us, and we do not know if they mentioned the name of Allaah or not." He said: "Say it yourselves then eat."
I [Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen is speaking] say: They were new in Islam, and they did not know whether they had said the name of Allaah or not, so he said: "Say it yourselves, then eat." So eating it is permissible even if we do not know whether the one who slaughtered the meat mentioned the name of Allaah or not. Similarly it is permissible to eat even if we do not know whether the meat was slaughtered in the proper manner or not, because if the action is carried out by the right people then the basic principle is that it is valid, unless there is evidence to the contrary. So if some meat comes to us from a Muslim, a Jew or a Christian, we should not ask about it or ask how it was slaughtered or whether the name of Allaah was mentioned over it. It is halaal so long as there is no clear proof that it is haraam. This is a way in which Allaah has made things easier for us. Liqaa'aat al-Baab il-Maftooh, 1/77
It is clear from this that if you buy from this store and eat the food of the one from whom you buy it, there is nothing wrong with that and you do not need to ask him about the way in which the meat was slaughtered, unless you become certain that he has slaughtered it in a manner that is not prescribed, such as stunning the animal until it dies and so on. But it is better to buy from the Muslim as stated above.
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I didn't have time to do review for this Monday. So you get my thoughts of X-Men: Apocalypse trailer instead. I though doing same for Batman v Superman trailer earlier but I didn't have much to say about it and everyone else seems to be commenting it. I know X-Men better than Superman.
First promo pictures of Apocalypse made people compare him to Ivan Ooze. I talked about it on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers review. This trailer hides Apocalypse's face to extent it feels like a joke. Studio don't want to see comparisons any more. I think they will continue since Apocalypse still feels too much like Ivan Ooze.
I don't like his voice. He doesn't sound ancient nor powerful. Xavier has to say how powerful he is because he doesn't sound or look like powerful. He is more menacing in X-Men cartoons. Everything else seem to be right but voice ruins the character. He still looks bit like Ivan Ooze but I can believe Apocalypse could look like that. Another actor would have worked better on role. They can still save this by putting effort on sound design.
Second problem is we have seen all this before. First three X-Men movies are not part of current X-Men continuity but it doesn't mean we have forgotten them. Same director is doing new continuity and his style reminds us of old continuity which did similar things. You can do reboots but then you need to change the look and feel. Now Fox is trying to reboot with same look and feel.
This could be bigger problem than anyone expects. This movie gives us new Storm, Cyclops and Jean Grey.Sets look like from first three movies but characters are different and have nothing to do with old characters. Director gives same look and feel than old movies had. This is sixth X-Men movie and it feels too much like first three. At least based on the trailer.


