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Calvinism Archive
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2Peter 3:9 – God Wants None to Perish, and None Did
Posted on November 29, 2010 | 2 Comments2 Peter 3:9 is often cited by those who do not affirm the doctrine of election. But when one looks at the context, immediately one sees that unlike such passages as Ephesians 1, Romans 8-9, or John 6, this passage is not speaking about salvation... -
Limited Atonement by Roger Nicole
Posted on November 23, 2010 | 1 CommentRoger Nicole wrote a very helpful book entitled, Our Sovereign Savior, in which he explains the essence of the Reformed Faith. Chapter 5 is about the subject of “Particular Redemption.” Here are a few of the excellent points Roger Nicole made: When it comes to... -
John Calvin and Servetus Controversy Explained
Posted on July 10, 2009 | 4 CommentsThe Facts about Calvin and Servetus: 1. Michael Servetus taught many unorthodox heresies: astrology,pantheism, Neo-Platonism, Semi-Pelagianism, rejected the Trinity,rejected the Deity of Christ. 2. Servetus was convicted by the Inquisition in France for his heresies, but he escaped before sentencing. 3. Calvin warned him not to come to Geneva... -
John Calvin: Man of Contradictions, Shaper of Modernity. Age? 500 Next Week.
Posted on July 8, 2009 | No CommentsA version of this article appeared in print on July 4, 2009, on page A14 of the New York edition. By PETER STEINFELS. Published: July 3, 2009 in the New York Times He was born on July 10, 1509, a religious thinker and leader who... -
Different Theories about the Decrees of God that have produced Three Branches of Calvinism
Posted on June 1, 2009 | 4 CommentsPastor Jason Robertson gives a detailed chart of the different kinds of Calvinists and explains why there is so much confusion and debate surrounding this subject. -
Covenant Theology flows from the Nature of God, Dispensationalism Does Not
Posted on May 15, 2009 | 11 CommentsWhy Dispensationalism is not Consistent with Calvinism: It has been rightly said that Covenant Theology flows from the trinitarian life and work of God. God’s covenant communion with us is modeled on and a reflection of the intra-trinitarian relationships. The shared life, the fellowship of... -
What Calvinism is Not
Posted on May 11, 2009 | 2 CommentsCalvinism is often misunderstood, because it is continually under attack from those who are either enemies of the Gospel or ignorant of the gospel. Therefore, many people have misconceptions about this system of theology. -
When Calvinism Wasn’t Cool
Posted on March 31, 2009 | 7 CommentsNow Time is declaring that Calvinism is the new rage among young evangelicals. Great.... just great. This is the last thing we need is for Calvinism to get caught up in the Fad-driven Church Era. I guess now we shall see Tulip Tattoos on hip pastors and 40 Days of Five Points Bible Studies. Then the fad will run its course and Calvinism will be left more damaged and misunderstood than ever before. -
Do I Prefer the Confusion?
Posted on May 1, 2008 | 12 CommentsOver the past few years many in the SBC have watched the discussion concerning Calvinism and it past and future in the convention. Tom Ascol has been a stalwart leader in this area along with several others. The recent writings on the subject have a... -
God Wants All to Repent
Posted on March 8, 2008 | 11 CommentsMany Christians who are struggling with Calvinism find 2 Peter 3:9 to be a difficult passage to understand. 2 Peter 3:9 says, “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should... -
Now Calvinists Are Too Friendly
Posted on January 12, 2008 | 5 Commentsby Jason Calvinism is so effective that itinerant evangelists had a summit in Jackson, Tenn. to discuss the fear that they may be out of a job: “In a broad sense, it’s happening on Christian college campuses too, as Calvinism appeals to young people who... -
Sermon: The Holy Spirit’s Effect on the Unelect
Posted on June 5, 2007 | No CommentsJohn 16:8 – And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment A.W.Pink said of this verse that there is hardly a sentence in this Gospel which has been more generally misunderstood than the one just quoted. Many believe... -
SBC: Is the Doctrine of Depravity a Non-Essential?
