Posts Tagged ‘election’

God So Loved the World, Part 1.

God So Loved the World, Part 2.

This Is the Judgment: Light Has Come into the World.

http://theessentialowen.com/2012/01/10/arminians-and-the-doctrine-of-election/

I’ve heard many times that “Calvinist take John 3:16 and just throw it out of the Bible.” On the contrary we lean heavily on this beautiful verse. In this video series Mark Kielar breaks this verse down for us.

Source- Orthodox Presbyterian Church On Controversy John Newton Editor’s note: A minister, about to write an article criticizing a fellow minister for his lack of orthodoxy, wrote to John Newton of his intention. Newton replied as follows: Dear Sir, As you are likely to be engaged in controversy, and your love of truth is joined [...]

From Desiring God This actually works sometimes…… We are Christians. Radical, full-blooded, Bible-saturated, Christ-exalting, God-centered, mission-advancing, soul-winning, church-loving, holiness-pursing, sovereignty-savoring, grace-besotted, broken-hearted, happy followers of the omnipotent, crucified Christ. At least that’s our imperfect commitment. In other words, we are Calvinists. But that label is not nearly as useful as telling people what you actually [...]

Reformation Theology I speak for many when I say that I have not always embraced the doctrines of grace or what is commonly called Calvinism. Its actually unfortunate that a man’s name is associated with the doctrines that came out of the Protestant Reformation. Calvin was not the first to articulate these truths, but merely [...]

No doctrine is more despised by the natural mind than the truth that God is absolutely sovereign. Human pride loathes the suggestion that God orders everything, controls everything, rules over everything. The carnal mind, burning with enmity against God, abhors the biblical teaching that nothing comes to pass except according to His eternal decrees. Most [...]

“From childhood up, my mind had been full of objections against the doctrine of God’s sovereignty, in choosing whom he would to eternal life, and rejecting whom he pleased; leaving them eternally to perish, and be everlastingly tormented in hell. It used to appear like a horrible doctrine to me. But I remember the time [...]