effectual grace

Understanding John 3:16 by John Samson

by Roger Servin 01.03.2011

I came across this post by John Samson over @ Effectual Grace a few days ago and thought it was  a very well thought out post concerning a biblical understanding of John 3:16.  Read on… How can you reconcile belief in Divine election with John 3:16? Actually, if we carefully take a look at the [...]

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God Saves – The Sinner’s Prayer Only Hurts People

by Roger Servin 06.28.2010

HT: I’ll Be Honest

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John Piper on 1 John 5:1 – Those Who Believe Have Been Born of God

by Roger Servin 03.01.2010
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Can You Prove Calvinism to be True Apart from Pauline Scriptures?

by Roger Servin 11.19.2009

Les Lanphere has decided to try and prove Calvinism without using scriptures written by the Apostle Paul.  I like this and think it’s a good challenge since he brings out scriptures found in the gospels and non-Pauline epistles.  So if you’re one of those who say that we only get our theology from Paul, then [...]

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Is the Call of God Effectual or Not?

by Roger Servin 10.16.2009

What is the “calling” of God? The words call, called, and calling are used over 700 times in the Old and New Testaments, according to the New Bible Dictionary. The Greek words translated call include kaleo and its derivatives parakaleo, epikaleo, and kletos, along with legein and phonein. Despite such a variety of words, there [...]

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“Doctrines of Grace” Series with John Piper – Assumptions and Irresistible Grace

by Roger Servin 09.09.2009

Here’s the second video in the TULIP seminar series taught by John Piper in March of 2008. For those of you visiting for the first time you can catch up by watching the introduction to this series located here. The complete series can be found here.

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