Posted on June 5, 2007 | 14 CommentsConsider the following: The 2000 Baptist Faith and Message Article III. Man Through the temptation of Satan man transgressed the command of God, and fell from his original innocence whereby his posterity inherit a nature and an environment inclined toward sin. Therefore, as soon as... -
Calvinist Acrostics
Posted on May 4, 2007 | 13 CommentsEver since Loraine Boettner’s The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination Calvinism has been outlined by the acrostic TULIP: Total Depravity Unconditional Election Limited Atonement Irresistible Grace Perseverance of the Saints Roger Nicole suggests the following replacements although it is not an acrostic: Radical and Pervasive Depravity... -
Is It Unbiblical to Use Labels Like Calvinist?
Posted on January 19, 2007 | 2 CommentsA less-than-admiring reader wrote the following to Phil Johnson: Your identity as a “Baptist”; your endless quotations from Charles Spurgeon; your faithful devotion to John MacArthur; and especially your willingness to call yourself a “Calvinist” are all huge red flags that tell me something is... -
Without Doing Violence to Man’s Will
Posted on June 28, 2006 | 2 CommentsThe following is a portion of a sermon I preached concerning the issue of how God can effectually call a person to salvation without doing violence to that person’s free agency as a human being. Some critics of Reformed theology claim that if Calvinists believe... -
The Effectual Call of God
Posted on June 26, 2006 | 7 CommentsThe following is a portion of my sermon manuscript that has been requested by some. Sorry that I have not provided the footnotes for the references. Some material below is not original with me; I am not plagiarizing but just providing some of my preaching... -
Jesus and Sovereign Election
Posted on June 6, 2006 | 13 CommentsThe Gospel of John is a unique Gospel because the Apostle does not tell the story of Jesus in the same format as the other three Gospel writers. Rather than chronologically recording the life and ministry of Jesus, John gives his readers a list of... -
Does Calvinism Revive the Church or Cause it to Slumber?
Posted on May 2, 2006 | No CommentsAnd then further, that I may clear up these points and leave the less rubbish for my brethren to wheel away, we have sometimes heard it said, but those who say it ought to go to school to read the first book of history, that... -
Does the Doctrine of Election Lead to Fatalism
Posted on April 25, 2006 | 2 CommentsCharles Hadden Spurgeon said, “A more common charge, brought by more decent people, — for I must say that the last charge is never brought, except by disreputable persons, — a more common charge is, that we hold clear fatalism. Now, there may be Calvinists... -
Monergistic Regeneration
Posted on April 12, 2006 | 2 CommentsThe doctrine of justification by faith alone was debated during the Reformation on the deeper level of monergistic regeneration. This technical term must be explained. Monergism is derived from a combination of a prefix and a root. The prefix mono is used frequently in English... -
So Loved
Posted on April 10, 2006 | No CommentsFor God so loved the world… God’s love must have an object, and the object in John 3:16 is the world. The term so means, “in such manner.” Thus, God loved the world in one of two “manners”: either He did something that actually accomplished... -
All and No One
Posted on April 8, 2006 | 2 CommentsIf the word World must be defined as universal in John 3:16, then consider the problems in John 3:26, 32. In verse 26, ALL does not mean everybody.In verse 32, NO ONE does not mean the absence of everybody. No, world in verse 16 is... -
Without Perseverance What Comfort Is There?