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2010 Game Recaps
Chooch gets four hits, Halladay cruises to 6-1 win
By Kieran Carobine
Just another day at the office for Roy Halladay. It seems that just pitching incredibly these days might not excite the good doctor anymore. He decided to take his show on the road to the batter's box. In addition to throwing seven innings, allowing only five hits and one run he also plated two runs with an infield single in the fourth inning. And if that wasn't enough he struck out nine Fish in route to a 6-1 victory.
Halladay now has 158 K's on the season which is best in the National League and only second to Jered Weaver (162) of the Angels for the Major League lead. While on the subject of stats, Halladay now leads the majors in innings pitched (178), complete games (8) and shutouts (3). He is second in ERA (2.17) and tied for third in wins (13).
Ok, back to the game. Carlos Ruiz led the offensive charge with four hits in his five at bats. He also played a major role in the back-to-back segment of the game when he and Ben Francisco hit consecutive home runs, on consecutive pitches, in the second inning. Francisco added three of his own hits as well. Ruiz is now hitting .294 for the season.
Despite putting Ryan Howard on the DL today the Phillies pounded out 13 hits and have now won 10 of their last 12 games. Cody Ransom and Ross Gload will see time at first while Howard is out. John Mayberry Jr. was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to take his roster spot.
Chad Durbin recorded the final six outs of the game. He allowed three hits and struck out four. His ERA is now at 3.43.
Just after the Phillies game ended, Braves' closer Billy Wagner gave up a home run to Jeff Francoeur which was the decisive run in a 3-2 win for the Mets. The Phillies are now only two games back in the NL East.
Worth noting: Charlie Manuel had Jayson Werth hitting in the cleanup spot tonight. Werth went 0 for 5 with four strikeouts. He is now 0 for his last 20 against the Marlins. With a righty, Anibal Sanchez, slated to throw tomorrow for the Marlins we should see Domonic Brown back in the lineup. Maybe ole Cholly feels frisky and bats the kid fourth.
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In nine months of 2010 36.9 mln tons of freight were carried by rail, a decrease of 9.7% if compared to first three quarter of 2009, according to the data of Central Statistical Bureau.
National freights comprised 1 mln tons - 40.9thsd tons (4.3%) more than in January-September 2009. But international freights carried by rail constituted 35.9 mln tons – reduction of 4 mln tons (10%). 82.8% of the total international freight haulage was accounted for by transportation through Latvian ports.
During nine months of 2010 freights carried by road formed 34.5 mln tons, and it is 27.4% more than in corresponding period of 2009.
Most part (84.5% or 29.2 mln tons) of total volume of freights were national freights, they grew by 6.5 mln tons (28.6%). International freights rose by 21.3% - 5.3 mln tons of freights were transported.
In the first three quarters of 2010 32.9% (11.4 mln tons) of the total volume of freights carried by road were comprised by metal ores and other mining and quarrying products and peat, 25.7% (8.9 mln tons) – products of agriculture, hunting and forestry, fish and other fishing products, and 13.5% (4.7 mln tons) – by wood and products of wood and cork (except furniture), pulp, paper and paper products.
The freights transported by road are in transport on own account and in transport for hire or reward.22.1 mln tons of freights were transported by transport on hire, and it is 31.6% more than in January-September of previous year.In transport on own account – 12.4mln tons of freights – an increase of 20.5%.
In January-September 2010 4.3 mln tons of oil products were transported by the oil products pipeline, a growth of 39% on the corresponding period of previous year.
Compared to the first three quarters of 2009, in the nine months of 2010 passenger transportation in public transport continued to reduce.
In the nine months of 2010 16 mln passengers were carried by rail, a decrease of 4% if compared to January-September 2009. Number of passengers in national transports diminished by 4.3%, but in international transport (mainly between Latvia and Russia) the number grew by 14.6%.
In first three quarters of 2010 93.2 mln passengers were carried by regular bus traffic. And it is 15.4% less than in corresponding period of previous year. Most part (99.6%) of passengers were carried by national traffic. Their number decreased by 15.3%, but in international traffic - by 21.1%.


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Q: Dynamically adding pattern and title attributes to input control I have a HTML input control as follows:
<input type="text" value="<%= this.CustomerAcctNumber %>" name="CustomerAcctNumber" id="CustomerAcctNumber" maxlength="19" onkeyup="CustomerAcctNumberChange()" required >

on body onload I am adding a pattern and title attributes to this input control
var CustomerAcctNumber = document.getElementById("CustomerAcctNumber");
CustomerAcctNumber.setAttribute("pattern","\d{2}-(?:\d{4}-){3}\d{1}");
CustomerAcctNumber.setAttribute("title","xx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-x");

When i submit this web page, with valid pattern, it gives me error :

Input control was rendered as expected as follows :
<input type="text" value="" name="CustomerAcctNumber" id="CustomerAcctNumber" maxlength="19" onkeyup="CustomerAcctNumberChange()" pattern="d{2}-(?:d{4}-){3}d{1}" title="xx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-x" required="">

Any suggestions or comments will be appreciated!!

A: I figured out the problem. You are passing the pattern value from JavaScript, so it escapes all your \ symbols which is needed to be generated in HTML. currently you're HTML generates pattern="d{2}-(?:d{4}-){3}d{1}" which is incorrect. So you need to provide another escape character next to each of the existing \ which will result to double \\ so you're HTML generates pattern="\d{2}-(?:\d{4}-){3}\d{1}". So the line in your JS would become as shown below:
CustomerAcctNumber.setAttribute("pattern","\\d{2}-(?:\\d{4}-){3}\\d{1}"); //renders to '\d{2}-(?:\d{4}-){3}\d{1}' in HTML

Rest all are fine. Let me know if this worked.

