Posted in The Gospel, Church History, Calvinism on Apr 24th, 2008 8 Comments »
I came across an excerpt from Spurgeon the other day which struck quite a cord with me. It is something a little different than what we’re used to reading from him.
Do you agree with Spurgeon below? Why or why not?
“…those who never exhort sinners are seldom winners of souls to any great extent, but they […]
Posted in Church, Calvinism on Apr 21st, 2008 15 Comments »
Apparently, Steve Gaines cannot evangelize with Sola Scriptura. Over at the Founders blog Gaines is quoted as saying:
“It would emaciate my evangelism if I couldn’t walk up to a total stranger and say, “Jesus died for you.” There’s some people who can’t do that. They can’t do that. They say, “Jesus died for the elect, […]
Posted in The Gospel, Calvinism, Christian Culture on Apr 15th, 2008 16 Comments »
“It is to be feared that Calvinistic doctrine becomes most evil teaching when it is set forth by men of ungodly lives, and exhibited as if it were a cloak for licentiousness; and Arminianism on the other hand, with its wide sweep of the offer of mercy, may do most serious damage to the souls […]
Posted in Misc, Calvinism, Christian Culture on Apr 8th, 2008 9 Comments »
This week I read a very insightful article by Tim Challies/Scott Lamb regarding the resurgence in Reformed Theology over the last few years. If you hold to Reformed Theology and are excited at what seems to be a great revival of God’s people back to the ‘Old Paths’ of biblical Christianity, I’d encourage you to […]
Posted in Calvinism, Worship on Dec 27th, 2007 9 Comments »
The other day I was listening to the podcast, The White Horse Inn (program 11-11-2007), and Mike Horton repeated an excellent quote from Martin Luther. I am assuming that it was paraphrased, but I’m not exactly sure. Consider it:
[This quote came from the book, The Bondage of the Will, by Martin Luther, and involves a […]
Posted in Calvinism on Nov 29th, 2007 4 Comments »
“Nearly 30 percent of recent SBC seminary graduates now serving as church pastors identify themselves as Calvinists, according to data presented during the opening session of a conference on Reformed theology and the Southern Baptist Convention.” - Article found here
The Southern Baptist (SBC) news website Baptist Press posted and article today detailing the resurgence of […]
Posted in Calvinism on Oct 6th, 2007 3 Comments »
The invitation by our Lord Jesus above is one of the most beautiful and comforting statements in all of scripture. Here is an open invitation from the King of Kings and Lord of Lords to ‘find rest for your souls’!
I think that besides such verses as ‘God is love’ and John 3:16, the verse above […]
Posted in Calvinism on Aug 1st, 2007 16 Comments »
On the beliefs page of my blog, I clearly indicate that “I am a Calvinist”, but to put it another way, the shorthand for summarizing my belief in this area is better communicated by saying: “I am a Monergist”.
Essentially, the thesis of this post is: You, reading this right now, are either a Monergist or […]
Posted in Calvinism on Jul 30th, 2007 43 Comments »
The other night I did something I hadn’t done it quite some time: I had an in-depth discussion on Calvinism with someone who does not share my belief in the famous “5-points”.
I must admit, I’ve become a bit jaded, because it has certainly been a while since I really interacted with someone who didn’t agree […]
Posted in Witnessing, Calvinism on Jun 12th, 2007 21 Comments »
Over lunch the other day a friend of mine shared with me a rather common perception about many who label themselves ‘Calvinists’. Calvinism, of course, is just a short way of referring to a few essential points of God’s sovereignty in salvation. Obviously, I am a Calvinist, and this gentleman was as well, but his […]
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