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- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 15: Retribution and Revenge
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 14: The Counsels of Men
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 13: God’s Symmetrical Tapestry
- David and His Nephew Joab – Part 12: Idolatry
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Category Archives: Doctrine & Practice
Predestination or Freewill Part 6: Can Saving Grace be Resisted?
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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Tagged God's power, Holy Spirit, regeneration, saving grace
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Predestination or Freewill Part 5: The Exact Moment of Regeneration
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?
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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Tagged election, faith, God's foreknowledge, man's free will, predestination
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Predestination or Freewill Part 3: The Case of Jacob & Esau
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
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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Tagged doctrine, election, freewill, predestination
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Predestination or Freewill Part 1: The Great Debate Ground Rule
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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Tagged Arminianism, Calvinism, doctrine, freewill, predestination
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An Ecumenical Wind of False Doctrine
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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Tagged doctrine, ecumenicalism, heresy, multiculturalism, religious deceit
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Repentance & Faith: The Chicken or the Egg?
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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Tagged faith, repentance
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What is Christianity?
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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Tagged Christianity, resurrection; Jesus Christ
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Man’s Natural Depravity
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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