Does God Predestine Some to Eternal Condemnation?

4 False Accusations against Reformed Theology May 04, 2019by: Crossway Responding to False Accusations At the end of the Canons of Dort—the document produced out of the Synod of Dort summarizing the key tenets of Reformed theology—there is a section dedicated to refuting common false accusations against Reformed theology. We see here Dort’s desire to defend … More Does God Predestine Some to Eternal Condemnation?

God’s Love

Image Source If I had to pick a parallel New Testament verse that helps (me) get the message of Isaiah 59:1-2 it has to be Romans 8:38-39. I know some of you are scratching your heads thinking what is he thinking but hear me out. Like most folks I read Romans and am greatly reassured. … More God’s Love

Being Perfect

Image Source I remember the first time I read this verse and thinking “fat chance of that happening”. I mean seriously does anyone really think we are going to be “PERFECT” this side of glory? So the curious me went investigating and found that the Greek word here taken in context means something way different then … More Being Perfect

Ask Anything

The key to verse 14 is “according His will” or as the Amplified version adds “according His will, [that is, consistent with His plan and purpose]”.  We can of course ask God for anything our heart desires but then we cannot be certain He will hear our petitions (vs.15) Our desire should always be to … More Ask Anything

Toppling Ten Fake Facts That Prop Evolution

BY BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D. *  | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2019 ICR founder Dr. Henry Morris wrote in 2003, “Practically all the media strongly promote evolution and…the general public has been taught only evolution in public schools and secular colleges all their lives.”¹ Yet, according to yearly polls, about half of Americans still distrust at least some evolutionary ideas. Dr. … More Toppling Ten Fake Facts That Prop Evolution

Image Source 5 But whoever habitually keeps His word and obeys His precepts [and treasures His message in its entirety], in him the love of God has truly been perfected [it is completed and has reached maturity]. By this we know [for certain] that we are in Him: (AMP) David Guzik :: Study Guide for 1 … More

Fear the Lord

Image Source I like the way the Berean Study Bible has rendered this verse “Above all” compared to the most common rendering of “only” in most bibles,  it puts an emphasis a priority upon the need for me to fear the Lord. This “fear” spoken of here is used 4 times in 1 Samuel 12. … More Fear the Lord

10 Things You Should Know about Reformed Theology

April 14, 2019  by: Paul M. Smalley, Joel R. Beeke This article is part of the 10 Things You Should Know series. 1. Reformed theology celebrates the glory of God. The heart and soul of Reformed theology is the glory of the triune God (Ps. 96:3; John 17:1). For this reason, it is often called “God-centered” theology. B. B. Warfield … More 10 Things You Should Know about Reformed Theology