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Are Arminians considered “inward Jews?” Do those who plan a strategy to infuse Arminian theology into Doctrines of Grace and Original biblical theology, are they not responsible for the Modern Religion we have dying on the vine today? These are the same who question the 5 doctrines, endlessly complaining that they are not relevant in todays world.
Are Arminians considered “inward Jews?” Do those who plan a strategy to infuse Arminian theology into Doctrines of Grace and Original biblical theology, are they not responsible for the Modern Religion we have dying on the vine today? These are the same who question the 5 doctrines, endlessly complaining that they are not relevant in todays world.
In summary Alan, should you deem it worthwhile to study the Old School Baptists Theology for understanding, then please do yourself a favor and both speak to and read from genuine Old School ppl & writings, check out sermons and connect with those churches…. Maybe visit them even, that way you get a flavor. Our brother Tyndall (Glen) would be a good resource as he has been in Prim churches a long, long, long time! Not Methuselah quite yet though
That was a joke and you know itDid someone ring my bell... In fact I'm 3rd generation PB and if anyone knows PB's I do... Just got done reading a book called Regeneration Or New Birth by Elder William H. Crouse, a PB, written in 1928 (out of print now) and what is me that interesting in the book is that God can use the preached gospel in a sermon to regenerate a man, the gospel is not the means of regeneration God is... God can also regenerate a man without the gospel... The gospel is not the power in regeneration God is... To say anything less is to limit God... My question is this if a man has the love of God in him, where did he get it?... If a man has the love of God in him, he is regenerated being birthed from above... God regenerated and saved a dying thief on a cross, never heard the gospel, never went to church and was never baptized... So why do we limit God?... God is Sovereign and can save a man anyway he wants... I have a son born deaf, now age 42, loves the Lord, never heard the gospel, so how is he saved?... Do we damn those to hell who by some circumstance in life never hear the gospel?... Is the God that I worship that callous?... If he is why did he send his only Son to die on a cross for those he loved?... He didn't eternally love them too?... There is no limit to Gods Mercy, Grace and Love... The arm of God is NEVER short... Methuselah???... Well I still love that now retired rascal!... Brother Glen (Tyndale)
. I have a sister who got spinal meningitis that burned out her brain stem & left her a veg, so did she need the scriptures to be saved? Isn’t God merciful? I maintain he is
That was a joke and you know it
I see it as a balancing act between justice & mercy, with mercy as His personal (if I can suggest that)favorite! Praise God from whom all blessings flowMore merciful than we can ever realize... Read Romans 11 and pay particular attention to verses 25-33... Talk about Mercy!... Brother Glen
I was just reading that he book”Doctrines of Grace” by the Presbyterian author and Pastor of Philadelphia Tenth Presbyterian Church, Dr. James Montgomery Boice… note he had terminal cancer when he wrote it and so this was last book.
so on pages 61-62…Fuller theological seminary regarded itself as being found in largely on Calvinistic principles. Yet openness to other perspectives gradually led the institution away from Reformed orthodoxy, especially in the doctrine of scripture.
Many other evangelical seminaries, colleges, associations, magazines, and publishing houses followed a similar path during the second half of the 20th century.
with Arminianism has come Pietism, a fervent devotion to Christ that is nonetheless more interested in personal experience in a biblical doctrine. The current evangelical preference for experience over doctrine can be demonstrated by pursuing the Shelves Of the average Christian bookstore. The problem with this preference, of course, is that even the warmest spirituality cannot be sustained without a solid basis in theology. In the absence of a coherent doctoral framework, today’s Pietist become tomorrow’s liberals.
Liberals LOL…there we have it, blended theology ( w/o a solid basis in theology) will produce sick and dying churches! Thanks Andrew Fuller!
Edwards as a preacher, had a propensity of scaring the heck out of people and in some cases causing women to go into hysterics! Would you say his brand of preaching was effective?And then there is the other side by Jonathan Edwards... An except from Freedom Of The Will
There is thus a moral necessity to the acts of God. This does not reveal an inferiority or servitude in God, as some have suggested. An infinitely wise Being always chooses what is best and therefore must choose there should be such a thing. This brings Edwards to defend the notions of God’s “secret” will vs. His “revealed” will. God knew that the presence of moral evil in the world would be best and consonant with His wisdom and goodness. He thus chose it do be so. Hence Christ’s own crucifixion, Edwards says, though a “most horrid fact in them that perpetrated it,” was most glorious in the eternal decree of God. In the end, the doctrine of necessity is the “only medium” we have to prove the being of God, as it supposes a necessary connection of events and an antecedent ground for their existence. According to Edwards, every event which is the consequence of an antecedent event “must be ordered by God.” God’s proper design in everything He does in the world is aimed toward the salvation of men. Therefore ultimately Edwards establishes the premise that, “The conversion of a sinner being now owing to a man’s self-determination, but of God’s determination, and eternal election, which is absolute, and depending on the sovereign will of God, and not on the free will of man.”
Than You Jonathan Edward... Brother Glen
When Edwards read his sermon, he read it in a monotone voice with no emotion so that only the Spirit would move the people. Edwards was not the cause of anyone going into hysterics.Edwards as a preacher, had a propensity of scaring the heck out of people and in some cases causing women to go into hysterics! Would you say his brand of preaching was effective?
Still, was it his goal to scare people, which he did accomplish effectively. Was it his job to use fear and hellfire? What was his motivation? Wasn’t he usurping the job of the Holy Ghost? After all, we know that a reprobate will never surrender to Christ ( not in his nature to do so) and a child of God is guaranteed salvation. So what was his goal for presenting a fire & brimstone sermon? Just looking for some clarity here.
Edwards as a preacher, had a propensity of scaring the heck out of people and in some cases causing women to go into hysterics! Would you say his brand of preaching was effective?
Don't know, my wife was an English teacher in the Public School System and taught Language Arts (now retired)... One of the complete sermons in her literature book that kids must read is "Sinner In The Hands Of An Angry God"... I read it also and the aftermath of the sermons among those, that heard and the town was very effective... And for those to don't know he wasn't scheduled to give the sermon, he just filled the pulpit and the preacher that was suppose to was detained... Don't just read the sermon, check into the after effects, it was amazing, what God can do... Brother Glen