Friday DIVE

INTRODUCTION  In our last session, we looked the main differences between Calvinism and Arminianism by comparing the views of each with regards to the TULIP (an acronym for Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace and Perseverance of Saints).  We can summarize them as follows:    With regards to TOTAL DEPRAVITY, Calvinists believe natural, unconverted […]

INTRODUCTION   In our last session, we looked the main differences between Calvinism and Arminianism by comparing the views of each with regards to the TULIP (an acronym for Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace and Perseverance of Saints).   We did not look at all the differences, but we can summarize them as follows: 

  Why Bother With Theology?… by Joseph Tkach Many people think that theology is complicated, confusing and even irrelevant.  They wonder why they should bother with it at all.  “The Bible isn’t difficult,” they say.  “Why should we read books written by theologians who use long sentences and fancy terms?” It is common to avoid

WELCOME and THANKS for joining.     INTRODUCTION A.  Why do some Christians have assurance of salvation while other Christians do not?   B.  It’s because the Christians who have the assurance believe in the doctrine of the ETERNAL SECURITY OF THE BELIEVER.  C. In this session … I plan to review some of the key passages

WELCOME and THANKS for joining us.     INTRODUCTION  What does it mean to overcome? … How does one overcome?  Last week, we started to look at overcoming … and GCI’s view of “overcoming” in Christ. In this session, the plan is continue looking at GCI’s view of overcoming … by reviewing some articles put out

WELCOME and THANKS for joining us.       WHAT ABOUT THOSE APPARENT PROBLEM PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE? There are genuine believers “in Christ” who sincerely believe and teach that you can lose your salvation and security. It is important that you remember that it is possible to be a genuine believer while not accepting security

WELCOME and THANKS for joining us. Today, we continue in our series on ETERNAL SECURITY.  In our last session … we looked at the Role of the Son in Securing our Salvation.  In the two sessions before that … we looked at the Role of the Father in Securing our Salvation. In this session …

In our last session … we looked at the role of God the Father in the eternal security of His children … and we saw a number of things about our eternal security that are dependent on the Father.  Those include …   Your Father alone has justified you and He alone will glorify you.   Your

INTRODUCTION A.  Can a Christian lose his/her salvation?   Can a person once in Christ ever go back to be in Adam again?    Some say YES.  Some say NO.  What do you say?  B.  Let’s ask another question:  Can a butterfly ever become a Caterpillar again?  The answer is obviously NO.  C.  Similarly, I believe,