What Does Foreknow Mean?

What Does Foreknow Mean?

Posted by Les Lanphere in Theology on 22. Sep, 2010 | 1 Comment

Biblical Foreknowledge: A Word Study

Responsibility & Sovereignty: Striking a (Correct) Balance

Responsibility & Sovereignty: Striking a (Correct) Balance

Posted by Les Lanphere in Theology on 24. Aug, 2010 | 6 Comments

We have to be careful not to pull the mystery card prematurely.

Think About It: If Faith Preceded Regeneration

Think About It: If Faith Preceded Regeneration

Posted by Les Lanphere in Theology on 18. May, 2010 | 1 Comment

“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” -Ephesians 2:8-9

What Does Spurgeon Mean by “A Calvinist”?

What Does Spurgeon Mean by “A Calvinist”?

Posted by Les Lanphere in The Church, Theology on 21. Apr, 2010 | 0 Comments

If anyone should ask me what I mean by a Calvinist, I should reply, “He is one who says, Salvation is of the Lord.

Ten Things I Didn’t Understand Before I Was Reformed

Ten Things I Didn’t Understand Before I Was Reformed

Posted by Les Lanphere in Theology on 23. Mar, 2010 | 4 Comments

I came to believe a lot of things that I took for granted, but never thought too much about. But less than a year ago, God showed me something…

The Nails Which Pierced Christ’s Hands

The Nails Which Pierced Christ’s Hands

Posted by Roger Servin in Christian Living on 19. Mar, 2010 | 0 Comments

“Though repentance is the act of man—yet it is the gift of God. It requires the same power to melt the heart—as to make it.”

It’s Not Palatable, Therefore I Default Back to My Tradition

Posted by Roger Servin in Theology on 04. Jan, 2010 | 2 Comments

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,  and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.”  This means that it is not the children of the flesh who [...]

Based On His Sovereign Choice or Ours?

Based On His Sovereign Choice or Ours?

Posted by Roger Servin in Theology on 26. Dec, 2009 | 5 Comments

There’s always alot of talk going around the blogosphere on unconditional election and free will. It doesn’t seem like it will ever end… and rightly so, its a very important topic and there are many differing opinions on it. Calvinists hold to God’s sovereignty, in order to attribute all the glory to Him, and Arminians [...]