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I appreciate the relatively consistent monergism of conservative Lutheranism.

Quite true. I find that any translation from the original language, even the most revered such as the KJV or the Masoretic text, cannot fully convey the original meaning of the text. If one is not fluent in the original language then a variety of translations (of which we English-readers have...

This reminds of what some folks do with John 10:27-29 when they assert that nobody can snatch a believer from God, but the believer himself can somehow jump out of God's hand. 27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never...

Yes, that is one of the mysteries of God's will - He gives us what we ask even when we clearly understand it not to be according to His will, and then we are chastised accordingly.