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Indiana advances with 75-58 win over Penn State, but Jones injured
March 8, 2012 Dustin Dopirak Men's Basketball 11 comments
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana advanced in the Big Ten Tournament for the first time since 2006 but the victory carried with it emotional pain because of who wasn't on the bench to witness it.
The Hoosiers notched a comfortable victory over Penn State, 75-58 in front of 17,936 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, but senior guard Verdell Jones went down in the first half with what for know is being called a lower right knee sprain.
"Without a doubt, it's a tough afternoon," said Indiana coach Tom Crean, who also got emotional during interviews with the Big Ten Network and the IU Radio Network immediately after the game. "You want to win, which we did. You want to play well. But you want to do it with your whole team, but we didn't get to do that today."
The injury occurred with 5:45 to go in the first half. Jones was driving into the lane and appeared to be going up for a shot, but he stopped and his knee seemed to buckle in a non-contact injury. He lay on the floor for several minutes and had to be carried off by teammates. He never returned to the floor.
"He's being evaluated now," Crean said in his post-game press conference. "We've got a great team of doctors that were with him, obviously right away. I was hopeful when he went down that it wasn't as significant. I'm going to keep holding out that hope, but I don't obviously feel good about that. We've prayed numerous times. It's in the doctors hands. It's in God's hands. We're just going to absolutely hope for the best for him."
The possibility for Jones' return obviously don't seem promising. Even if he doesn't have a full blown torn ligament, he obviously wouldn't have much time to recover from a sprain. If he doesn't return, Crean said freshman guard Remy Abell will be used to fill his minutes, but the void Jones would leave is much greater than that. He's the 24th-leading scorer in Indiana history with 1,347 points, he's second on the team with 94 assists, and he's effectively co-captained the Hoosiers with junior point guard Jordan Hulls. He's the most visible member of a senior class that joined the program after the Kelvin Sampson recruiting sanctions and subsequent roster purge decimated the team, and played through three of the most trying seasons in program history.
It was devastating for Crean to see Jones go down so close to the program's first NCAA Tournament since 2008.
"We go through a lot together," Crean said. "With these guys, we go through a lot together. Verdell Jones stands a lot for what's right here. When you start to think about all of the things that these seniors have had to endure and go through, and now to be at this point, that's tough. That's a tough blow. The initial of just watching him in pain. That's hard. There's no worse feeling than when your children are sick or hurt. It's really a lot like that when you coach."
Instead of letting the emotion of the moment get to them, though, Indiana responded quickly after Jones went down and took control of the game. Senior guard Matt Roth knocked down a 3-pointer eight seconds after play resumed, starting a 7-0 run that gave the Hoosiers a 31-21 lead with 4:05 left in the half. Penn State cut it to 38-32 at half, but Indiana went on a 14-0 run early in the second half to go up 54-34 with 12:27 to go and cruise the rest of the way.
Both teams had rough shooting nights, with the Hoosiers finishing 19-for-52 (36.5 percent) and Penn State shooting slightly worse at 19-for-55 (34.5 percent). However, the Hoosiers got a sublime performance from Hulls, who had experience at Bankers Life Fieldhouse (back when it was still Conseco) during Bloomington South's state championship run in 2009 as well as Indiana's game against Notre Dame earlier this year. He seemed to have mastered the deceptive shooting backdrop right out of the gate, finishing 7-for-10 from the field and 4-for-6 from beyond the 3-point arc for a team-high 20 points.
"Shots were falling down for me," Hulls said. "Teammates were finding me when I was open and I was able to create a little bit on my own."
