Category Archives: Eschatology

9
Mar

RePost: The best way to defend soteriological Calvinism?

I had objections to the doctrine of predestination but, eventually, these were overcome. What happened is R. C. Sproul’s original (black hair, turtleneck, plaid pants) lectures on “The Holiness of God”powerfully reintroduced me to my own depravity and guilt. The … Continue reading →

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9
Mar

Growth test for churches

The American Spectator : Thriving Christianity. If you have ever been a pastor in a really small town, you will know what I am talking about. You can be in a tiny town and see churches that haven’t really grown … Continue reading →

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1
Mar

RePost: John 3.16–Whom Does God Love?

Us calvinists occasionally get in debates about John 3.16. “Does God love everyone in the world?” some ask. And we get painful explanations about how “world” (kosmos) means world of the elect. Well, I as strange as it may sound, … Continue reading →

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15
Feb

Your mission field includes your mouth, hands, and feet

“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to … Continue reading →

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27
Dec

The burning of the heavens and earth? John Owen reads Peter with an eye to Isaiah

Then we must consider in what sense men living in the world are said to be the world, and the heavens and earth of it. I shall only insist on one instance to this purpose among many that may be … Continue reading →

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27
Dec

Series guide: The Future of Jesus

The Future of Jesus 1 The Future of Jesus, 2: Few to be saved throughout (future) human history? The Future of Jesus, 3: Are there earthly blessings to be expected in the future? The Future of Jesus, 4: Will He … Continue reading →

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28
Jun

“Cool is not PostMillennial”

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28
Jun

Mark 4.30-32 and the growth of the Kingdom

With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, … Continue reading →

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24
Jun

The Future of Jesus 8: When is Jesus King of Kings?

First Post in Series Second Post in Series Third Post in Series Fourth Post in Series Fifth Post in Series Sixth Post in Series Seventh Post in Series I’m not sure if this belongs in “eschatology” or not (except in … Continue reading →

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21
Jun

Is anything in the Great Commission invisible?

16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in … Continue reading →

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