Discipleship
Various topics relating to Christian discipleship.
Are You An Amyraldian?
Are You An Amyraldian?
Is there really such a thing as a 4-point Calvinist? I was reading a book by a man who thinks he understands Calvinism but does not, and this author calls himself a “4-point Calvinist”, a “Calminian”, and a “moderate Calvinist” and pretty much uses the 3 terms interchangeably. Shouldn’t Calvinists be calling people like that “fake Calvinists” or “counterfeit Calvinists” or “Arminians in disguise”? – because isn’t saying you are a 4-point Calvinist akin… Continue reading
The Mystery Of Salvation By God’s Grace Alone
The Mystery Of Salvation By God’s Grace Alone
What makes one sinner come to Christ and another flee from Him? Is there some goodness in one sinner but not the other? Or is it all the grace and mercy of God?
1 Corinthians 4:7 – For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received… Continue reading
Arminianism: The Golden Idol of Freewill
Arminianism: The Golden Idol of Freewill
by Augustus Toplady (1740-1778)
“Not unto us, 0 LORD, not unto us, but unto Thy Name, give glory for Thy mercy, and for Thy truth’s sake” [Psalm 115:1]
Some expositors have supposed, that this Psalm was penned by the prophet Daniel; on occasion of the miraculous deliverance of Shadrac, Meshac, and Abednego, when they came out, unhurt, from the burning fiery furnace, into which they had been thrown by the command… Continue reading
That Worthy Name
“That Worthy Name” (James 2:7)
A.W. Pink
“Yours in the name of Jesus.” How many who owe their all, both for time and eternity, to the peerless One, refer thus to Him who was “God manifest in the flesh” (1 Tim. 3:16). It is “Jesus” this, and “Jesus” that. But is it becoming for worms of the dust, for sinners, even for sinners saved by grace, to thus speak of Him?
Jesus is the Lord of… Continue reading
Arminianism At Its Core Is A Man-Centered Unbiblical Heresy
Arminianism At Its Core Is A Man-Centered Unbiblical Heresy
The Arminianism heresy is the false free-will gospel that says we have the power within our fallen nature to turn to God while yet unregenerated. To expose this heresy all we need to do is put this “free–will” gospel into the context of what the Bible has to say about the unregenerated soul.
If the Free Will gospel is true then I’m not boasting when I say:
- I adopted… Continue reading