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Love-Based Discipline – A Negative Perspective
From Thomas Watson, “The Comforting Rod,” brought to my attention by Blueridge Baptist “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten.” Revelation 3:19 God’s afflicting rod has comfort in it–as it is a token of the special favor He bears towards us. We think that God cannot favor us–unless He pampers us in His…
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A Quick Response to TJP's "Infant Damnation" Series
T.J. Pennock has provided a series of posts aimed at (apparently) suggesting that Calvinists either:1) all believe in “infant damnation”; or2) tend to believe in such a doctrine. A. W. Pink (a Reformed writer who clearly did not hold such a view) has already addressed this particular emotional criticism of Calvinism. Given the number of…
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A Quick Response to TJP’s "Infant Damnation" Series
T.J. Pennock has provided a series of posts aimed at (apparently) suggesting that Calvinists either:1) all believe in “infant damnation”; or2) tend to believe in such a doctrine. A. W. Pink (a Reformed writer who clearly did not hold such a view) has already addressed this particular emotional criticism of Calvinism. Given the number of…
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Against Pride: By Camp
If you have time, enjoy Steven J. Camp’s excellent piece on pride today (link). I wouldn’t fully agree with his first paragraph, and especially his first two sentences, but the farther you go in the post, the more and more Scripture is brought to bear. And while Pride may not be the most serious sin,…
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Response to Manuel Cullwell: Children born Innocent?
Manuel Cullwell wrote: … babies are born innocent and are not depraved therefor born sheep, itis then after they lose innocence by sin that they become goats or lost sheep… I answer: In Adam all died, babies included. They are conceived in sin, and come forth out of the womb, speaking lies. No one is…
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Response to Anonymous: How does Jesus Sort the Sheep from Goats?
An Anonymous reader wrote: The Calvinistic assumption, however, changes the argument altogether. Howdoes Jesus separate the sheep from the goats? The sheep clothed and fed on ofthe least of these, the goats did not. He doesn’t say they are rejected for notbeing chosen but they are not chosen for what they didn’t do. Calvinism cannotintelligently…
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Response to Orthodox: Unfair if Man Unable (and misc.)
Orthodox wrote: T: 1. God says: “Anyone who repents and believes will be saved.” O: He says more than that, he also says “repent and believe”. Which remainsa false offer even if you think they can’t do it. Ro 1:20 says that the entirety of creation is designed so that men arewithout excuse. To give…