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Death and Life are in the Power of the Tongue | Effectual Grace
I want to write briefly about a verse we all know. “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits” (Proverbs 18:21).
There Are Many Ways To Get Justification Wrong | Effectual Grace
The following article by Wes Bredenhof (original source here – https://bredenhof.ca/2025/09/29/eight-ways-of-getting-justification-wrong/ ) outlines eight erroneous views of justification. Justification is the Bible’s teaching on how a sinner may be right before God.
Modern Day Prophecy (3 articles) | Effectual Grace
Though I have posted some of this material before, I thought it might be helpful to gather three articles on the theme of fallible prophecy so that they might be in one place.
The Scope of Sanctification: Positional, Progressive, Perfected | Effectual Grace
Jesus prayed, “Sanctify them in the truth. Your word is truth” (John 17:17).
A Thousand Years | Effectual Grace
We should and must take the Bible literally. But taking the Bible literally does not mean we interpret everything in a wooden or flat way.
Membership and the Lord’s Supper | Effectual Grace
As we read Acts 2, we see a clear sequence in the life of the early church. Luke writes: “So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.
Why Sunday Is Such A Big Deal | Effectual Grace
In response to a recent teaching, someone gave me the following feedback in an email: “… the concept of Sunday being the beginning of the week rather than the end has really put things in a new perspective for me.
My Journey Out of the Word of Faith | Effectual Grace
“Wonderful are Your works, and this my soul knows very well!” – Psalm 139:14 As many of you know, I was not always a Reformed Baptist pastor and expositor of the word of God.
Same Words; Different Dictionary (Jehovah Witnesses and Mormons) | Effectual Grace
Imagine a couple coming to you and saying that they just enjoyed a wonderful vacation in Canada. You congratulate them and ask them what they enjoyed most about their time away and the more they talk, the more things don’t seem to add up.
The Abomination of Desolation | Effectual Grace
Article by Dan Doriani (MDiv, PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary; STM, Yale Divinity School; research fellow, Yale University, 1981, 1995), professor of theology at Covenant Theological Seminary; interim senior pastor at Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama; and a Board member of
Calvin and Servetus – The Facts | Effectual Grace
I don’t know the author of this… he/she goes by the title “holy nope” – but I appreciate the facts outlined here: Forgive my spicy response, but the random Calvinist slander on unrelated posts does get tiresome, and I do pity that putrid combination of ignorance and arrogance.
What Happened at the Roman Catholic Council of Trent? | Effectual Grace
Article by Joe Carter: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/9-things-you-should-know-about-the-council-of-trent A further update: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/is-the-reformation-over-a-statement-of-evangelical-convictions/ John Stott: “We are ready to co-operate with them (Roman
R. C. Sproul on ECT (Evangelicals and Catholics Together) | Effectual Grace
R C Sproul – from the sermon: https://learn.ligonier.org/sermons/abraham-justified-faith In our day, the doctrine of justification has been battled afresh within so-called evangelical circles, revealing that evangelical circles are not truly evangelical.
Ambassadors’ Academy 2025 | Effectual Grace
After 2 full days of intense training at Ray Comfort’s Ambassadors’ Academy we took the gospel to the streets:
R.C. Sproul: Three Questions on his Eschatology | Effectual Grace
From a Ligonier “Ask R.C. Live” Event (July 2014) beginning at the 36:47 mark: Transcript: Questioner (Kathy): Do you believe that we are living in the end times that we read about in the Book of Revelation?
Knowledge Puffs Up? What Does This Mean Exactly? | Effectual Grace
Alisa Childers answers: Transcript: Anti-intellectualism will keep you from understanding your Bible and from living a vibrant Christian life. And I want to refer to a very particular passage that a lot of times people will pull out when they want to be a little bit anti-intellectual.
Drop the “Optimistic/Pessimistic” Language | Effectual Grace
See this article by Dr. Kim Riddlebarger: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f7f81cd67b88d47b94051ed/t/5fe270d342eab01570ad4a98/1608675540106/Riddlebarger-Sept-Oct-2011-1.pdf
The Christian, the Church and the Church Service | Effectual Grace
Rom. 12:2 reads, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” The Phillips translation reads, “Don’t allow the world around you squeeze you into its mold.”
Full Preterism is Heretical | Effectual Grace
Gavin Ortlund provides an historical perspective as he discusses the differences between partial preterism (which is within the bounds of orthodoxy) and full preterism (which is not): https://www.youtube.com/embed/k8pHZLYfn6I?si=0-oFDGdUmckHMpKj
Phil. 3:20-21 and the future resurrection of the body | Effectual Grace
Jason L. Bradfield has written an excellent article in defense of the resurrection of the body. It is entitled, “Our Lowly Bodies Will Rise – Philippians 3:21 Against Hyper-Preterism” and can be found here .