In our last two articles concerning the Arminian’s doctrine of freewill, we dealt with how God is completely sovereign over the will of man and how man’s will is completely depraved. This article will be on the fact that God has predestinated men from before the foundation of the world, some to eternal suffering in […]
The Reformation, Geneva, TULIP, covenant of grace, predestination, the Institutes of the Christian Religion; this was John Calvin. Nearly five hundred years later, we celebrate the work of John Calvin, the foundations of our Reformed faith that were set, and the truths and correct understanding of the mysteries of God which were revealed through this […]
Indeed, John Calvin was a great reformer, a great theologian, author, and preacher. John Calvin was not all of this of his own strength; it was by God’s grace that he was all of this in order that he could serve the purpose of God. He was a man of the sixteenth century whom God […]
Henry’s father pounded another nail into the roof of one of the birdhouses he was building. Henry watched closely. “Dad, do you think I could pound in one of those nails?” Henry asked. “Sure. I’ll get it started—” he tapped in a nail, “and you can finish it.” Henry carefully grasped the hammer. BANG-BANG. The […]
Lisa is an eighth grade student at Covenant Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina. She wrote this essay for a Language Arts assignment. I am convinced that predestination is the biblical perspective on salvation. There are many Scripture texts that support the sovereignty of God in choosing His elect. If you believe that God chose […]
Every load He asks me to bear – He carries. Every risk He asks me to take – He braves. Every door He bids me enter – He opens. Every child He chooses – He saves. For everything He requires – there’s provision. For every trial – there’s grace. For every call – there’s […]
Its Justice The enemies of election contend that for God to sovereignly choose a people to Himself and to deny the rest of mankind the same blessing as the elect is to become so partial as to treat the latter with the greatest inequality. They must realize, however, that the God of election is […]
2. THOUGHTS ON THE DOCTRINE OF ELECTION Introductory (continued) The doctrine of election is a distinguishing truth. The preaching of the sovereignty of God in foreordaining the eternal destiny of angels, men and the whole realm of nature has the effect of winnowing and separating the chaff from the wheat. The effect of such preaching […]
It is important to bear in mind that a heretic is one that opposes one or more fundamental tenets authorized by the Church to which a heretic belongs. In the light of that definition it must be emphasized that those who will not submit to the teaching authorized by our Church are heretics. They are […]
Young people – as well as adults – like to read newspapers and magazines in order to keep up with the news of the day. Some schools distribute to its students small leaflets that contain articles about current events, in order to encourage students to read news items of the day; other schools make it […]