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No need for divine damage control: a response to Bruce Wildish in the Story of the Magi

Many believers will object that, through the device of dream revelation, God provided for both Jesus’ escape to Egypt and his safe resettlement in Nazareth some time…… Read more “No need for divine damage control: a response to Bruce Wildish in the Story of the Magi”

Calvinism is a logical theological system; on this, 5-point Calvinists and I agree. If you subscribe to one point of Calvinism, say, the unconditional eternal security of…… Read more “Two passages that put Calvinism into flight”

The Lord is good, church! Pastor D.M. back here again with continued teaching on John 6. Part 2 continues our quest through John 6 with the…… Read more “Does John 6 Teach Calvinism? Part 2”

We’ve been studying John 6 this week in Bible Study, examining the text for clues as to whether or not Calvinism is present there. It isn’t. John…… Read more “Bible Study: John 6, Part 2 continues tonight”

Calvinism is a theological system advanced by John Calvin (for whom Calvinism is named) that says that God is so sovereign that everything is guided by His…… Read more “If you reject meticulous providence: congrats, you’re not a Calvinist”

Once Saved, Always Saved (OSAS), a view I call a grassroots Calvinist movement in the churches, is one that doesn’t believe in the idea that some are…… Read more “1 John 2:19: “never saved to begin with”?”

John 6 is a chapter hailed by many proponents of Calvinism as a “de facto” passage in favor of John Calvin’s theology. And yet, as I teach…… Read more “Bible Study: Does John 6 teach Calvinism?”

Though I constantly preach and speak against Calvinism, I do so because of Scripture. The more I read the Word of God and study it, the more…… Read more “Calvinism’s Conundrum and the Saul problem: wrestling with the apostate king”

So the question in the end is; did we respond to God’s prevenient grace when our friend did not because God gave us something He withheld from…… Read more “No one can boast: the case for Prevenient Grace”

Praise the Lord, everybody! Pastor D.M. Richardson is back this week with another sermon that reminds us of the goodness and glory of the Lord. Divine…… Read more “Divine Sovereignty Meets Human Responsibility (Numbers 14:1-35)”