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The Intent of the Cross
For whom was Christ’s work on the cross intended? “His People” Matthew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Luke 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, Luke 1:77…
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The Master who Bought Them in 2 Peter 2:1
The Apostle Peter, writing 2 Peter 2:1, used the interesting phrase, “the Master who bought them,” to refer to false teachers. Translated in the KJV by, “the Lord that bought them,” this verse has occasionally been brought out as a proof text against the Biblical doctrine of Limited atonement. The Greek word, ἀγοράζω (agorazo), finds…
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Limited Atonement – Notes for a Debate on the Subject
Why Limited Atonement? It’s explicitly taught in Scripture that Christ died for his people: Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with…
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What Catholic Answers Isn't Telling You About the New Mass Translation
Over the past few months I’ve seen a number of requests for funding from Catholic Answers to support what is billed as the “new translation” of the Order of the Mass. Some of the earlier requests seemed vague as to why this is important. The latest email claims that the issue is that the current…
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Arminius' Supposed Impact on Calvinism
Dan (aka GodIsMyJudge) has provided a post alleging another impact of Arminius on Calvinism (link to his post). The first part of his post I’ll pass over, since I feel my previous post (link to my previous post) has adequately addressed that issue. However, Dan states: TF notes well the WCF is open to supra,…
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Augustine on 1 John 2:2 and "Whole World"
The fact that Augustine taught limited atonement is something that we occasionally hear disputed. Thus, from time to time, it is helpful to see what Augustine said about one of the key verses in that discussion, 1 John 2:2. Here are two places (the only two that have come to my attention) where Augustine address…
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Particular Redemption – Quotation from Reymond's Systematic Theology
Monergism.com has provided a lengthy excerpt from Robert Reymond’s A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith, 2nd ed. on the subject of Ten Lines of Evidence for Particular Redemption (link to excerpt). Reymond’s Ten Lines: 1) The Particularistic Vocabulary of Scripture2) God’s Redemptive Love Not Inclusive of Fallen Angels3) The Irreversible Condition of Lost…
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Grinding the Grain: Responding to the Substance of Trey Austin's Arguments
Having disposed of the chaff in an earlier post (link), we may now turn to the grain portion of Trey’s recent post responding to questions I had posed as to the view of my theological opponents (or are they?) regarding the atonement. I was a little disappointed to see that Trey decided to answer only…
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Misleading Information from "Calvin and Calvinism"
I was disappointed to see more misleading information appear over at “Calvin and Calvinism,” this time on Hodge. Hodge was a firm believer in 5 point Calvinism. This web page (link – not recommended in any way, shape, or form) tries to present a slightly different view. The problem seems to be that the person…