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When and how did I become a Christian? It was May of 1994, shortly after my 16th birthday. Sunday being the start of the week, the previous week had been a rough one. Some background is necessary, and I beg your patience as it is relevant and important to what will follow. My parents divorced when I was three. In the fifth grade, I left my mom in order to live with my dad. My dad’s dad died when he was very young and he never had a father figure in his life. He didn’t know ho
2 Peter 3:9 (KJV) 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. If we look at this verse outside of its context, then it may easily be used to teach either Universalism, Provisionism, or Arminianism. But, once this verse is considered in its immediate context, the meaning becomes abundantly clear without needing to go outside of the conte