The argument is set forth by agnostics, atheists, and skeptics that God cannot be good because a benevolent God would not create, or allow evil. The problem of pain and suffering […]
Apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, Calvinism, Church, Church history, Death & Dying, Election, Faith, Featured, New Testament, The Puritans, Theology
A Glorious Redemption Accomplished – and Applied
“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.” ~John 19:30 “But he was wounded for our transgressions, […]
Apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, Calvinism, Christian Living, Election, Faith, Featured, New Testament, Theology
How Should “Free Will” be Defined?
There are various views of Free Will. The Humanist View. This is the most prevalent view of Free Will in our culture, and that includes the Church. Free Will is defined […]
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Do You Have a Reasonable Faith?
The Greek word for faith, pistis, indicates belief or trust. In Scripture, the main idea is steadfastness and faithfulness. God wants individuals to believe that He exists. “But without faith it […]
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What is Lordship Salvation?
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth […]
Apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, Calvinism, Christian Living, Church, Church history, Culture & Society, Faith, Featured, God's Law, Jesus, Sin & Repentance, The Puritans
The Three Types of Repentance
“I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear he shall baptize you with […]
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What is Evangelical Repentance?
“In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matt. 3:1, 2). It has […]
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What is Salvation and Evangelical Repentance?
“In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matt. 3:1, 2). It has […]
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Are You Walking with God?
“There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou […]
Apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, Calvinism, Christian Living, Election, Faith
Fate, Free Will, and the Tragedy of Macbeth
In his review of Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Dr Aidan Elliott, PhD considers a key theme in the tragedy, Fate and Free Will. The play was probably first performed in 1606 […]
Apologetics, Calvinism
What is Your Emotional Response to the Doctrine of Election?
All Christians would agree that God is sovereign, and has a plan of salvation whereby some individuals, but not all, are saved from the power, penalty, and pollution of sin. All […]
Apologetics, Calvinism, Theology
Election: The Testimony of Five Witnesses
When the Protestant Reformers began to challenge the teaching of Rome, Martin Luther declared that the doctrine of justification by faith alone is the single article on which the Church stands […]