I squinted in the sunlight, holding my hand over my eyes as we wound our way up the gravel driveway to our trailer in West Virginia. I was in the passenger seat of a utility van, Terry was driving, and Patrick Woods, we all called him “Popeye” because he looked kinda like Popeye the cartoon, …
This week’s term: Foreknowledge – (Greek – prog-no-sis) Foreordination, or the eternal loving knowledge or intent, according to which God purposes to bring His elect into the glory of His Son. Last week’s term: Preterition – The non-activity or passiveness of God, by which He, according only to His sovereign will, passes over those who are …
This week’s term: Preterition – The non-activity or passiveness of God, by which He, according only to His sovereign will, passes over those who are not elected unto salvation, leaving them in their unregenerate and condemned state. Last week’s term: Predestination – The eternal (pre-time) activities of God, designed to unfailingly bring the objects of His …
Three weeks ago, I shared that my husband has been teaching on the five points of Calvinism every Sunday afternoon. This is something that our church has believed since the 1970’s, and is a vital part of our history. It also so happens that currently many pastors are “taking up arms” against these biblical truths …
This week’s term marks one year of my series on theological terms. To read all of the to day, please go HERE. Thank you for reading and sharing! This week’s term: Predestination – The eternal (pre-time) activities of God, designed to unfailingly bring the objects of His sovereign choice to the conformity to the image …
This week’s term: Reprobation – The state of man in his fallen condition and, in its final and ultimate stage, the effect of his being justly left by God to himself, and in that final condition, beyond design or possibility of help or salvation. Election – The activity of God in choosing out of Adam’s …
This week’s term: Election – The activity of God in choosing out of Adam’s fallen and depraved race, certain individuals to eternal salvation and glory. This is absolutely unconditional, in that this choice, as revealed in scripture, is not based upon any seen or foreseen goodness in action or nobility of character, as the reason …
This week’s term: Depravity – The inherent condition of all Adam’s fallen race, in which every part and attribute of man’s being is deprived off the glorious state in which Adam was created. This depravity is total, not in its intensity, but in its extent. (Romans 3) Last week’s term: Monergism – From Greek Mono (one …
The auditorium of First Baptist Church in Hammond, Indiana, was filled with over 5,000 cheering teenagers as the annual Youth Conference began. I was thrilled to among them! I had gotten the opportunity to go by winning the first prize in a Sunday school campaign. At age 17, I had hopes of attending Hyles-Anderson College, …
This week’s term: Monergism – From Greek Mono (one or alone). Theologically, it is the philosophy or faith that God saves alone and completely apart from any cooperative human effort, not denying human submission or obedience, but asserting that those functions are effects of grace, not its causes. Last week’s term: Synergism – From Greek …
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