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Can Our WIll Overpower God’s Will?
Can Our WIll Overpower God’s Will?
When we first look at John 1:12 it sure looks like it is we who choose Christ:
John 1:12 – “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name”
But then, when we look at the next verse, we can no longer draw that conclusion:
John 1:13 – “Which were born, not of… Continue reading
Tulip Or Weeds?
Tulip Or Weeds?
by Daniel Parks
Is salvation the work of God alone? or of man cooperating with God? Is salvation bestowed by God’s grace alone? or does man merit it through an act of self-righteousness performed by his own free will?
Church history is highlighted by confrontations on this doctrine. Those who preach salvation involves man’s free will and works have ever opposed those who preach salvation by God’s grace alone. Scribes and Pharisees opposed Jesus Christ… Continue reading
How Dead Is Dead?
How Dead Is Dead?
A Look At The Bible Doctrine “Total Depravity”
Let’s start out at the beginning, in the book of Genesis:
Genesis 2:16 – “And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”
OK. So we know… Continue reading
Should unmarried men serve as church leaders?
Should Unmarried Men Serve As Church Leaders?
Should unmarried men, men who have never been married, serve as church leaders. What does the Bible say?
- 1Timothy 3:2 – “A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;”
- 1Timothy 3:12 – “Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”
- Titus 1:6 – “If any be blameless,… Continue reading
The Choice – Man’s or God’s?
The Choice – Man’s or God’s?
by Peter Eldersveld
“According as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will” – Eph 1:4,11
ONE DAY SEVERAL YEARS AGO, the surveyor was working on our street, checking the property lines of vacant lots where new houses were to be built. I noticed that he was very careful about… Continue reading
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