March 19, 2025 “Gospel” means “Good News.” Ever since Jesus’ death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and sending the Holy Spirit (Acts 2), the Good News of… Read More »Insight #360 – Calvinism Examined #8 – Good News vs. Bad News
January 2, 2025 Have you heard that we are saved by grace alone, through faith alone? Saved by grace through faith? Absolutely! But alone? Which… Read More »Insight #359 – “Alone” – Really?
November 2, 2024 What is a “born-again Christian”? Is there any other kind? Is there any connection to water baptism? This is not a fringe… Read More »Insight #358 – New Birth
September 23, 2024 From the beginning of the church in the first century until today, virtually all “versions” of Christianity have believed in something called… Read More »Insight #357 – Which Baptism?
August 19, 2024. Which comes first? second? third? – repentance, faith, hearing, baptism, new birth, salvation, confession, preaching, receiving Jesus, or what? Well, that depends… Read More »Insight #356 – Calvinism Examined #7 – Faith
July 14, 2024. Does the Bible teach “predestination”? Yes, it does! However, a more meaningful reply to that question requires some investigation. Unconditional Election? The… Read More »Insight #355 – Calvinism Examined #6 – Predestination
June 3, 2024. Remember the old excuse: “The devil made me do it”? How about an even older excuse: “God made me do it”? That’s… Read More »Insight #354 – Calvinism Examined #5 – Are We Robots?
April 3, 2024. One day Calvina told her neighbor, “I’m so thankful Jesus died for me, but I don’t know if He died for you… Read More »Insight #352 – Calvinism Examined #4 – Did Jesus Die for You?
March 6, 2024. Does Romans 9 teach unconditional election to salvation? We need to understand the context first. Keep in mind that this letter was… Read More »Insight #351 – Calvinism Examined #3 – God’s Will – Romans 9
February 1, 2024. “You were dead,” Paul told his beloved brothers and sisters in Ephesus (Eph. 2:1). He referred, of course, to their lives before… Read More »Insight #350 – Calvinism Examined #2 – We Were Dead?