Soteriology Archive

  • blackwhitemanface700

    The Difference One Man Made

    Listen to this series of messages by Pastor Jason Robertson as he expounds Romans 5:12-21.  In this sermon series you will learn about Covenant Theology and the doctrines of Imputation, Justification, and Federal Headship. Follow this link for the list of sermons as they are...

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    Our Biggest Problem is Solved

    The following four sermon series is an exegetical study of Romans chapter 3.  Go here for the series of sermons entitled “Our Biggest Problem is Solved.”

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    Christianity According to Abraham

    The Apostle Paul is, in the Book of Romans, explaining the true essence of salvation.   In particular, Paul is teaching that a person is saved by faith alone in Christ alone and not saved through works or religious piety.  Paul uses the story of Abraham...

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    Eternal Security

    Go here for sermon series entitled “Eternal Security“.  This series is six sermons based on an exegesis of Romans 5:1-11.

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    Sanctified — by grace alone through faith alone — One Day at a Time

    Rod Rosenbladt is professor of theology and apologetics at Concordia University (Irvine, California) and co-host of The White Horse Inn radio broadcast.  The following is an excerpt of his article in Modern Reformation: Issue: “God Justifies the Wicked” Nov./Dec. Vol. 1 No. 6 1992 Pages 8-12,...

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    Sanctification in an Era of Confusion

    The following are highlights from John D. Hannah’s article “John Owen and the “Normal” Christian Life” once published in Modern Reformation (Nov./Dec. 1996 Vol: 5 Num: 6). ______________________ As sometimes presented, victory over sin is a matter of following correct procedures with wholehearted trust; the...

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    Keswick Theology Explained

    Keswick Theology is a theological teaching concerning sanctification.  Its influences are heavy in American Evangelicalism and is connected to the “Holiness Movement” in England and the “Higher Life Movement.”  Many godly people are part of this movement and its teachings.  But sadly the theology itself...

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  • The Gospel Paragraph by Carson

    The Gospel Paragraph by Carson

    D.A. Carson says that a good exercise for everyone would be to attempt to write a single paragraph putting the gospel into the storyline of Scripture. Here’s how Carson does it: The gospel is integrally tied to the Bible’s story-line. Indeed, it is incomprehensible without...

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  • The two most popular false gods in the world

    The two most popular false gods in the world

    Have you ever seen an idol, a false god? Tertullian (an early church father from Second Century) said, “Just as Christ was crucified between two thieves, so this doctrine of justification is ever crucified between two opposite errors.” These “two false gospels” can be called...

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  • Will the innocent native in Africa who has never heard the Gospel go to Heaven or Hell?

    Will the innocent native in Africa who has never heard the Gospel go to Heaven or Hell?

    Often people ask, “What happens to the poor innocent native in Africa who has never heard the gospel?  When he dies will he go to heaven or hell?” My answer: The innocent native in Africa who has never heard the Gospel will go straight to...

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  • Engage the Culture, Not to Save the Culture but to Save Sinners

    Engage the Culture, Not to Save the Culture but to Save Sinners

    Both of these short videos are helpful for those who are trying to gain a balanced, biblical view of our relationship and responsibility to the culture in which we find ourselves. Guard that which has been entrusted to us.

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  • What Is the Gospel — T4G

    What Is the Gospel — T4G

    The above video is a very important discussion about the importance of preaching the “true” gospel. And this is just to send all you Fide-o-ites a blessing… Guard that which has been entrusted to us.

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  • Caring for the Poor

    Caring for the Poor

    Who Is Our Neighbor? (excerpt of a 9Marks article)One of the sections of Scripture most quoted when speaking about caring for the poor is the story of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10:25-37. This is a powerful passage to meditate on and to examine our...

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  • Dirty Feet Dirty Hearts

    Dirty Feet Dirty Hearts

    Read John 13:1-17. Verses 14 & 15 makes this narrative extremely important to us. Washing feet was a common practice in the 1st Century culture of Israel, thus for them it was not a big deal. But when Jesus said, If you call me Lord...

