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The Work of Our Lord Jesus Christ is an undertaking so vast, so all-encompassing, that it transcends human comprehension. It is not merely a theological construct that we call the Atonement as an event in time. It also includes the foundational mechanism of eternal union and unity upon which all existence stands. His ministry of mercy embraces the grand organizing principle that weaves together the physical, spiritual, and moral fabric of the universe. At its most elemental core, the Lord’s atoning work is the supreme force that lifts all creation back into the eternal family of God. It ...

Les cinq points du calvinisme décrivent comment les chrétiens sont sauvés et pourquoi ils sont préservés éternellement. Cette doctrine nous ramène au temps où nous avons été librement choisis. Elle sonde les mystères de l’œuvre de Christ, qui a acquis pour tous les enfants de Dieu le don de la foi. Elle pénètre l’âme humaine, lui permettant d’entrevoir les mystères de l’œuvre accomplie par l’Esprit, alors qu’il obtient la victoire complète sur notre rébellion et fait de nous les captifs volontaires de Jésus, le Roi.

King Josiah inherited a kingdom in ruin and under the judgment of God. He heard a message of destruction from prophets and changed his ways, but quickly found out sincere faith is not enough! While cleaning up his kingdom and placing the temple in order, the workers discovered the Book of the Law which told Josiah how to worship before God. When he humbled himself to God and His Word, he was spared the destruction that was coming.

Committing the sin which can never be forgiven. Looking at what the Bible teaches as the unpardonable sin.

This letter to the local churches in Galatia is probably Paul's second letter to some of the churches that he had established. His first letter was to the church at Thessalonica. To the Thessalonians, he was much more pleasant because he had just gotten a positive report from Timothy about their good spiritual progress. But in this letter to the Galatians, he was very much less positive because he had been told that they had returned to the Law of Moses and were telling the Gentile Christians that they had to be circumcised. So in dealing with the key issues of true biblical salvation, Paul...

In an effort to persuade the Calvinists, a fellow minister who used to believe in Calvinism frequently used the term "enabling grace". This prompted the author to write an article on the subject and other topics on Calvinism. With the help of other ministers, by the grace of God, that fellow is no longer a Calvinist. The Calvinists would often make mention of terms such as sovereign grace, efficacious grace, irresistible grace, etc. to mean something different or to emphasize their doctrine. When a Calvinist speaks about "enabling grace", he meant that God's grace cannot be resisted. This ...

Is God distant, untouched by our world—or is He actively engaged in it, responsive to our prayers, and personally invested in our stories? Can a timeless Creator actually change course in light of human choices? And what does it mean for that same God to take on flesh, walk among us, and suffer as one of us? God in Motion delivers two powerful books in one volume that pull back the curtain on two of Christianity’s most profound ideas. This accessible and captivating guide invites readers to explore a God who doesn’t merely reign from afar—but moves, responds, and dwells within ...

Epistemology is the study of the theory of knowledge. What is knowledge about God, reality and self? This project is an exercise in applied epistemology. Worldviews provide the environment for thinking that leads to a better understanding of God and reality. Worldview thinking may also provide the means for the person to acquire knowledge, justified true beliefs about God and reality. The former seeks understanding and uses reason and thinking to achieve comprehension. The latter seeks knowledge, justified true belief about what can be known. The exercise's focus is on understanding or ...

These reflections are meditations about the Spiritual Dimension of Existence (SDE). The SDE Worldview assumption holds that all human beings possess God's Endowment: the Image of God. Each individual is a Created-Person with a vast library of spiritual characteristics, fashioned together in profound complexity and experienced in daily life and thought. Everyone at some stage of life will ask in wonder what lies beyond the Epistemic Horizon. Avoidance of ultimate questions concerning significance, meaning, belief, truth, knowledge, and value is not a live option. Suppressing the quest for ...

This book is a project in apagogic reasoning, a method of indirectly proving a position by demonstrating that its negation leads to contradiction and/or absurdity. It makes use of the answers to two questions: What does the doctrine of the Trinity according to the creeds of the church presuppose or require? and What are the logical consequences of a nontrinitarian monotheistic position? In this project, Christianity, or Scripturalism as a worldview, is treated as a system of true doctrines, true beliefs, and knowledge of God. God is the God of truth. The implications of assuming that the ...

