I recently heard that some committee within the Presbyterian Church of the USA (PCUSA) has voted to not include the song "In Christ Alone" in their new and coming hymnal.
The reason for this? They are not happy with the line "On that cross as Jesus died, the wrath of God was satisfied." In...
In response to the post from the Soteriology forums - "Error: We are saved, by the blood before and without obeying Christ." (http://www.christianforums.com/t7762708/)
Obedience is certainly a key aspect of the gospel - there can be no denying it. Another thread in this forum documents quite...
Cut and pasted directly from the online version of Calvin's Insitutes, Book First, Chapter 7, para 5:
I do not dwell on this subject at present, because we will return to it again: only let us now understand that the only true faith is that which the Spirit of God seals on our hearts. Nay, the...
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5:14 p.m. -- In a surprising and dramatic move moments ago, messengers voted first to consider a resolution highly critical of the TNIV 2011 and then passed the resolution nearly unanimously. The resolution came from the floor --...
Good link that documents St. Augustine's change from a synergist view of salvation to a monergist one:
Augustine's Doctrine of the Bondage of the Will
This is one of the best Christian albums released in the 2000s (2004 to be exact) - from one of the best bands of the same era. By far it is the best album the band has released as far as I'm concerned - or will every release since their drummer, Aaron Gillespe left the band last year.
I...
The link below contains the Canons of Dort in their entirety.
The Canons of Dordt
Here is a great link from monergism.com regarding with references from scripture and history which supports regeneration.
Some Helpful References to Monergism from Church History
Been about a week since I saw this movie - but wanted to just post a quick blurb about it before its no longer fresh in my memory.
I for one cannot understand why this movie is not getting better reviews in the media. I though it was a very good movie - particularly for kids. Granted its...
I am for equal rights - let me just say that right out of the gate. Everyone in this country should be afforded equal opportunities to live and work in peace regardless of race, sex, religion, and (yes) sexual orientation.
Things seem to be moving at a back-breaking pace in which those who...
"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, 32but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers." - Luke 22"31-32
This is an interesting text from Luke which also points to the monergistic...
I never thought I would ever hear myself say this about Christian music - but here it goes: "At some point we have to draw the line."
What prompted me to say this was a viewing of the video for "Flush" - written by the born-again guitarist from Korn. I saw it for the first time about a year ago...
"Doctrine - What Christians Should Believe" by Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears
This is definately not the best book out there that I've read on the subject of Christian doctrine - although I will say I did enjoy reading this book. It is definately written for the average layman and quite...
I have made a concerted effort to stop posting in the Soteriology forums. A couple of weeks ago I literally spent an entire 3 day weekend posting - waiting for a response - and then posting again. I completely blew my family off so that I could "get the last word" in on a lot of topics. I...
Those who are chosen - are chosen from the world. Not because they did anything special or because they are better than anyone else. They are chosen simply because of God's providence.
John 15:18-19
"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the...
My wife suffers almost on a daily basis. She has "chronic migraine" - which in the past three years or so have really gotten bad.
My wife's headaches have affected my three kids and I as well and it is in this part of my blog that I want to talk to about how this is affecting us all.
This...
About a year ago I was introduced to this phenomena sweeping the nation called "Facebook."
In using it I had the opportunity to reconnect with old friends from years past. Not only did I reconnect with old High School friends I have been able to reconnect with childhood friends - from my...
My wife and I went to see this movie last night and really liked it.
It is about a woman who travels to Ireland to propose to her boyfriend of 4 years - based on the premis of some Irish tradition that if a woman proposes on February 29 that the man must say yes or have bad luck. On the way...
Clearly this is a passage that is made to a specific group of people - not all of mankind. Again the error is made of eroniously pulling out one verse of scripture and taking it out of context in an effort to disprove Calvinism.
One needs to read all of chapter 23 to see that the group of...
The same mistake is made here as is made in John 3:16 in applying this passage to refute Calvinism. For starters the use of the language in this passage does not necessarily mean all men that ever lived. Just as in John 3:16 the passage is not referring to every man and woman who has ever lived...