Why Will Few be Saved?

Views: 93[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-3 page.]             Jesus plainly teaches that most people will be eternally lost, separated from Him forever, while few will be saved (Mat. 7:13–14). From both observation and Scripture some reasons few will…

John Calvin and Calvinism—No. 6

Views: 85[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.]             The final point of Calvinistic theology relates to “Perseverance of the saints,” and reads as follows from the Doctrines of the Synod of Dort: God … does not wholly take…

John Calvin and Calvinism—No. 5

Views: 101[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.]             The fourth plank in the Calvinistic platform relates to the grace of God and the free will of man. This point flows naturally from the previous one. If man is…

John Calvin and Calvinism—No. 3

Views: 91[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.]             The second major platform of Calvinism has to do with the atonement of Christ for sin. Calvinism teaches a limited atonement, denying that Christ died for all men or for…

John Calvin and Calvinism—No. 2

Views: 97[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.]             The first of the five points of classic Calvinism is Predestination. This word simply means to decide beforehand, to foreordain, to prejudge. Based on a misunderstanding or misapplication of certain…

John Calvin and Calvinism—No. 1

Views: 88[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.]             The name of John Calvin is still nearly a household term although he has been dead over four centuries. As a religious reformer, he rode the crest of the sixteenth…

Commentary on and Review of K.C. Moser’s The Way of Salvation and The Gist of Romans

Views: 228[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page. Introduction This chapter reviews two books, rather than one book, both by the late K.C. Moser: The Way of Salvation and The Gist of Romans). The rationale for this dual review is…

The Necessity of Truth in Doctrine

Views: 2[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction No epistle in the New Testament begins more abruptly than the Galatian letter. No epistle is more frankly and plain-spokenly launched on its major course than the Galatian letter. No brethren in…

What Is Calvinism?

Views: 3[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3 page.] As a religious reformer, John Calvin rode the crest of the 16th century Reformation, a little younger than, but contemporary with, Martin Luther. Born in 1509, Calvin was reputedly the…

Living the Life of Dogs (Warnings About Dogs)—Philippians 3:1-2

Views: 91[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not irksome, but for you it is safe. Beware of the dogs, beware of…