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Category: Exegesis

  • Horton vs. the Sermon on the Mount (take 2!)

    In a previous post, we saw how Horton exegetically blundered in asserting that “In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus clearly abrogated the ceremonial and civil law that God had given uniquely to the nation of Israel.” Horton is at again. This time he writes: In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus announces a “regime…

  • Where is the Promise of Christ’s Coming?

    One of the key passages regarding the second coming of Christ is found in 2 Peter 3:1-18 (the entirety of chapter 3 of 2 Peter). First, let me provide you with the text of the chapter, and then my commentary on it. 2 Peter 3:1-18 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in…

  • "Twice Dead" in Jude 12

    What does the expression, “twice dead,” in Jude 12[fn1] mean? According to a friend of mine, some non-Calvinists have tried to argue that it refers to folks who were once saved, but are saved no longer. That explanation misses the point, because it is attempting to force a view onto the verse that the verse…

  • >John 6:44-45 – A Grammatical Note

    >One of the key texts on which Arminians and Calvinists disagree is John 6:44-45. That passage states: John 6:44-45 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all…

  • Is 1 John 5:10 Parallel and Relevant to 1 John 5:1?

    The following video comes from Dr. James White addressing the question of whether 1 John 5:10 is parallel to and relevant to 1 John 5:1, particularly with respect to the issue of regeneration and faith. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJQYjdpBPBw&hl=en_US&fs=1&] To God be the Glory!

  • 1 Timothy 4:7-10 – A Brief Exegesis

    1 Timothy 4:7-10 But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. For therefore…

  • Some Patristic Views of 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4

    2 Thessalonians 2:3-4Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth…

  • Axe, Saw, and Staff Theology

    Calvinism is sometimes accused of turning men into robots or puppets. Scoffers refer to Calvinism as “puppet theology” or “robot theology.” One way to respond to this is by trying to explain to the critics that Calvinism teaches that men have wills and make choices. There’s nothing wrong with that approach. However, another approach that…

  • National Repentance

    Many Reformed believers are familiar with the potter and clay analogy in Romans 9, which speaks to God’s absolute sovereignty. However, many Reformed believers are less familiar with the potter and clay analogy in Jeremiah 18. The two analogies are only loosely related. Jeremiah 18 also points out God’s sovereignty, but with a different signification.…

  • Mountain Cast Into Sea

    One of the more challenging sayings of Jesus relates to prayers that a mountain be cast into the sea. The expression of a mountain being cast into the sea is sometimes presented by teachers as though God were saying that if someone prayed in faith, God would toss any old mountain into the sea, much…