Tag: Sovereignty of God
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What does it mean to be “Reformed”?
The question of what constitutes Reformed Theology dominates both academic and popular conversations. There are those who assert quite specifically and confidently that being Reformed involves being Calvinistic, covenantal, confessional, and paedobaptistmal, calling any who fail to uphold these pillars as “not really reformed,” which is surely a surprise to the Reformed Baptists among us.…
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Though the storm rages…
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Hab 3:17–19. I was in Port Charlotte, Florida last weekend to speak at my former church, Freedom Bible Church. I was scheduled to stay until Tuesday. But, as forecasts for Hurricane Ian came in, I decided to leave on Sunday right after church, hoping…
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Even foreseeing is foreordaining
Does the Arminian understanding of “elect according to the foreknowledge of God” provide a satisfying answer to the question of sovereignty and free will?
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What do you mean by sovereignty?, part 4
What do the confessions have to say about the sovereignty of God, and how did they deal with the apparent contradictions?
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What do you mean by sovereignty?, part 2
To say that God is sovereign over all is a given among Bible-believing Christians. What is not a given is what we mean by that. Dig deeper and you’ll find that there are differences in what various teachers mean when they affirm God’s sovereignty. In part 1 of this series, I wrote about how God’s…
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What do you mean by sovereignty?, part 1
All Christians believe in a sovereign God. But what do they mean by that?
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Bowing at the idol of free will
Most Christians recoil in horror at the sovereignty of God in salvation. They bow at the idol of free will.
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God is sovereign, and we are not machines
Sometimes, Calvinists make the mistake of absolutizing sovereign grace truths to the point of becoming unbiblical in our expressions.
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Sovereignty on the back end needs sovereignty on the front end
We love the promises and provision of God in the midst of trials, but the sovereign care that comes in trial has been there all along, even over the occurance of the trial.
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