It is at this point that another debates fares up: What constitutes a hyper-Calvinist? Is a person a hyper or strict Calvinist because he believes 5 to 7 points of Calvinism or because of what he practices i.e., he refuses to preach the gospel to all sinners because Christ only died for the elect. Tim [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Why I Am Not a Five or Six or Seven Point Calvinist! (Part 2)
Posted: January 30, 2012 in SalvationTags: double predestination, five point calvinist, Hyper-Calvinism, Phil Johnson, The Canons of the Synod of Dordt, The Gospel Standard Aid and Poor Relief Societies, Tim Challies
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Why I Am Not a Five or Six or Seven Point Calvinist! (Part 1)
Posted: January 30, 2012 in SalvationTags: A. H. Strong, bible.org, Charles Ryrie, Clark Pinnock, John Piper, Matt Perman, Phil Johnson, Thomas Constable, Tim Challies
Here is how Matt Perman, director of strategy at Desiring God in Minneapolis, MN., describes what Piper means when he describes himself as a “seven point Calvinist:” When John Piper says he is a “seven point Calvinist,” he does so half jokingly and half seriously. Historically, there are five points of Calvinism, not seven. Piper isn’t seeking to [...]
The New Jerusalem or Heaven on Earth (Revelation 21-22) Part Two
Posted: January 25, 2012 in End Time Events, SermonsTags: Charles Spurgeon, gold wedding ring, John MacArthur, John Walvoord, New Jerusalem, Robert Thomas, shekinah glory, Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology
Now the angel giving John and us the guided tour takes us through the gates of pearl into the City to continue our worship and wonder at God’s greatness. I. The New Jerusalem Described Externally (21:10-20) This is the aerial view. II. The City is now Internally Described (21:21-22:5). Not only is God a master architect but He is [...]
Pastor/People Relationship in 1 Thessalonians 5:12-14
Posted: January 24, 2012 in SermonsTags: assembly problems, Billy Sunday, Charles Spurgeon, missionary journey, pastoral leadership, president harding, soul trap, Stephen Olford
Billy Sunday once said, “I would rather preach than anything on earth. If President Harding should telegraph me tomorrow, and say, ‘Bill, will you change jobs with me?’ I’d say ‘Nothin doin, Warren.’” Paul felt the same as Sunday as he expressed in 1 Thessalonians 5:12-14. Paul started the church at Thessalonica on his second missionary journey [...]
The New Jerusalem or Heaven on Earth (Revelation 21-22) Part One
Posted: January 24, 2012 in End Time Events, SermonsTags: David Jeremiah, Heaven, J. Oswald Sanders, Martin Luther, Millard Erickson, Randy Alcorn, Stephen Davey, The New Jerusalem, Wayne Grudem
When a Sunday school teacher quizzed her fifth-graders about how one gets to heaven, she got all correct answers: One doesn’t get there by being good, giving away money, or being a nice person. “Well, then,” she asked, “how does one get heaven?” Before any of the regular students could answer, a boy who was [...]
The Church’s Missional Statement by Christ
Posted: January 19, 2012 in Church MinistriesTags: Bob Roberts, building a house in mexico, Ed Stetzer, first easter, foreign missions, glocal, Mark Driscoll, missional churches, power of the holy spirit
All nationalities should be welcomed and accepted in our churches. This is what makes the church Missional. Missional church researcher Ed Stetzer warns against being missional in wanting to reach your local culture but not being Missions in wanting to reach those not in your culture. Some Missional churches are focused on the local not the global. [...]
Labels are Important
Posted: January 16, 2012 in Hermeneutics/InterpretationTags: bible interpretation, Covenant Theology, democrats republicans, Dispensationalism, Hermeneitics, Labels, literal fulfillment, old testament covenants, Post-modernism, Wayne Grudem
Labels are important. If you don’t think so the next time you have a severe headache just close your eyes and reach into your medicine cabinet and pull out some bottle at random and start drinking or popping the pills. I just hope you don’t grab Imodium. We use labels all the time outside of [...]
Should You Vote for Mormon Mitt Romney?
Posted: January 10, 2012 in NewsTags: Bob McCarty, Jimmy Carter, Martin Luther, Mike Duran, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, mormon presidential candidate, Obama, Rev. Robert Jeffress, Rick Perry
Rev. Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, unmasked the deep rift among evangelicals about the possibility of having to vote for a Mormon presidential candidate when he introduced Rick Perry at the Values Voters Summit. Some wrongly say Jeffress played the Mormon card with this statement: “In a few months, when the [...]
Should Baptism by Immersion be Required for Church Membership. The Piper/Grudem Debate (Part 3)
Posted: January 9, 2012 in BaptismTags: Al Mohler, believer s baptism, Believers' Baptism, Infant Baptism, John Piper, Ligion Duncan, Lord's Supper, Mark Dever, Sam Storm, Wayne Grudem
Sam Storms disagrees with Dever on the Lord’s Supper Because of this, both Mark Dever and Al Mohler made it clear that if Duncan were in attendance at either of their churches they would not permit him to partake of the elements of the Lord’s Supper. Let me repeat that. Because of Duncan’s paedo-baptist convictions, both [...]
Should Baptism be Required for Church Membership? The Piper/Grudem Debate (Part 2)
Posted: January 4, 2012 in BaptismTags: John Piper, Ligon Duncan, Mark Dever, Philip Ryken, R. C. Sproul, Sam Brown, Sinclair Ferguson, Wayne Gurdem
As you read these theological heavyweights, answer these important church polity questions for yourself: Should our church allow unbaptized candidates be church members? Should our church allow unbaptized by immersion quests to participate in the Lord’s Supper? Here is Piper’s Response to Grudem changed position: No, Wayne, this is not true. I would gladly admit Ligon Duncan [...]