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  • Will I Ever Get Victory Over Sin?

    Will I Ever Get Victory Over Sin?

    A very common question is: “Will I ever get victory over sin?” The answer is: Yes… But you must realize that that doesn’t mean that you are ever going to feel like you do. Why? Because as you spiritually mature you will sin less but...

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  • The Very Pernicious and Detestable Doctrine of Inclusivism

    The Very Pernicious and Detestable Doctrine of Inclusivism

    …men, not professing the Christian religion, [cannot] be saved in any other way whatsoever, be they never so diligent to frame their lives according to the light of nature, and the laws of that religion they do profess. And, to assert and maintain that they...

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  • Fide-O on Soteriology

    Fide-O on Soteriology

    Sola FideThe Gospel Made PlainOne SacrificeJustification vs. Just-Plain-ConfusedWill the Arminian Gospel Save You?So LovedAll and No OnePaul vs. Judeo-ChristianityIs God Your Father?Without Doing Violence to Man’s Free-AgencyBorn Again in the Old Testament Other BlogsThe Great Exchange SeriesCritiquing the New Perspective on Paul Guard that which...

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  • One Sacrifice

    One Sacrifice

    24 Season 6 Official Trailer In John 11:45-48 the Pharisees called a meeting to discuss the attention Jesus was receiving because of his miracles. They were afraid this will bring the wrath of the Romans down upon them. The Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem was generally...

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  • Justification vs Justplainconfused

    Justification vs Justplainconfused

    Compare these two descriptions of the Gospel John MacArthur vs Joel OsteenAlso see: How Important is the Bible to You? Guard that which has been entrusted to us.

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  • The Gospel Made Plain

    The Gospel Made Plain

    John 10:22-30 – Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. 23And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon’s porch. 24Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are...

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  • Don’t Be Lame

    Don’t Be Lame

    For more than 20 years, Professor Edwin Keaty of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, used to start his classes by writing on a blackboard two numbers, the numbers 2 and 4. And then he would ask his audience, “What’s the solution?” And, one student...

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  • Undeniable Proof

    Undeniable Proof

    Jesus said in John 10:30 – I and My Father are one.” 31Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. 32Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?” 33The...

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  • Foreordain and Foreknow

    Foreordain and Foreknow

    Does something happen because God foreordained it to happen, or did God foreordain it to happen because He foresaw that it would happen? Is foreknowledge based upon foreordination or foresight? Does foreknowledge precede foreordination or vice-versa? Theological Issues to Consider God is perfectly and infinitely...

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  • Justification by Phil

    Justification by Phil

    I love when Phil Johnson takes a theological theme and runs with it. Today he started a series of posts on “Justification by Faith.” Phil usually gets about 2 trillion comments when he posts on such subjects, so I have decided to record my comments...

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  • The Prescient View of Predestination

    The Prescient View of Predestination

    “For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that He might be the firstborn among the brethren.” — Romans 8:29 Our text begins by the expression, “Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate,” and...

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  • The Extent of the Penal Work of the Atonement

    The Extent of the Penal Work of the Atonement

    The deep humiliation to which the Son of God was subjected in taking upon Him the form of a servant, and being made “in the likeness of sin’s flesh,” was a judicial infliction imposed upon Him by the Father, yet voluntarily submitted to by Himself....

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  • Definition of Gospel – Jeff Purswell

    Definition of Gospel – Jeff Purswell

    “The gospel is the good news of God’s saving activity in the person and work of Christ. This includes his incarnation in which he took to himself full (yet sinless) human nature; his sinless life which fulfilled the perfect law of God; his substitutionary death...

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  • All and No One

    All and No One

    If 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...

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  • Because the Text matters…

    Because the Text matters…

    Click here for more great exegesis on John 3:16-21 Dr. S. Lewis Johnson was born in Birmingham, Alabama and grew up in Charleston, S.C., graduating from College of Charleston with an A. B. degree in 1937. He was converted in Birmingham through the teaching of...

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