The Gospel: God Centered, Free, Powerful

This past Sunday I began teaching a course titled “A Biblical Approach to Christian Counterfeits.” The audio (MP3s) for this course will be parked online here (the first class is there now). Keep in mind this is a Sunday School course, not “seminary” level. The class on Acts 17 was done two weeks prior to the beginning of the Counterfeits

We have all heard the repeated misrepresentations and maligning of Calvinism, so it is easy to become blasé over time when we hear it again. But we must have stamina to continue to respond and challenge them. Certainly, there are times when wisdom calls for ignoring them. But there are times when we are called to defend our Lord’s character

I will not belabor a thorough line-by-line examination, but I will address a few more comments made by our author. In what seems to be an attempt to create a lack of confidence in hermeneutics, we are presented with the following assertion: Not only did the original authors of the New Testament generally avoid the sort of historical/grammatical method of

   I had a great time on the Janet Mefferd Show yesterday, discussing the nature of the Trinity. Even had a Jewish apologist caller, which proved interesting. You can listen to Janet’s show here.

The following Calvin quote is given by Norman Geisler in Chosen But Free (page 156-157, 1st edition; pages 161-162, 2nd edition): Eternal Predestination of God IX.5 Mark 14:24. This is my blood- I have already warned, when the blood is said to be poured out (as in Matthew) for the remission of sins, how in these words we are directed to the sacrifice of Christ’s