The rest of the squad was a combined 12-for-42, but the guys who weren't shooting well were at least making their free throws. Junior forward Christian Watford was 2-for-11 from the field but a perfect 10-for-10 from the foul line for 14 points to go with 10 rebounds. Freshman forward Cody Zeller was 4-for-9, but he made 11 of his 15 foul shots and also posted a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds.
Sophomore guard Victor Oladipo was just 1-for-8 from the field, but he also grabbed 10 rebounds and the Hoosiers won the rebounding battle 45-29.
Meanwhile, defensively they simply wore out Penn State junior point guard Tim Frazier. The All-Big Ten first-teamer finished with 26 points and four assists, but he was 9-for-24 from the field and scored just seven of those points in the second half on 2-for-10 shooting. The Hoosiers used just about every defensive look they could think of, marking him with at least five different man-to-man defenders, but also using a lot of 2-3 zone to clog the lane and bottle him up.
"Different players went on him, I went on him, Will (Sheehey) went on him, and we went zone," Oladipo said. "Just showing him different looks and I think that slowed him down a little in the second half."
Said Hulls: "We just had to keep him in front. I think the 2-3 zone really helped us out. Just a different show of defense for him. He was able to find some guys sometimes, but overall I think we did a lot better job in the second half."
The Hoosiers advance to play Wisconsin in the quarterfinals at 2:30 p.m. today. The No. 4 seed Badgers won the first matchup between the two teams 57-50 on Jan. 26.
"Those guys know how to play," Sheehey said. "They wanna play a certain way, and we can't let them play that way."
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Laffy says:
Man, that sucks.
Why can't injuries like that ever happen to Kaintuck players?
HELP…IU game not televised Friday..????????????
KevinK says:
Of course it does but that's a sick remark. Why would anyone wish injuries on somebody?
The game is on ESPN tomorrow.
Go Hoosiers!
TsaoTsuG says:
You are right Kevin K, that's sick to wish injury om anyone. Sick and sad. Particularly when there were some, even on this blog, who openly wished for an injury to VJ3. Maybe we should review the blog around the time of our losses to Minnesota, Nebraska…
Where did I "wish injury" on anyone, you ignorant in-breds?
All I was saying is IF an injury is going to happen, which they do ALL the time, I just wondered why they don't happen to Kentucky players.
Hopefully one day you idiots will quit knee-jerking and CRYING no matter WHAT I type and actually READ it…..or maybe you just haven't made it to a 5th grade reading level yet and don't understand basic stuff yet.
I didn't "wish" anything, morons.
Nat Hill IV says:
The really sad part of this injury is where it occurred. A meaningless poorly attended tournament whose sole purpose is to make money.
AWinAZ says:
Hate to see VJ3 go down like that this late in the season with the NCAA berth in hand. Hopefully he gets to suit up and see the court for an encore moment. The kid has had his ups and downs through his career. The shoulder injury helped him get himself, and the team, under control. He stopped forcing shots and played a lot smarter avoiding contact. Hate to see it even if we are a better team w/o him. Hope Abell can fill the void, which is an entirely feasible expectation.
Another good, solid effort today with focus. CWat with another double, double! That's 4 straight for him showing up big! Keep it Up CWat!!!
Big, revenge game tomorrow! GO HOOSIERS!
That is correct Laffy… Unfortunately you get attacked no matter what you say at this point. I think you're just going to have to embrace it and play the villain role.
Don't know if there's any truth to it, but on the telecast they said there were 17,000 people at the IU game in an arena that sits 18,000. If that's true at least the IU games aren't poorly attended.
You're right, Geoff.
What's funny is that people CRY…and I mean CRY….how "bad" I am and act like they "hate" it when, in fact, deep down they get their jollies off of it and try to provoke me so then they can feel better about themselves by putting me down.
Sad bunch of losers.
But, if they need a "villain" to help their self-esteem, I'm glad to help.
My, aren't we important?


