The question to be considered is, “What is the order of salvation?” “Which comes first, regeneration, or, faith?” A distinctive of Reformed Theology is the idea that, as a logical progression, […]
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 […]
Miscellaneous
This is the Faith Which Saves
The Objections of Rome to the Reformation A main objection of Rome to the Reformation was that Luther had gone too far. By teaching that a person is justified by faith […]
Apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, Calvinism, Christian Living, Election, Faith, Jesus, Jesus
Reformed Theology Defined
Theology is different from religion for theology starts with God, and moves to anthropology, or the study of man. Religion starts with anthropology, or man, and moves to God. The study […]
Apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, Calvinism, Culture & Society, Theology
Why is the Doctrine of Election so Emotional?
“Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness” (Titus 1:1). After […]
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), […]