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“Biblical” Arguments Against Calvinism
Category: Calvinism
Do the following Scriptures refute Calvinism? O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! (Matthew 23:37) The Lord is not slow to fulfill his [...]
A Few Problems With Arminianism
Category: Calvinism, Media
In this video Dr. Bruce Ware makes a case for Calvinism and shows a few obvious problems with Arminianism. This is part of a DVD called “The Great Debate: Predestination vs. Free Will” distributed by the Apologetics Group.
Already Chosen
Category: Calvinism, Quotes
“In regeneration, man is neither worker nor coworker; he is merely wrought upon; and the only Worker in this matter is God. And, for this very reason, because God is the sole Worker in regeneration, it must be thoroughly understood that His work does not begin only with regeneration. No; while the sinner is still [...]
Am I One of the Human Race?
Category: Calvinism
Robert McCheyne | No one ever came to Christ because they knew themselves to be of the elect. It is quite true that God has of his mere good pleasure elected some to everlasting life, but they never knew it until they came to Christ. Christ nowhere invites the elect to come to Him. The [...]
Are There Two Wills in God? by John Piper
Category: Calvinism, Grace, Sovereignty
Divine Election and God’s Desire for All to Be Saved My aim here is to show from Scripture that the simultaneous existence of God’s will for “all persons to be saved” (1 Tim. 2:4) and his will to elect unconditionally those who will actually be saved is not a sign of divine schizophrenia or exegetical [...]
Calvinism is the Natural Theology Written on the Heart of the New Man
Category: Calvinism, Quotes
Below is a quote from J.I. Packer from his introduction to The Death of Death in the Death of Christ. I appreciate Packer’s boldness and clarity here. I am quoting from the recent book, In My Place Condemned He Stood, pp. 123-124. “Now the real nature of Calvinistic soteriology becomes plain. It is no artificial [...]
Can You Lose Your Salvation?
Category: Calvinism, Media, Scripture, Sermons, Teaching
In this sermon Doug Eaton discusses Perseverance of the Saints, also known as, “eternal security” or “once saved, always saved.” You can download this message from Doug’s website.
Charles Spurgeon on Arminianism
Category: Calvinism, Grace, Quotes, Sovereignty
“I believe that very much of current Arminianism is simply ignorance of gospel doctrine; and if people began to study their Bibles, and to take the Word of God as they find it, they must inevitably, if believers, rise up to rejoice in the doctrines of grace.” – Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon: A Defense of Calvinism
Category: Calvinism, Media
“The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach to-day, or else be false to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth; I know of no such thing as paring off the rough edges of a doctrine. John Knox’s gospel is my [...]
Choice Cannot Precede Creation
Category: Calvinism
God does not require mans permission in order to make man, nor does he require it in order to make man a-new. “For he says to Moses, ‘I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.’ So then it depends not on human will or [...]
Closing Statement: Debate on Calvinism
Category: Calvinism, Grace, Sovereignty
Dr. James White gives his closing statements in a debate against George Bryson. This is a really great video! The debate was held at Anaheim Vineyard in Southern California. You can find more at aomin.org
Conditional Promises of God and Man’s Impotence
Category: Calvinism, Grace, Quotes
The second class of objections is akin to the former. They allege the promises in which the Lord makes a paction with our will. Such are the following: “Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live,” (Amos 5: 14.) “If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: but [...]
Dave Hunt’s Misrepresentation of Calvinism
Category: Calvinism, Media, Reviews
In these eight videos Phil Johnson reviews Dave Hunt’s book, ‘What Love Is This? Calvinism’s Misrepresentation of God’.
Does God Predestine Some Men to Hell?
Category: Calvinism
Double Predestination. If God has predestined some to eternal life, hasn’t he also predestined the others to eternal destruction? But does this mean God forces them to sin in order that he can punish them in Hell? What is “Equal Ultimacy” and is it a biblical doctrine? Mark Keilar from CrossTV explains…
Dr. James White – Mormon Debate: Soli Deo Gloria
Category: Calvinism, Grace, Media, Mormonism
Does your understanding of grace divide the glory of God? Is it possible that your gospel might give you grounds for boasting? Does God alone get the glory for the salvation of sinners?
For Whom Did Christ Die? – John Owen
Category: Calvinism
The Father imposed His wrath due unto, and the Son underwent punishment for, either: All the sins of all men. All the sins of some men, or Some of the sins of all men. In which case it may be said: That if the last be true, all men have some sins to answer for, [...]
Free Will – A Slave, by Charles Spurgeon
Category: Calvinism, General Topics, Sovereignty
“And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.” (John 5:40) This is one of the great guns of the Arminians, mounted upon the top of their walls, and often discharged with terrible noise against the poor Christians called Calvinists. I intend to spike the gun this morning, or, rather, to turn [...]
Free-will Doctrine – What Does It?
Category: Calvinism, Sovereignty
Charles Spurgeon | “Free-will doctrine – what does it? It magnifies man into God; it declares God’s purposes a nullity, since they cannot be carried out unless men are willing. It makes God’s will a waiting servant to the will of man, and the whole covenant of grace dependent upon human action. Denying election on [...]
Freedom of the Will
Category: Calvinism, Quotes, Teaching
This is an excerpt from Jonathan Edwards’ Freedom of the Will and this was the start of my understanding the absurdity of the will being truly free. This takes a little time to understand and read through but Edwards does a great job in taking apart the Arminian view of the will through logic. I [...]
