Category Archives: Theologization

v. 2 "...my goodness extendeth not to Thee" KJV God owes us nothing of any good things we do, nor God's goodness for us is conditioned upon something deserved. ~ John Calvin. Additionally, Calvin adds, that we are in the … Continue reading →

The Reformed Forum folks talked about it, in support of it. When I looked it up, it seems to be attributed to Calvin and Anabaptists. Thanks to Alex, my suspicion of the mixture of fundamentalism narrow-mindedness on the this principle … Continue reading →

The Great White Throne in Rev. 20:11 is the same as the Judgment Seat in Rom 14:10 & 2Cor 5:10 (βῆμα - bēma). It is the dispensationalists that separate the two distinctly in error. There is only 1 judgment. Our … Continue reading →

Sunday School's topic on WLC's Q. 194: What do we pray for in the fifth petition? (Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors) The pastor suggested different grades of forgiveness (and he preferred even different words than "forgiveness" … Continue reading →

Sermon on 1John 5:21 Pastor: The smartest person is one who says I don't know. [Socrates, Paul, etc.] I would add: The dumbest person is one who thinks he's the smartest ~ Stephen Tong. Pastor: Pride -> Armchair Politicians. This … Continue reading →

It seems lately there's some input from Christians, the fundamentalist type, to debunk claims of aliens by saying that it can only be angels and demons. The activities of these spirits. Some even confused the spiritual and physical realms as … Continue reading →

Sunday School: On WLC Q191: 2nd petition "Thy kingdom come". We talked about "the gospel propagated throughout the world, the Jews called, the fullness of the Gentiles brought in..." It appears that the pastor took a bit of a dispensational … Continue reading →

Recap: Sunday School: On the side note, while pondering on Ute's discussion regarding infant vs. believer's baptisms at Ocean Grove beach house, I realized something important. It's been there all along, but I just never would have put it this … Continue reading →