Post 35 - An Illustration: Election in the Gospel of John-Part 7
Recap: For the past several posts, we have been reviewing some of the much-debated texts on the doctrine of election in the Gospel of...
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Jul 18, 20215 min read
Post 34 - Given by the Father: Election in the Gospel of John-Part 6b
(This is a continuation of the previous post.) John the Baptist In the first chapter of the Gospel of John, upon seeing Jesus, John the...
Jul 11, 20215 min read
Post 33 - Given by the Father: Election in the Gospel of John-Part 6a
Recap: We are continuing to look at the three criteria Jesus gives in John 6, vv 37-44, 65 that preceded being able to "come to" him:...
Jul 4, 20216 min read
Post 32 - Drawn by the Father: Election in the Gospel of John - Part 5
Recap: In the last post, I proposed that much of sixth chapter of the Gospel of John describes a three-step process of apostolic...
Jun 27, 20215 min read
Post 31 - Taught by the Father: Election in the Gospel of John - Part 4
Recap: Last week's post included a reminder that, prior to the cross, the familiar Christian path to enter the kingdom of heaven had not...
Jun 20, 20215 min read
Post 30 - Born of God: Election in the Gospel of John-Part 3
Recap: In last week's post, I noted that the Gospel of John contains some of the most oft-cited passages in the debate on divine...
Jun 13, 20215 min read
Post 29 - Overview: Election in the Gospel of John - Part 2
Recap: Last week I proposed that the New Testament could be described as the revealing of God's plan to build the Christian Church - the...
Jun 6, 20214 min read
Post 28 - Church-building: Election in the Gospel of John - Part 1
Recap: Last week I posted a short excerpt from my upcoming book, God's Elect - The Chosen Generation. The book will present a...
May 30, 20214 min read
Post 27 - What's Wrong With This Picture?
Recap: Last week I concluded a series of posts where we went back to the basics - God, Jesus, man, and the cross - to establish a firm...
May 23, 20215 min read
Post 26 - Connecting the Pieces
Recap: In Post 17, I expressed agreement with A.W. Tozer that all error in Christian doctrine is the result of "imperfect and ignoble"...
May 16, 20214 min read
Post 25 - This Changes Everything - Part 2
Recap: In the last post we looked at the exclusivity of the ministry of the incarnate Jesus - his pre-cross ministry. Prior to the...
May 9, 20215 min read
Post 24 - This Changes Everything - Part 1
Recap: In the last post we began to see how the cross was really a dramatic spiritual "do-over" - the start of a brand new phase of...
May 2, 20215 min read
Post 23 - The Wondrous Cross
Recap: The goal of the current series of posts is to ensure that our quest for a non-contradictory, true-to-Scripture doctrine of...
Apr 25, 20215 min read
Post 22 - The Glory of Being Human
Recap: We have been constructing a biblical foundation for sound Christian doctrine. In the last post - "The Human Enigma" - we saw...
Apr 18, 20214 min read
Post 21 - The Human Enigma
Recap: We have been constructing a biblical foundation for sound Christian doctrine. Last week we saw Jesus as the human embodiment of...
Apr 11, 20215 min read
Post 20 - Jesus is God
Recap: In the past several posts, we have been constructing a firm foundation for sound Christian doctrine. We began with a brief...
Apr 4, 20215 min read
Post 19 - The Glory of God
Recap: In the previous post we explored God's holiness, albeit very briefly. I defined holiness as the sum, substance and perfect...
Mar 28, 20214 min read
Post 18 - The Holiness of God
Recap: In the last post I expressed a concern regarding the slow, methodical, yet mostly (I believe) unintentional creep of error into...
Mar 21, 20215 min read
Post 17 - Error
Recap: Last week we took a well-deserved break to remind ourselves that, although God wants us to "love knowledge", "incline our hearts...
Mar 14, 20214 min read
Post 16 - Rest
Recap: We've completed our series on vexing questions with regard to the doctrine of election by looking at six perplexing questions:...
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