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Calvinism vs. Arminianism

*This was taken from Eternal Perspectives. You can read the full blog entry here:
Where do you stand on the Calvinism and Arminianism debate, and what resources do you recommend?
I’ve often been asked, Where do you stand on the Calvinism and Arminianism debate, and what resources do you recommend?
I came to Christ in a church that [...]

Paul Washer Sighting!

One of my most favorite (living) preachers ever, Paul Washer, recently found himself in San Antonio, TX preaching, and I stumbled across the video.

Enjoy! I’ll put some notes below of where I got this. The sermon is entitled “He drank your hell”…Notes from the originating page.
This is the sermon Paul Washer preached in San Antonio [...]

Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren

James 1:12-16
At what point do you deal with sin? Not at the point of behavior…but at the point of desire. The person who is able to control his emotional responses is able to deal effectively with sin…You must deal with sin in your life. If you expose your emotions to the baited hook, you may [...]

God’s Absolute Sovereignty

No doctrine is more despised by the natural mind than the truth that God is absolutely sovereign. Human pride loathes the suggestion that God orders everything, controls everything, rules over everything. T he carnal mind, burning with enmity against God, abhors the biblical teaching that nothing comes to pass except according to His eternal decrees. [...]

You Must See A Throne

As Preached by Paul Washer on Revelation 20:11-15

He Never Forgives Sin

“God has often forgiven sinners, but He never forgives sin; and the sinner is only forgiven on the ground of Another having borne his punishment; for ‘without shedding of blood is no remission’ (Hebrews 9:22).”
-A.W. Pink

The Rich Man & Lazarus – John MacArthur

An Arminian Prayer?

Charles H. Spurgeon observes that you have heard a great many Arminian sermons, I dare say, but you never heard an Arminian prayer–for the saints in prayer appear as one in word, and deed, and mind. An Arminian on his knees would pray desperately like a Calvinist. He cannot pray about free will; there is [...]

The Lordship of Christ

This was originally posted in the October 2009 edition of TableTalk magazine, for the 22nd day devotional. Get out your napkins….here comes all meat, no bones. Gospel pwnge

Romans 10:9 “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be [...]

80% in 5 Years

So I’m reading my October copy of TableTalk magazine and I see this ad. Nothing particularly exciting about the design of the ad; Although it was well designed. Ligonier’s stuff always looks clean and is well thought out. What struck me was the content.
Below the “title” of the ad (see above), there is contained this [...]

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