Category Archives: Soteriology
What Teaching or Practice Will Separate a Man from God?
I believe that understanding something as complicated and deep as God’s plan, redemption, salvation, sanctification, human relations, emotions, etc. is a difficult task. Our understanding is colored by what we have accepted as true. To a Calvinist, the word is … Continue reading
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Christ Died in Our Place
Leon Cathey wrote: > > Here be my problem. The penalty for our sin was not our death on the > > cross, nor was it our temporary separation from God, i.e., a little > > time in hell. I … Continue reading
God’s Seed
The entirety of Ps 22 is a Messianic psalm that in the first 21 verses of the chapter speaks of the suffering Messiah. In v22 the Psalmist begins a victorious refrain and begins to speak of the future glory of … Continue reading
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Christ’s Eternal Humiliation
Christ, the second Adam, is the righter of what Adam wronged. Adam brought the curse. In Christ who was cursed for us (Gal 3:13) we have release from the curse (Rev 22:3). Because of becoming sin for us and being … Continue reading
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What Do Men Inherit from Adam’s Sin?
> Augustine noted Rom 5:12 where Paul said > > “Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into > the world, and death through sin, and so death spread > to all men, because all sinned.” -Rom 5:12 > … Continue reading
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Pelagianism
Pelagianism is another term that you sometimes see referenced in theological discussions. It teaches the same idea as we believe that men are not born in sin, but rather choose to disobey. Pelagianism teaches that man is born pure. Semi-Pelagianism … Continue reading
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Arminianism
Sometimes you run across a Calvinist writer who attacks Arminianism, and if you do not know what Arminianism is, you will have no clue what he is talking about. To help you understand what Arminianism means, I have included a … Continue reading
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The Body and the Blood
In I Cor 11:26-27 Paul discusses the two elements of the Lord’s supper that he identifies as the bread and the cup. He then relates these two elements to the body (the bread) and blood of Christ (the cup), but why does the one sacrifice … Continue reading
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The Seed of Woman
In Gen 3:15 God pronounces a curse/blessing on woman. He pronounces a curse in the form of enmity (deep-seated ill-will) between the seed of the Devil and the seed of the woman. He pronounces a blessing in that the Seed … Continue reading
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Christians Are Not the New Jews
The promise of the Promised Land to the Jews was in fact conditional (Lev 18:26-28). However, the covenant God made with Israel at Sinai was not the covenant God made with Abraham (Gal 3:17, Dt 5:3). They were two different … Continue reading
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