Urine
Last night I went to pick Zach, my three-year-old, up from his class at church. When I dropped him off, the sign-in sheet asked, “Any special instructions?” I...
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Soteriology
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Why Doesn’t God Save Everyone? (Sam Storms)
If election were solely based on what God wanted and not anything in us that might differentiate the chosen from the un-chosen and thus account for why this one and not...
Sam Storms
Questions I Hope No One Asks: Why Doesn’t God Save Everyone?
The first in my new “Questions I Hope No One Asks” Series As an evangelical Christian, I seek to share Christ with others. Often, in doing so, people have a lot of...
C Michael Patton
Is the New Birth in the Old Testament? or Why Was Christ So Hard On Nicodemus in John 3:10?
John 3:1-10 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a...
C Michael Patton
Does One Have to Forsake all Known Sins Before they Are Saved?
I was watching a Gospel presentation on the web the other day. You know, one of those dynamic slide presentations that have a nice piano playing in the background, warm...
C Michael Patton
Was I Really a Christian?
I think one of the toughest questions to address in Christianity is the actual determination of one’s genuine faith. Typically we draw conclusions based on external...
C Michael Patton
Why I Reject the Arminian Doctrine of Prevenient Grace
It is no secret to most that I hold strongly to the Reformed doctrines of grace. But it is equally no secret that I have deep respect for the godly character and scholarship...
C Michael Patton
An Eastern Orthodox View of Predestination
The Synod of Jerusalem (different than the biblical “Council of Jerusalem”) was an Eastern Orthodox council which was convened in 1672 to deal with the influences...
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Corporate Election (Dan Wallace)
A good friend who is also a pastor wrote to me recently about the nature of election. He wondered if it were possible for Christians to be chosen in Christ—that is, for...
C Michael Patton
Baptist Seminary Professor Roger Olson Headed Toward Rome
Roger Olson is my favorite Evangelical Arminians. He has a unique ability to be an anchor of doctrinal stability and a provocative juggernaut of theological inquiry that...
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