Category Archives: Theologization

This is a study on "eschatology precedes soteriology". It tackles questions such as "Did Christ come into the world for us? or we came into the world for Christ," which, as Mark Jones calls the latter, is a form of … Continue reading →

Peter writing to the saints (v.2) in the Northern half of Turkey (Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, not Pisidia in the South), whom he knows not (v.1).

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 →