I'm preaching to the choir, here.
Please bump this to any you know who profess to be like the Bereans --- interested in *WHAT is right*, not just in *BEING right*.
Interesting article. I'm going to spend some time chewing on this and thinking, because I think the author makes some good points, and I find this a slightly different view of the subject. I can see where many of the arguments that various of us have gotten into may have been avoided if we would have realized that we were looking at the same thing from two different vantage points. I had never really considered the idea that regeneration precedes repentance and faith, but I can see the concept.
As I look back on my own salvation experience, I can see the progression as it played out in my own heart. I can name the exact time and place where my heart was opened, and the event that opened it. Of all things, speaking to an exceptionally good rock guitarist after a concert, wanting to know how he had developed such an amazing talent. His one-word reply: Jesus. My life was never the same after that moment. You might have heard of this fellow, his name is Phil Keaggy, and he is even now a good friend of mine.