Grace: Common And Effectual – 09/08/2025

Today’s study from Dr. Lynn falls under the category of Soteriology, a theological term for the study of Biblical Salvation. Soteriology can be defined as: Soteriology — The area of Christian theology focused on the saving work of Christ including the issues of atonement, grace, human nature, sin, and resurrection. The term derives from the … More Grace: Common And Effectual – 09/08/2025

Friday’s Feature Quote – PLUS- 08/11/2023

The Internet (XFINITY) was down again yesterday so sending this out 24 hrs. late 🙃 Two of the great legacies of the Reformation were the principle of private interpretation and the translation of the Bible into the vernacular. The two principles go hand in hand and were accomplished only after great controversy and persecution. Scores … More Friday’s Feature Quote – PLUS- 08/11/2023

  …we live in a day of “Mere Christianity,” when believers want to know the bare minimum required to believe in order to be saved. Easy believism is all most professing Christians seek… Why Every Believer Needs Systematic Theology The Puritan William Ames said that theology is the doctrine of living unto God. Wilhelmus à … More

The Necessity of Good Works for Christians

Tom Hicks | May 31, 2017  Are good works necessary for Christians? If so, in what sense? There was an enormous historical dispute among Protestants about whether it is right to say good works are “necessary for salvation.” After a long debate among themselves, the Lutherans rejected the language of good works as “necessary for salvation,” and … More The Necessity of Good Works for Christians

10 Strengths (and 10 Dangers) of Systematic Theology – Tim Challies

Systematic theology is the discipline of looking to the entire Bible to determine what God says about a given topic. It answers the question “What does the whole Bible say about __________ [fill in the blank]?” It is a logical, systematic way of organizing truth. To be skillful, accurate theologians, we need systematic theology, but … More 10 Strengths (and 10 Dangers) of Systematic Theology – Tim Challies