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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 .
What is The Reformed understanding of Matthew 16:18? | Effectual Grace
This question is answered in the first 12 minutes of this panel discussion at this year’s Ligonier National Conference (April 12, 2025): https://www.youtube.com/embed/fLctU-4vzX0?si=495h4YVcVyzabz9b Transcript: (slightly modified for clarity) Chris Larson: In classical Reformed theology, what is th
The Death of a Christian | Effectual Grace
Source: https://www.logcollegepress.com/blog/2020/2/17/a-rarer-air-where-all-is-fair-lt-newland-on-a-christians-death LeRoy Tate Newland (1885-1969) was a graduate of Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina; a long-time missionary to Korea; and he served at least two pastorates in the United St
Reading First Peter | Effectual Grace
A reading of First Peter from the ESV translation.
Miscellaneous Quotes (119) | Effectual Grace
“Preaching is not men teaching from the Bible; it is God teaching from the Bible through men.” – Iain H. Murray “In preaching we hold out an expectation that God will act upon His word in power and cause change.
Miscellaneous Quotes (118) | Effectual Grace
“Christians believe in the virgin birth of Jesus. Atheists believe in the virgin birth of the cosmos.
Active Obedience In Baptist History | Effectual Grace
Article “The Active Obedience of Christ: An Intrusion into Baptist Life?” by John Aloisi Occasionally, some well meaning Baptists have asserted that belief in both the active and passive obedience of Christ as the ground of our justification is something foreign to Baptist life—perhaps something pic
Three Views On Man’s Condition | Effectual Grace
<p><strong>1. PELAGIANISM – Salvation is all of man (human monergism)</strong></p> <p><strong>BELIEF: MAN IS WELL</strong></p> <p>Named after the British monk Pelagius (354 – 418 A.D.)</p> <p>Pelagius believed that Adam’s sin affected no one but himself.
The KJV – Six Common Misconceptions | Effectual Grace
Article by Jeremiah Knight Here are the 6 common misconceptions or false beliefs about the King James Version (KJV). 1. The KJV was the first English translation of the Bible.