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Q: Add js lib to react component I am new to react and I want to connect it with a lib inside the component.
For example I want to create a map component and  I dpn't want to use any existing wrappers for mapboxGl. I want to use it like this https://api.tiles.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v0.44.1/mapbox-gl.js'> inside the component. I know that I can connect it in index.html, but is there a way to connect from component.
Something like
import map from 'https://api.tiles.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v0.44.1/mapbox-gl.js';

And what is there is no npm module for this lib?
Thanks.

A: You should be using npm to gather packages to react.
npm install --save mapbox-gl

Then you will be able to import this package to your project


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Candle Brick
CANDLE BRICK REBUILDING SEBASTIAN BERGNE
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After the successful launch of CANDLE BRICK / FIRST FIFTY last May, British designer Sebastian Bergne is renewing his collaboration with THE ART DESIGN LAB to launch CANDLE BRICK / REBUILDING, from November 4 to 30, 2020 on www.theartdesignlab.com.
CANDLE BRICK / REBUILDING is the result of a new session of experimental research, around brick in all its forms, varnished, enamelled, colored from the Studio of Sebastian Bergne.
CANDLE BRICK / REBUILDING is the ideal gift to give or to offer yourself to illuminate an office, a bedroom in a unique version or through a real artistic composition. It is the perfect symbol to "build" or recreate a bond with our friends, our family, our colleagues or clients, add poetry to our spaces, embellish our daily life, on the occasion of Christmas.
Emblem of a noble, durable building material, this brick candle holder, both original and unique, handcrafted with all the artisanal and aesthetic qualities, will easily combine with any interior. Each CANDLE BRICK / REBUILDING comes with white candles and is individually wrapped.
Exclusively, The Art Design Lab will offer an exclusive edition of 3 fixed compositions created, signed and numbered by Sebastian Bergne of 2, 3 and 5 bricks (180 to 480 €) as well as three new original preparatory drawings, signed (600 € and 900 €).
Single brick covered with mat varnish + 2 white candles in a cotton bag: 50 €
Weight 1.5 kg – Dimensions of Candle Brick: 8 cm x 16 cm x 5 cm.
3 bricks covered with mat varnish + 4 white candles in a wooden box: 125 €.
Weight 3.5 kg – Dimensions of Candle Brick: 8 cm x 16 cm x 5 cm – Dimensions of the Box: 18cm x 28cm x 10cm.
Single enamelled brick (several colors) + 2 white candles in a cotton bag: 85 €.
Exclusive edition: 3 compositions assembled and fixed by Sebastian Bergne of 2, 3 and 5 bricks : from 180 to 480 €.
The compositions are covered with a mat varnish and are signed on the back. They are delivered in a cotton bag with 2, 4 or 6 candles. Weight 3.5 – 5 kg – Dimensions of Candle Brick: 8 cm x 16 cm x 5 cm
Original preparatory drawings, signed: € 600 and € 900.
FRANCOIS AZAMBOURG X CIAV MEISENTHAL
During epic experimental sessions in collaboration with the Center International d'Art Verrier (CIAV) in Meisenthal, François Azambourg broke free from the classic production process, going so far as to burn a wooden mold that would give birth with the Douglas vase, now an iconic object. These unique vases with walls bearing the imprints of their wooden matrix, sinuous veins, tormented knots, tiny crevices, interpret the unalterable heritage of time that is imprinted in the glass blown by the master glassmakers of Meisenthal.
In the same vein, the Brindille vase forever fixes in the glass the delicate contours of elements drawn from nature (foliage, flax flowers, twigs and other fir thorns …). An innovative way of reinventing the glass decor through a process that is certainly not very academic, but how edifying!
Finally, the Untouchable, as its name suggests, questions the fragility of glass and the paradox between the beauty and the dangerousness of its shards.
Collect the unique and original pieces of François Azambourg who explores the expressive potential of materials manufacturing and shaping processes, whether they are industrial, artisanal, innovative or traditional. He engages his practice in research situations and dedicates his work to the alliance of techniques and art, specific to applied arts, with a constant concern for economy of means.
François Azambourg is represented by the kreo Gallery, collaborates with Cappellini, Ligne Roset, Hermès and Petit h, Louis Vuitton, Poltrona Frau, Moustache, Toulemonde Bochart, Chevalier Édition, the CIAV, the Atelier d'exercices…
While his production focuses mainly on the creation of furniture and lighting, he also composes scenography, theatre sets, urban and interior layouts for municipalities, hotels and individuals. Winner of the Villa Kujoyama in 2015, the Grand Prix du Design de Paris in 2004, the Villa Médicis hors les Murs in 2003, the Prix de la Vocation de la Fondation Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet in 1993, the Fondation de France in 1988 and of the concours du Musée des Arts Décoratifs in 1985, François Azambourg is supported by the VIA thanks to five calls for projects, a Carte Blanche in 2005 and numerous labels. Several of his creations have integrated the collections of the FRAC, the CNAP, the Centre Pompidou and the Musée des Arts décoratifs de Paris.
Orchestrated by THE ART DESIGN LAB gallery and Christie's, the EXPERIMENTATIONS exhibition will also highlight the drawings and other preparatory work related to the project.
DESIGN X LIFE with SAM BARON 2020
