Showing posts with label atonement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label atonement. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 27, 2020

The Limited Atonement of Arminianism

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Arminians often accuse Calvinists of denying the atonement to some people by our biblical claim that it was particular. That is, we Calvinis...
Saturday, May 2, 2020

Jesus and His Friends, a View of Particular Atonement

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In John 15:13-14, that Apostle reports to us these words of Jesus: " Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020

The Effectual Atonement of the Cross

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"It is, and must be, an indispensable element in anything which deserves the name of atonement that it satisfies the justice of God, ...
Saturday, February 22, 2020

For Whom Does Jesus Pray? Particular Atonement in the Words of Jesus

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" When Jesus had spoken these words, He lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said, 'Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son that t...
Saturday, December 21, 2019

The Substitutionary Atonement by Jesus Our Surety

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One of the things that distinguishes Christianity from all other religions is the doctrine of the substitutionary atonement . This is the do...
Saturday, November 30, 2019

The Conscience: Which Way Shall It Lead?

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An important theme in the New Testament is the role that conscience plays in human lives. We immediately think of its role in the life of ...
Saturday, July 27, 2019

The Glorious Death of Christ Is Far More Than Any Mere Crucifix

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Besides its Second Commandment issues, the Catholic crucifix bothers me because it shows a dead Jesus, crumpled on the cross, reminding us o...
Saturday, July 21, 2018

Pride and the Burden of Sin

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Martin Luther said something with which I agree completely: " For as long as he [i. e., man] is persuaded that he himself can do even ...
Monday, December 11, 2017

Where Did the Righteous Go Upon Death Before Jesus?

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This is an issue that has come up in several conversations recently. People keep asserting that they, i. e., Old Testament saints, went to...
Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Absolution: Purchased by Christ, Declared by a Minister, not Granted by a Priest

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According to the Catholic Church, " Absolution proper is that act of the priest whereby, in the Sacrament of Penance, he frees man fro...
Saturday, January 16, 2016

The Promise of a Church in the Intra-Trinitarian Covenant

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We are taught to pray by claiming the promises of God - and I consider that a good thing. In fact, I believe that is what is meant by John, ...
Thursday, July 14, 2011

Is a Universal Gospel Inconsistent with a Particular Atonement?

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" For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of ...
Saturday, December 18, 2010

Psalm 74:2, the Eternal Intention of Redemption in Christ

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" Remember your congregation, which You have purchased of old, which You have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount...
Sunday, December 27, 2009

Genesis 4:1-8, An Interesting Thing about God's Words to Cain

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" Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. And she again bore his brot...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009

True Peace and God's Judgment on Religious Formalism

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"What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed be...