Here, in no particular order, are ten theological issues that I earnestly wrestled with before embracing them. In some cases, my struggle lasted decades. I offer this last as evidence that not all theology is “cut-and-dry” and as hope for those that are currently wrestling with some of these same issues.

1) the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead (this was the principal catalyst for my conversion in 1974)
2) the absolute sovereignty of God (I struggled with this for more than 15 years)
3) Human Freedom amidst God’s sovereignty (the relationship between the two)
4) Original sin (Man is inherently corrupt. The Fall brought condemnation and guilt upon all men. As well, the disposition of the will is totally corrupted and inclined toward evil. Man has free will, but that will is governed by his sinful nature. Man sins, therefore, because he is a sinner.)
5) Election of the saints (predestination)
6) Limited Atonement (Christ died only for the elect)
7) Ordo Salutis (the order of salvation … Election, Atonement, Calling, Regeneration, Conversion, Justification, Sanctification, Glorification)
8) Existence of relative truth (i.e., not all truth is absolute)
9) Complimentarianism [in contrast to Egalitarianism] (the view that men and women are equal in status before God, but with differing yet complimentary roles)
10) The human dimension of Scripture (i.e., Scripture is both 100% human and 100% God, in contrast to Biblical Docetism which says that God simply used the human authors’ hands in writing the Scripture, not their head)

“I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.” (Phil 3:10-12)

Bob
Fides Quaerens Intellectum
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Bob Pratico
Fides Quaerens Intellectum
(my Sojourn blog)