Atheism and Existential Nihilism
Guest Post by Steve HaysI'll comment on a post by Jeff Lowder:http://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularoutpost/2016/07/09/naturalism-theism-and-the-meaning-of-life/Jeff's analysis is dependent on Erik J....
View ArticleInability and Accountability
"Can a ... leopard change his spots? Neither can you do good who are accustomed to doing evil." - Jeremiah 13:23There are a number of professing Christians who have actually been taught that God would...
View ArticleSome Recoil At the Idea that God Ordains Evil or Disasters
It genuinely baffles me that there are professing Christians out there (e.g. Rachel Held Evans, Roger Olson) who, because of moral qualms, reject the biblical idea that disasters in this world are...
View ArticleDiversity through Relentless Conformity
Dear friends, there is a great malignancy in our land called secular progressivism - a movement that ironically wants diversity through relentless conformity. But we cannot continue in our attempts to...
View ArticleDoesn't the Story of Cain and Abel Overthrow Calvinism?
Question: Doesn't the story of Cain and Abel defeat Calvinism? "The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do...
View ArticleGive Jesus a Try?
Sadly, many of those out there who now call themselves "evangelicals" are really nothing more than deists whose religion is to spread the so-called gospel of Christian values, behavior modification and...
View ArticleAn Exalted View of Own Goodness
As human beings we have a strong tendency to have an exalted view of our own character, and we flatter ourselves. But a Christian is one who, by the mercy of God, has cast aside all high views of his...
View ArticleHoly Perfection Demands Holy Perfection.
Holy perfection demands holy perfection. When we all fell in Adam, God did not lower His holy standard to accommodate man's sin. No ... God will not compromise His holy character because, to do so, He...
View ArticleDoes Belief in Effectual Grace Make God's Universal Call of the Gospel a...
"All that the Father gives to Me will come to me..." (John 6:37)VISITOR: This means He gives the ones whom he knows will come. I used to be a Calvinist, so I know all the philosophical reasonings that...
View ArticleWhich Flavor or Ice Cream Do Atheists Prefer?
If morality is relative and based on personal preference, as atheists claim, then their moral judgments of others carry no more weight than if they told you which flavor of ice cream they prefer.There...
View ArticlePragmatic vs. Kingdom Outcomes
It seems that in many of these political discussions on the upcoming election, we tend, as a group, to think a lot about political policy outcomes but think little to none about Kingdom outcomes. Here...
View ArticleResources to Check Out Around the Web - 10-08-2016
How Do We Deal with the Problem of Evil? (Video) by Greg WeltyGod Is Sovereign; We Are Responsible: Keeping Kids Safe by Laura Elliott12 Observations after Reading The Porn Phenomenon by Mr Garrett...
View ArticleOn Calvinism, Evil and God's Holiness
I received an email to my to Monergism.com account from a visitor named Shawn. He asked some important questions on on Calvinism, Evil and God's Holiness. I have reproduced his email in full with my...
View ArticleIt Does Not Take a Prophet ...
It does not take an inspired prophet of God to know that the USA is now under Divine judgment. How so? Well, just look around. - fallen humans have always sinned and there was a time when people...
View ArticleMoralism & No-Lordship Antinomianism
Two great errors in the church today are 1) moralism and 2) no - lordship antinomianism. One has pride in his own goodness, and puts his hope (at least partly) in his own self-righteousness, not...
View ArticleMy Sin Makes Me Worry If I am Really Saved
Once in a while I will receive an email like the following from someone who is worried that some sin they have committed may have crossed the place of no return to God's favor.Visitor: Even after I was...
View ArticleForeseen Faith and the Unbiblical Circular Reasoning of Arminians
Almost without exception when I present John 6:37 (and 6:63, 65) to a professing Arminian they simply ignore it and change the subject, but the other day I encountered one of those rare exceptions. As...
View ArticleConditional or Unconditional Love?
I often hear classic Arminians, like Jerry Walls and Roger Olson, make declarations that God loves ALL people equally without exception. But do they really believe this? If they were consistent with...
View ArticleThe Predestinating Love of Christ: A Foundation of Christian Community
by John Hendryx“…every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above coming down from the Father of lights…” (James 1:17).
View ArticleHelpful Resources on the Doctrines of Grace
General OverviewWhat the Bible Says About the Doctrines of Grace - Monergism (.pdf)Calvinism Fact Sheet - Joel BarnesGod's Part and Man's Part in Salvation - John ReisingerThe Five Points of Calvinism...
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