Here we stand, at long last, at the conclusion of our sojourn through the subtleties of soteriology. What can be said of the debate between Calvinism and Arminianism?
Conclusions on the Quiet Debate…
Category: Hope
Eternity is a Really Long Time…
How secure is our place in eternity? That’s the question this week. In the multifaceted debate between the Calvinist and Arminian perspectives, this issue is a big one, not because of the grave differences between then, but rather because very often both sides tend to agree. That’s not to say however that there isn’t a rather subtle difference that needs to be addressed; a difference that supersedes both sides in the conflict, and that may ultimately prove impactful for all believers…
Free Will?
To choose or not to choose? That is the crux of the matter this week as we pluck another petal off the TULIP…
The Price of Admission
How great is God’s love? Even as I write this, I’m drawn to a particular hymn and the precious words thereof:
“To God be the glory, great things He hath done;
So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
And opened the life gate that all may go in.”
What is the price of admission to eternity? Who paid it? As our look at the contrast between Calvinism and Arminianism continues this week, we will specifically consider who he paid it for…
A Chosen Few vs. the Choices of a Few
You know, this topic here, this debate into which I have wadded, is not an easy one. It’s full of sore issues and harsh realities and no small amount of hostility. Even so, there is merit – I believe – in digging in, in really trying to see what the Scriptures are trying to reveal to us. As we continue along, you will see that the extent – indeed, even the very existence – of will power is again at the forefront…
The Depraved and the Diminished
How rotten is the human spirit? How vile are we as a whole and individually? The battle of the flowers find’s its first conflict here on this point…
The TULIP & the DAISY
The debate between Calvinism and Arminianism is one that impacts (to the extent they take it seriously) an individual’s personal theology, and – by extension – how they subsequently minister to those around them. One’s stock in either of these positions, either wholly or otherwise some combination of the two, effects their understanding of human nature, the origin of evil, the will of God, the will of man, the condition of salvation, and the authority of the Scriptures. Though many are unaware of the debate itself, in reality it’s kind of a big deal…
A Quiet Debate
Many, many churchgoers are happily unaware of a particularly troubling philosophical struggle that has rippled behind the scenes for several centuries. Though the average congregational member isn’t engaged in this debate, the weight of the arguments on both sides hold dramatic implications for how our churches view the lost, how believers view their salvation, and how we all view our great God. The battle concerns nothing less than our individual relationship with God and how we are saved… Continue reading “A Quiet Debate”
Waiting on the Bridegroom, Part 12
Coming to the end now, look at what happens next, verses 11 & 12:
“Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.”
Waiting on the Bridegroom, Part 11
Look again at verse 10:
“And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.”