Got Grounds for Boasting?
Category: Calvinism, Grace, Sovereignty
Is a man born-again because of his faith in Jesus Christ, or does a man have faith in Jesus Christ because he is born again? Does your answer leave any grounds for boasting? Is the difference between Heaven and Hell God’s free grace and mercy, or is it a man’s free will, wisdom, or spiritual [...]
How a Toned-Down Gospel Undermines Holiness
Category: Calvinism, Christianity, Quotes
Wherever and whenever the doctrines of free grace and justification by faith have prevailed in the Christian church, and according to the degree of clearness with which they have been enforced, the practical duties of Christianity have flourished in the same proportion. Wherever they have declined, or been tempered with the reasonings and expedients of [...]
Is Divine Election Unfair?
Category: Calvinism, Sovereignty
By John MacArthur, Pulpit Magazine In spite of the clarity with which Scripture addresses this topic, many professing Christians today struggle in their acceptance of God’s sovereignty — especially when it comes to His electing work in salvation. Their most common protest, of course, is that the doctrine of election is unfair. But such an [...]
James White’s Response to Gregg Matte on Calvinism
Category: Calvinism, General Topics, Media, Sovereignty
Christians are usually ready and willing to defend biblical truth, whether it’s the doctrine of the Trinity, the deity of Christ, or even six day creation. But when it comes to debating the sovereignty of God, the opposing view would rather a monologue than a dialogue. Unfortunately, this leaves the Calvinist with a mess of [...]
Jim McClarty – Biblical Ignorance and Tradition
Category: Calvinism, Church Issues, Media, Sovereignty
John Piper: Ten Effects of Believing in the Five Points of Calvinism
Category: Calvinism, Quotes
These ten points are my personal testimony to the effects of believing in the five points of Calvinism. I have just completed teaching a seminar on this topic and was asked by the class members to post these reflections so they could have access to them. I am happy to do so. They, of course, [...]
Loving Father Feeds Children to Wild Animals
Category: Calvinism, Grace, Sovereignty
What would you think of a shepherd who claimed to love his flock so much that he allowed them to be eaten up by wild animals? Or, what would you think of a father who claimed to love his children so much that he allowed them to play with fuel and fire? Their actions, or [...]
Puritan Rappers?
Category: Bible, Calvinism, Christianity, Media, Scripture
Does your pastor preach it like these guys rap? This track was written by Shai Linne, from Lamp Mode. Go to www.lampmode.com for more information. The lyrics are below.
Sovereign Man?
Category: Calvinism, Quotes, Sovereignty
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. –John 1:12-13 There is another and worse evil which [...]
Spurgeon on The Doctrines of Grace
Category: Calvinism, Quotes
“There is no soul living who holds more firmly to the doctrines of grace than I do, and if any man asks me whether I am ashamed to be called a Calvinist, I answer – I wish to be called nothing but a Christian; but if you ask me, do I hold the doctrinal views [...]
The Bondage of the Will: An Unnecessary Doctrine?
Category: Calvinism, Grace, Sovereignty
Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will | If I know not how much I can do myself, how far my ability extends, and what I can do God-wards; I shall be equally uncertain and ignorant how much God is to do, how far His ability is to extend, and what He is to do [...]
The Christ-Centered Nature of the Doctrines of Grace
Category: Calvinism, Christianity, Grace
The TULIP can only be made sense of when we consider Christ and His work at its core … the core from which all redemptive benefits spring. Four-point Calvinism (which rejects the “L”) falls short since it inconsistently views whether or not Christ is the center and cause of all grace or redemptive blessings. It [...]
The Greatness of His Power
Category: Calvinism, Quotes, Sovereignty
“The exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead.” (Ephesians 1:19) In the resurrection of Christ, as in our salvation, there was put forth nothing short of a divine power. What shall we say [...]
The Irresistible Influence of the Holy Spirit
Category: Calvinism, Quotes
“Oh!” saith the Arminian, “men may be saved if they will.” We reply, “My dear sir, we all believe that; but it is just the if they will that is the difficulty. We assert that no man will come to Christ unless he be drawn; nay, we do not assert it, but Christ himself declares [...]
TULIP Seminar – John Piper
Category: Calvinism, Christianity, Sovereignty, Teaching
Below are three highly recommended videos of John Piper taken from the TULIP seminar.
TurretinFan: God’s or Man’s Power in Romans 9
Category: Calvinism
Romans 9:22 “What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,” Romans 9:17 “For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, ‘For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my [...]
When Did it Become ‘Salvation By Faith, Through Grace’?
Category: Calvinism, Faith, Grace
Some would have you think that it is not grace that separates sinner from saint, but rather the free-will, wisely choosing God over sin. To them, grace merely makes the wise man savable, it does not save him. It opens the door to Heaven, but whether or not he actually enter that door depends on [...]
Why aren’t you a Calvinist?
Category: Calvinism
Vaughan Smith at The Ransomed writes: “I’ve decided to start this post, and allow people to post in the comments their reasons for not believing that Calvinism is true. I am aware that I don’t have many readers, but I do know that if I tag this post correctly people will see it and come [...]
Ye Will Not Come
Category: Calvinism, Quotes
“Man is utterly and entirely averse to everything that is good and right. ‘The carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be’ (Rom. 8:7). Turn you all Scripture through, and you will find continually the will of man described as being contrary to [...]