Design for Life is a charity sale, set up by Sam Baron and The Art Design Lab, for the benefit of the Fondation de l'Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, and more specifically of the AP-HP Sorbonne University Hospital-University Group, with for the purpose of helping nursing staff and researchers to cope with the urgency of the current situation.
We mobilized the community of designers who offered drawing (s), sometimes accompanied by a prototype or an object, all for sale on the Design for Life page, from April 10 to May 31, 2020.
Discover the talent of French and international designers, recognized or beginners, by acting together for an essential cause. Design x Life values the creativity of these designers and their know-how during this secret, moving and effervescent phase that characterizes any creative process, before being embodied in the materiality of an object. The designers of objects or furniture, fashion-designers, architects, landscapers, scenographers … have selected the most emblematic and significant drawings and preparatory works to offer them to amateurs and collectors in order to help nursing staff and researchers.
Each piece is unique and comes with a certificate of authenticity and an invoice.
Your purchases will be sent to you by the designers as soon as the confinement is over and 100% of the proceeds from this sale (excluding bank charges) will be donated to the Fondation de l'Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris.
We are counting on your generosity but also on your ability to support this action and to invite your friends to do the same. At the same time, make a donation to the Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris Covid 19 emergency fund.
Karine Scherrer, founder of The Art Design Lab
Sam Baron, Creative Director and Designer
We would like to sincerely thank for their early commitment and support: Antoine Vaccaro / Force for Good agency, Clémentine Terramorsi-Godard, Marie Godfrain, Marie de Cossette, Gilles Muller, the Thinkers & Doers think tank, Bénédicte Colpin, Olivier Körner, 3ème Rive, all giving us their pro bono assistance.
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CANDLE BRICK SEBASTIAN BERGNE
Candle Brick / First Fifty is a special collaboration with The Art Design Lab, which ended on June 30th with 50 first brick candle holders sold exclusively.
Candle Brick is a brick candle holder, handcrafted with all the craftsmanship and aesthetic qualities of a noble building material and with a very utilitarian function in a home. In an eco-environmental approach, Candle Brick illuminates your daily life, a table, a shelf, a bar, individually or through a real artistic installation with three to fifteen candlesticks.
British industrial designer Sebastian Bergne is renowned for making everyday objects special with his essential and human approach to design.
Sebastian's versatility allows him and his team to work in different ways. As an industrial design center external to international brands, as a designer and supplier of bespoke objects for restaurants, retailers and individuals or even as a producer of its growing collection of personal editions.
Graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1990, he founded his studio the same year. His achievements have since been widely recognized with international design awards, frequent publications, exhibitions, and inclusion in museum collections such as the Museum of Modern Art (New York) and the Design Museum (London). His rich experience makes him sought after as a curator, speaker and commentator in design.
All products sold on this page have been designed and produced by Sebastian Bergne.
This new edition from Sebastian Bergne's studio is the culmination of an experimental research session on this most sustainable and culturally rich building material to date. With Bergne's distinctive approach, Candle Brick challenges the aesthetic with what we consider to be humble or noble.
Don't miss the launch of a new 500-piece series this fall, all featuring new features.
Design for Life is a charity sale for the Fondation de l'Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, and more specifically for Groupe Hospitalo-Universitaire Sorbonne AP-HP, with the aim of helping medical staff, researchers to cope with the current emergency.
We mobilised the community of designers who offered one or more drawings and some times even prototypes and/or objects.
The charity sale will be ongoing here from April 10 to May 31, 2020.
Join the The Art Design Lab associated to French and international designers, (young talents as well as major stars) to act for a vital humanitarian cause.
Your acquisitions will be sent to you by the designers themselves at the end of the confinement and 100% of the proceeds of the sale (excluding bank charges) will be donated to the Fondation de l'Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris / Groupe Hospitalo-Universitaire Sorbonne AP-HP.
We count on your generosity in supporting this action.
You can as well directly donate to the Covid 19 emergency fund Covid 19 de l'Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris.
Thanks for your kind attention and help.
Best wishes for you and your family.
INVITATION BEIRUT DESIGN FAIR
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LAUNCH @CHRISTIE'S PARIS
The Art Design Lab presented the artworks of these 10 designers during the launch of the platform at Christie's Paris from November 15th to 21st. Discover the photos of the opening night on :
http://saywho.fr/evenements/the-art-design-lab-expose-chez-christies/
EXPO / TADL @ CHRISTIE'S PARIS
Exhibition from 15th to 2st November. Don't miss a selection of unique artworks by Christie's designers at 9, avenue Matignon 75008 Paris, from 10am to 6pm. Celebrate with us the launch of The Art Design Lab on November 16th at 6:30pm!
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