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    The Problem of “New”: A Hermeneutical Review of Denault’s Covenant Theology

    A Reflection on Calvin, Westminster, and Jeremiah 31 in Response to Pascal Denault I recently worked through Pascal Denault’s The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology with a couple of friends. They come from a Reformed Baptist background; I was raised Baptist and later studied within a...
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    Predestination and Freedom Under God

    Hi @One 2 question It is the devil who does the tempting, and God (our great shepherd) who does the leading! God can and does lead His people into trials where the devil will tempt them, in order to humble us and teach us to cling to Him, but God Himself is never the one enticing us to sin...
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    Predestination and Freedom Under God

    HI @One 2 question ! I think Scripture makes an important distinction that’s easy to blur. James says very plainly: In that sense, tempting means enticing someone toward evil, and James explicitly says God doesn’t do that. At the same time, the Bible does say God tests His people. There is...
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    Doctrine of Predestination

    If we let Paul define his own word “adoption,” it can’t just mean a bar-mitzvah-style coming of age. Galatians 4:4-7 those who receive adoption were first slaves under the law. Ephesians 1:5 and 2:3 the same people predestined to adoption were “by nature children of wrath,” not already God’s...
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    Predestination and Freedom Under God

    This is a fun topic, something I have spent a lot of time studying. I was not able to post the full content here due to character limits, but I have placed it on a blog I just started where I have more room to write. You can skim the first half here and then freely choose whether or not to...
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    on free will and predestination

    How do free-will and predestination work together? This is a fun topic, something I have spent a lot of time studying. Forgive the long post, but to help better understand what the bible teaches about it, its best to see every side the bible presents so we can put it altogether into its proper...
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    Theos

    I'll link to this blog when my long-windedness exceeds the forum limits :)
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    Doctrine of Predestination

    You should read the article Are They Few That Be Saved by BB Warfield. You can find it on the monergism website. I'll summarize it here for you though. In a nutshell: Warfield argues that the traditional dogma that only a relatively small number of humans will finally be saved, rests on a...
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    I wish you all a fond farewell!

    Depending on how you count, Israel has thirteen tribal names (with Levi not receiving a land allotment): Reuben, Simeon, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Levi, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Benjamin, Ephraim, Manasseh. But more to the point, Scripture itself shows that the word “Jew” is not limited to...
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    Is it possible to lose salvation?

    Again, for those reading this post, please do your diligence before believing these myths. For a no-nonsense understanding of Geneva’s legal system in Calvin’s day, look up legal historian John Witte Jr. (his site is under his full name). If you search for “CHURCH, STATE, AND FAMILY IN JOHN...
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    Is it possible to lose salvation?

    To those reading this particular post, a fair discussion really shouldn’t hang on a slogan like “that murderer John Calvin.” Historically, the Servetus case is more complicated. Servetus had already been condemned as a heretic by both Roman Catholic and Protestant cities; he was effectively on...
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    Is it possible to lose salvation?

    Thank you for taking Jesus’ warnings seriously. We absolutely must. But I also don’t think the Lord meant His sheep to live every day in terror, wondering if they will slip through His fingers. The same God who chose us from eternity is strong enough to keep us in time. Scripture starts the...
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    Doctrine of Predestination

    Hey, thanks for laying this out. If predestination is a “damnable heresy,” then the apostle Paul may want to edit a couple chapters. Predestination didn’t start with Calvin The word is straight out of Scripture: “He chose us in him before the foundation of the world… having predestinated us...
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    New to the board

    I just visited the link in your profile and watched the david & goliath episode - lineagejourney - what a fantastic production. Is that your site?
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    New to the board

    Greetings from Arkansas! I’m new to the board, and an admin kindly asked me to introduce myself - so here goes. I’ve been happily married for over 25 years, and my wife and I have three grown children who are all out on their own. We live on a small homestead a good half-hour from the nearest...
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