The Dance Of Life Podcast with Tudor Alexander
Jul 31, 2026 · 49 min · 12 segments
After producing a 1000+ hour theology library and writing over 5000+ pages of books, articles and answers to questions — I have come to a simple conclusion: God is sovereign. And when we employ this…
Tudor AlexanderHost
Many may think that this debate began with Martin Luther or the Protestant Reformation, but in fact, this debate is an expression of the two paradigms that we have continually examined, the God-centered paradigm and the man-centered paradigm.
It gets at the heart of the human condition, and it reveals the profound mystery of the monergistic gospel.
For all of history and into the modern age, mankind has been sold the lie that he must do in order to be.
This is the paradigm of religion, of Satan's gospel, and it is spiritual slavery.
As long as you are doing in order to be, you will never arrive at your goal, because there is always something you must do in order to create the state of being that you are after.
Why? Because there is nothing we, as contingent and fallen creatures, can do in order to achieve the ultimate state of being, which is to be like God.
In fact, this is the promise of the gospel, to be like God, and it's given to you as a free gift.
You must be born again, and then you can do differently and desire differently.
To comprehend these things requires spiritual maturity, which most people lack.
As a result, they relate to religion, because religion is very carnal, physical, obvious, and it caters to the first-person illusion.
It makes sense in a worldly way that it falls on you to do something in order to achieve the result.
But what do you assume in order for that to be true? You assume that you are in control and that the final outcome depends on what you do.
Many may think that this debate began with Martin Luther or the Protestant Reformation, but in fact, this debate is an expression of the two paradigms that we have continually examined, the God-centered paradigm and the man-centered paradigm.
It gets at the heart of the human condition, and it reveals the profound mystery of the monergistic gospel.
For all of history and into the modern age, mankind has been sold the lie that he must do in order to be.
This is the paradigm of religion, of Satan's gospel, and it is spiritual slavery.
As long as you are doing in order to be, you will never arrive at your goal, because there is always something you must do in order to create the state of being that you are after.
Why? Because there is nothing we, as contingent and fallen creatures, can do in order to achieve the ultimate state of being, which is to be like God.
In fact, this is the promise of the gospel, to be like God, and it's given to you as a free gift.
You must be born again, and then you can do differently and desire differently.
To comprehend these things requires spiritual maturity, which most people lack.
As a result, they relate to religion, because religion is very carnal, physical, obvious, and it caters to the first-person illusion.
It makes sense in a worldly way that it falls on you to do something in order to achieve the result.
But what do you assume in order for that to be true? You assume that you are in control and that the final outcome depends on what you do.
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