“And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world” (1 John 2:2). There is an abiding discussion in […]
Apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, Christian Living, Church, Church history, Culture & Society, Faith, Sin & Repentance
How God Brings People Back to Himself
AN EXPOSITION OF JEREMIAH 2:25-27 25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, […]
Apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, Christian Living, Church history, Salvation & Justification, Theology
A Conversation with an Arminian on Who Limits the Atonement
Despite resistance to the Biblical teaching that Christ did not die merely to make salvation possible, but to reconcile God and man, and to put men in actual possession of eternal […]
Apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, Calvinism, Christian Living, Church, Culture & Society, Faith
Calvinist, Arminians, and Robots
One of the many false charges against Calvinist is that we make men robots by proclaiming the sovereignty of God and free grace in salvation. The charge is unfair. The charge […]
Apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, Calvinism, Church, Church history, Faith, Sin & Repentance, Theology
An Arminian Assaults Calvinism
Part I A Sermon Against Total Depravity In November, 2018, I was asked to review a sermon by an Independent Fundamentalist Baptist pastor in Florida who is emotionally hostile to that […]
Apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, Calvinism, God, Jesus, & the Holy Spirit
Born to Sin
The controversy over original sin, and free will, emerged in the early church because of a man named Pelagius (c. AD 360 -418). Pelagius opposed the doctrine of predestination advocated by […]
Apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, Calvinism
The Remonstrance
An event took place in 1618, just prior to the Pilgrim’s landing on the shores of New England having come across the ocean on the Mayflower. The Synod of Dordt (1618-1619), […]
Apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, Calvinism, Theology
The Extent of the Atonement
It is the understanding of Reformed theologians that only the elect will receive the benefits of the death of Christ. Arminians oppose the idea that the purpose of God in sending […]
Apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, Calvinism, God, Jesus, & the Holy Spirit
For Whom Did Christ Die?
The Doctrine of the Atonement addresses the question, “For whom did Christ die?” Two prominent positions are advocated. One position says that Christ died for all sins of all men. The […]
Apologetics, End Times Issues, Salvation & Justification
The Arminian’s Danger of Teaching Universalism
When our Arminian friends appeal to a passage of Scripture in order to try to prove that the death of Jesus was a death for the whole of humanity and that […]
Apologetics, Calvinism
Theological Consistency In the Atonement Debate
Of all the positions set forth by those who embrace the doctrines of grace, perhaps none is more objectionable to a devout Arminian than the concept of a definite redemption. More […]
Apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, Calvinism
When Calvinists and Arminians Disagree
The United States Supreme Court has been busy over the last two weeks, handing down a number of important decisions. During that time span, the justices have unanimously agreed on 12 […]