The dark side of the self of fallen humanity is a complexity of separations from the God of all creation. Separation from the God of light, meaning, knowledge, truth, wisdom, goodness, righteousness, holiness, love, and life portends separations to darkness, misery, despair, torment, suffering, and, in due course, eternal death for unbelievers from which, as far as we know, there is no escape from the agony, in isolation from all relief. These separations from God can only be known as Hell. That the propitiation of the wrath of God against sin and sinners had to be atoned by the sacrifice ...

This book is the product of a thought-experiment. A thought-experiment is in some ways similar to an hypothesis or a supposition: a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted in order to draw a conclusion or inference from the point in question. It may consist of a single proposition or a set propositions setting forth the parameters for investigation. This investigation examines what the Apostle Paul described as a warring between the "law in my members" and the "law of my mind." This project addresses this ever present inner conflict or tension within the believer. ...

Everything you need to know to lead people to Jesus.“What if God is using this moment to shake His Church, to equip, and to send us into the world to reach people who we might not have considered before? This, my friends, is indeed a kairos moment; a moment when the harvest is calling, ‘Come’. As you step into the pages of this book with a heart to learn, my prayer for you is that something fresh will awaken in your heart for the lost. My hope is that you will be empowered, equipped, and sent to reach the lost.”

Epistemology is at the heart of any inquiry about knowledge and truth. As Gordon Clark wrote, when any person makes a claim, particularly about theological or philosophical ideas, an appropriate question to ask is "How do you know?" In this project, epistemology's How do you know? is the starting point for the task of taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. It is within the framework of epistemological inquiry that the author seeks to establish not only what can be known about reality, but how one comes to know what is claimed. As the Introduction will make clear, every ...

Where did the names of Jesus come from and what do they mean? How is Jesus both Son of God and Son of Man? How could he be sinless but also a human like me? Can Jesus be the one God as well as part of a Trinity? What does it mean he was and is Lord? Did he come to start a new religion? Why did Jesus suffer? Did he really have to die? This book will help you understand why there is a Lord Jesus Christ and how awesome he is.

This book is a series of 28 sermons on the Parable of the Prodigal from Luke 15. "The main scope of this parable is to set forth the rich grace of God to miserable self-undone sinners, and the great pleasure which he takes in their conversion. It therefore presents us with the pattern of a grievous sinner, and discovers to us, both what he is before conversion, and how he is converted, and what welcome he finds with God upon his return unto him." Samuel Willard (1640-1707) was a New England puritan Born in 1640 at Concord, Massachusetts, Samuel Willard was one of the most important ...

Calvinism has become so widespread and popular not only among protestant churches, but also among Baptists so that many among them take pride to be called “Calvinists”. In fact, the Calvinists would often speak that there are only two types of people in this world, that you are either a “Calvinist” or an “Arminian” so that the unawares or ignorant are left without any choice. Their use of Scriptures seem to be convincing until you study well and search out the truth, and find out that they are just wrestling with the Scriptures to fit with man-made doctrines.“As also in all ...

The concept of "Christ in you" is a profound theological cornerstone within Christian doctrine, embodying the intimate and transformative relationship between the believer and Jesus Christ. This notion transcends mere intellectual assent to faith and delves deeply into the mystical union and indwelling presence of Christ within the hearts and lives of believers. The phrase "Christ in you" is derived from Colossians 1:27, where the Apostle Paul writes, "To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." ...

Discover the Grace You’ve Been Missing. Grace is more than a concept. It’s God’s active, personal work in your life. In The Many Facets of Grace: A 30-Day Devotional, D.C. Robertsson takes you beyond clichés to explore grace as Scripture defines it—multi-faceted, powerful, and always revealing the character of God. Each day unpacks a different angle of grace: from rescue to correction, from weakness to generosity, from brokenness to eternal glory. With rich biblical exposition, piercing reflection, and unwavering focus on God’s holiness and goodness, this devotional will reshape ...

The term “Ordo Salutis” is a Latin phrase meaning “the order of salvation.” The Ordo Salutis is a theological construct of what is believed to be a logical sequence of events in God’s work of saving a sinner and bringing that saved sinner to heaven. The Ordo Salutis as generally conceived begins with God’s choices concerning salvation. The Ordo Salutis I propose begins with God’s decision to create the universe and why he decided to create: to manifest his glory. That beginning affects the way the entire Ordo Salutis is viewed. The focus of this book is more than words, it is ...