Friday DIVE

  INTRODUCTION In our last session, we looked at three (3) videos … Two (2) by Joseph Tkach (immediate past President of GCI) … and the third by Brad Jersak (of PTM).   1.  The first video … was of Mr. Tkach speaking on GCI’s OFFICIAL teaching on the subject of Universalism …   2.  The second […]

INTRODUCTION    In the past, I’ve spoken about my spiritual journey … and the fact that, as I’ve journeyed,  I’ve had to change some of my views about certain topics, including salvation, hell and even the Gospel. In our last session, I shared a document that I said contributed, in a big way, to me

INTRODUCTION    Did Jesus Christ succeed?   Two questions spring to mind: … at what?   … What was His mission?   Luke 19:10  Jesus is reported as saying that He came to seek and to save that which was lost. Two questions: Who was “the lost” that Jesus was referring to? And, more importantly, did He succeed?

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