“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 […]
Apologetics, Calvinism
Predestination and Election: It is Hard to Argue with the Scriptures
Predestinate: (Gk. proorizo [pro-or-id’-zo]), to limit in advance, i.e. (figuratively) predetermine Elect: (Gk. eklektos [ek-lek-tos’]), select; by implicate, favorite There is a word that inevitably arouses a negative passionate response among […]
Biblical Doctrines, Calvinism, Election, Theology
Why Did God Harden Pharaoh’s Heart?
Special attention must be paid in Scripture to the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart, for it presents a doctrinal truth that is very difficult for many Christians to embrace: God is sovereign […]
Apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, Calvinism, Church history
Five Reformation Principles
Sola Scriptura: Scripture Alone The Reformers taught that the Scripture alone is the final authority for what we must believe and how we must live. This view sounds commonplace to us […]
Apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, Calvinism, Election, Salvation & Justification
Is God Fair?
A discussion of God’s fairness is often associated with a conversation about the Biblical doctrines of predestination, free will, election, and Divine sovereignty. A large part of the controversy is failure […]
Biblical Doctrines, Calvinism, Salvation & Justification, Theology
Sovereignty in Salvation: God Heals and God Hardens
“Therefore, we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. 2 For if the word spoken […]
Apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, Calvinism, Salvation & Justification, Theology
Does Predestination Make God Arbitrary?
One of the reasons why many sincere and earnest Christians give for rejecting the doctrine of divine predestination is that they believe this view makes God to be arbitrary. They justify […]
Apologetics, Calvinism, Election, Theology
Does God Really Desire All People to be Saved?
When we probe into a seemingly straightforward question like whether God truly wants all individuals to be saved, we might be tempted to respond somewhat instinctively with something like: “Of course […]
Apologetics, Calvinism, Election, Theology
Election and God’s Distinguishing Grace
AN EXPOSITION OF ROMANS 9:8-33 Rejection of the Doctrine of Election By making a dramatic distinction between the physical seed of Abraham, and the spiritual seed, Paul knows that this facet […]