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" The Lord has made all for Himself, yes, even the wicked for the day of doom " (Proverbs 16:4).  This verse amazes me, because it...

" Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to His great mercy, He has caused us to be born again to a living h...

One of the distinguishing doctrines of the Reformed Faith, the "I" in the so-called Five Points of Calvinism is irresistible grace...

"It is impossible [that] we should lose the thing we were wrought for, because it is God that wrought it for us. It is not the designme...

Arminians like to argue against the biblical doctrine of perseverance by citing the biblical warnings against apostasy. Those warnings truly...

One of the most comforting statements in the Bible comes from the mouth of Jesus Himself: " Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy lad...

"The heavens and the earth and all the hosts of them, as yet having no being, it was [according to] His pleasure whether He would make ...

"That saying of Christ is much to our purpose: 'And other sheep I have, them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice' (...

"If grace be perfectly free in choosing, it must be answerably free in giving and applying the means to bring about the end it hath cho...

" It has been granted to you that, for the sake of Christ, you should not only believe in Him, but also suffer for His sake " (Phi...

" Your eyes saw my unformed substance;  In Your book were written, every one of them,  The days that were formed for me, When as yet th...

" Between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seve...

A common caricature of the Reformed doctrine of the perseverance of the saints is that it, supposedly, allows a person to spout some words,...

" God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: 'The Lord knows those who are His,' and, 'Let everyone who names the na...

 In the story of the sheep and goats, Jesus told of the division of the redeemed, whom He calls the sheep, from the wicked, whom He calls th...

A question over which I often quarrel with both cultists and fellow Christians is, For whom did Jesus die? And it is an important question. ...

One of the continuing influences of Pelagianism is the supposition that men are in a spiritually-neutral state. I suspect that this is a hol...

Those who oppose the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints (also misleadingly called "eternal security" or "once saved...

Arminians often accuse Calvinists of denying the atonement to some people by our biblical claim that it was particular. That is, we Calvinis...

Every Bible-believing Christian is distinguished by one doctrine: our justification before God is through fail alone. That was the message o...