Category Archives: Doctrine & Practice

Predestination or Freewill Part 6: Can Saving Grace be Resisted?

Posted on February 23, 2013 by The Editor

Acts 7:51; John 6:28, 29        Ye do always resist the Holy Ghost.        Then they said unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God. Jesus answered and said unto them, This is work … Continue reading →

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Predestination or Freewill Part 5: The Exact Moment of Regeneration

Posted on February 5, 2013 by The Editor

Ephesians 2:1, 4, 5        And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins…But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened … Continue reading →

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Predestination or Freewill Part 4: God’s Foreknowledge. What is it?

Posted on February 1, 2013 by The Editor

I Peter 1:2; Romans 8:29        Elect, according to the foreknowledge of God.        For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. R. L. DABNEY (1820-1898): Does God’s foreknowledge of … Continue reading →

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Predestination or Freewill Part 3: The Case of Jacob & Esau

Posted on January 19, 2013 by The Editor

Genesis 25:23; Romans 9:11-13        Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels…and the elder shall serve the younger.        … Continue reading →

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Predestination or Freewill Part 2: The Crux of the Debate

Posted on January 16, 2013 by The Editor

Ephesians 1:4-7; Romans 8:29, 30        According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: having predestinated us unto the adoption of children … Continue reading →

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Predestination or Freewill Part 1: The Great Debate Ground Rule

Posted on January 12, 2013 by The Editor

2 Timothy 2:24, 25        The servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging … Continue reading →

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An Ecumenical Wind of False Doctrine

Posted on December 19, 2012 by The Editor

I Corinthians 14:20; Ephesians 4:14        Brethren, be not children in understanding.        That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and for, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, … Continue reading →

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Repentance & Faith: The Chicken or the Egg?

Posted on June 12, 2012 by The Editor

Acts 20:21        Repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): There was a question once asked by the old Puritan divines—Which was first in the soul, Faith or Repentance? Some said that a … Continue reading →

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What is Christianity?

Posted on July 15, 2011 by The Editor

Acts 11:26       And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.  WILLIAM FENNER (1560-1640): One said, “the greatest part of Christianity is to desire to be a Christian.” And another said, “The total sum of a man’s religion in … Continue reading →

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Man’s Natural Depravity

Posted on July 8, 2011 by The Editor

Jeremiah 17:9       The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. Who can know it?  STEPHEN CHARNOCK (1628-1680): Man’s inward part is very wickedness, a whole nest of vipers.  JOHN WESLEY (1703-1791): How widely different is this from … Continue reading →

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