Jul
28
2009
According to the grace God granted to me, I laid a foundation as a wise foreman, and someone else is building upon it. But let each one be careful how they build! For no one can lay any other foundation beside the one already laid: Jesus the Anointed One. The material someone builds with— gold, [...]
Jul
19
2009
In Jesus’ “sermon on the mount” in Matthew, particularly chapter 6, He speaks of those who have traded the approval of God and His wages for those of mere humans. We normally think first of those who “give to charity” for show, or to reduce their taxes, or like Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11), to [...]
Jul
13
2009
Surfing the net today I came across a very sad testimony from an atheist claiming to have been a Christian until not long ago. I hope that in commenting on this article that the author and others in similar circumstances may rethink all of this, because eternity is a long time to have regrets.
I did [...]
Jul
10
2009
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: SALVATION OFFERED TO ALL by Dave Hunt
Though Christ commands us in the Great Commission to preach the gospel to every creature, Calvinism teaches that the elect are regenerated without it and the non-elect cannot accept it. If the gospel is the power of God “to the salvation of everyone that believes” (Mark 16:15), [...]
Jul
10
2009
CHAPTER ELEVEN: TURNING THE BIBLE INTO A CHARADE by Dave Hunt
No one would dispute that scripture is filled with commands for us to spread the gospel, and that the gospel is to accept Jesus as Savior because he died for our sins and rose again. But according to Calvinism, most of the people who will [...]
Jul
09
2009
CHAPTER TEN: REGENERATION BEFORE FAITH AND SALVATION? by Dave Hunt
Hunt now addresses the issue of the order of salvation, commonly known in Calvinism as “regeneration before faith” (RBF). He cites Acts 16:31 which states that belief precedes salvation. But what about “regeneration”? Calvin believed that people were regenerated and justified at infant baptism, a time [...]