Posted on April 7, 2006 | 3 CommentsSuppose that the Gospel proclaimed only a forgiveness of all sins up to the moment of conversion and announced that believers must henceforth keep themselves from everything unworthy of this signal mercy: that means are provided, motives supplied, and warnings given of the fatal consequences... -
George Whitfield on Perseverance
Posted on April 5, 2006 | 1 CommentJohn 10:27–28 — “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand.” Here are in our text three blessed promises... -
Spurgeon on Limited Atonement
Posted on April 4, 2006 | 3 CommentsMany divines say that Christ did something when he died that enabled God to be just, and yet the Justifier of the ungodly. What that something is they do not tell us. They believe in an atonement made for everybody; but then, their atonement is... -
John Owen and Limited Atonement
Posted on March 30, 2006 | 13 CommentsJohn Owen: — “Redemption is the freeing of a man from misery by the intervention of a ransom. Now, when a ransom is paid for the liberty of a prisoner, does not justice demand that he should have and enjoy the liberty so purchased for... -
Who Really Preaches a Limited Gospel
Posted on March 29, 2006 | 3 CommentsI wanted to post more of what Charles Spurgeon had to say about Particular Redemption (“L”) because there are so many today that believe that we should cower from teaching this point of theology. Yes, it is true that this theology is only edifying to... -
Limited Atonement
Posted on March 27, 2006 | 18 CommentsIrving Kristol, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by G. W. Bush in 2002, once said, “When we lack the will to see things as they really are there is nothing more mysterious than the obvious.” We are affirming what great men before... -
A Gracious but Pointed Response To Calvinism’s Opponents
Posted on March 27, 2006 | 1 Comment“The controversy which has been carried on between the Calvinist and the Arminian is exceedingly important, but it does not so involve the vital point of personal godliness as to make eternal life depend upon our holding either system of theology. There are other controversies... -
Substitutionary / Particular Atonement
Posted on March 26, 2006 | No Comments“Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.”... -
Did Christ Die For You
Posted on March 25, 2006 | 28 CommentsMichael Spencer continues to flounder in his position on the Atonement. Earlier today he said the following: But the problem is that the question of “world” cannot escape- no matter what the exegesis- the question of my neighbor. Does God love him? If God’s love... -
Do Not Cower From Preaching Limited Atonement
Posted on March 24, 2006 | 9 CommentsAn Excerpt of C.H.Spurgeon’s sermon “Particular Redemption” reveals that Spurgeon neither did cower from preaching on Limited Atonement to his congregation, nor did he think that to preach on it would hinder the Evangel. Enjoy… “The doctrine of Redemption is one of the most important... -
C.H.Spurgeon on Romans 8:29
Posted on March 24, 2006 | No CommentsRomans 8:18-32 You will have noticed that in Romans 8, Paul has been expounding a very deep inward, spiritual experience. He has written concerning the spirit of bondage, and the spirit of adoption, the infirmities of the flesh, and the helpings of the spirit; the... -
John Piper – Limited Atonement – John 11, 1st John 2
Posted on March 24, 2006 | 1 CommentThis is the way we understand texts like 1 John 2:2 which says, “He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.” This does not mean that Christ died with the intention to... -
John 3:16 MP3
Posted on March 19, 2006 | 5 CommentsHere is today’s sermon on The Depths of John 3:16. This is a SermonAudio.com file which has a horrible sound quality- 16 kbps bitrate. Can anyone direct me to a good place to upload highquality mp3 sermon audio files for people who would like to... -
Basic Options of Belief
Posted on February 7, 2006 | 3 CommentsNote the Spectrum of Beliefs with the truth in the center: Atheism - Epicureanism - Pelagianism - Gospel - Islam - Stoicism - Pantheism Pantheism taught that God exists in all things and matter is eternal. Stoicism taught that God is so sovereign that He... -
How to See More Saved
Posted on February 5, 2006 | No Commentsby Jason Robertson If I were to use Arminian antics in my evangelism, I would definitely have more people immediately respond to my preaching, but I would not be able to make any more people get saved than was already, because salvation is not accomplished... -
Kinds of Calvinist
Posted on February 2, 2006 | 18 CommentsNot all Calvinist are in agreement on every point of Calvinism. The main disagreement hinges on the logical order of God’s eternal decrees. {Do not confuse this with chronological order, because all Calvinist believe that God’s decrees were before the foundation of the world. The... -
The Calvin / Servetus Controversy
Posted on February 1, 2006 | 5 CommentsThe Facts about Calvin and Servetus: 1. Michael Servetus taught many unorthodox heresies: astrology, pantheism, Neo-Platonism, Semi-Pelagianism, rejected the Trinity, rejected the Deity of Christ. 2. Servetus was convicted by the Inquisition in France for his heresies, but he escaped before sentencing. 3. Calvin warned... -
Calvinism Debate Prior to John Calvin
Posted on January 31, 2006 | 23 CommentsMany people do not realize that Calvinism as a system of theology did not begin with John Calvin. In fact John Calvin during his lifetime was never as important of a leader during the Reformation as Martin Luther was. Calvin wasn’t as outspoken as Luther,...