Not Able Not to Sin
I often see critiques from professing Christians online regarding their deep opposition to the biblical view that, due to a corruption of nature, fallen man has no free will to come to Christ. Recently...
View ArticleJohn 6:40 as a Proof Text Against Calvinism?
Visitor: As a proof text against Calvinism:John 6:40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last...
View ArticleNot by Free Will but by Grace through Faith -- St. Augustine
Men are not Saved by Good Works, nor by the Free Determination of their Own Will, but by the Grace of God through FaithBut this part of the human race to which God has promised pardon and a share in...
View ArticleIs it Unjust of God to Ask Sinners to Do What They Are Morally Unable to Do?
Some claim it would be unjust of God to command us to do something we are unable to do. That is an odd claim. Isn't that why we need grace to begin with? ... because we are morally bankrupt?, impotent...
View ArticleThis Week's Listing of Free Resources at Monergism
"For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God...
View ArticleTwo Top Rated Books on the Gospel
Among the best books ever written on the gospel. Both available for free downloadClick on the following links to go to the download pages. These high quality eBooks have an actively linked Table of...
View ArticleHide Not the Offense of the Cross
by C. H. Spurgeon“But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man” —Galatians 1:11A gospel which is after men will be welcomed by men; but it needs a divine...
View ArticleHope for the Wretched (Like Me)
by Herman BavinckBoth for unbelievers and believers, the doctrine of election is a source of inexpressibly great comfort. If it were based on justice and merit, all would be lost. But now that election...
View ArticleSalvation as a Gift: An Arminian Attempts to Discredit Calvinism
Here is my response to a meme I came across today which attempts to critique the Calvinist who says an Arminian's choice of following Jesus can be grounds for boasting before God.-----Salvation is a...
View Article5 Principles of Evangelical Religion
by J. C. RyleI. To the question “what Evangelical Religion is? ” the simplest answer I can give is to point out what appear to be its leading features. These I consider to be five in number.( a ) The...
View ArticleI Love Deuteronomy
I have always loved Deuteronomy. In fact the Lord used this book as a key instrument in my own conversion. Deuteronomy is a book of the Law and reveals the holiness of God. Reading it will instill the...
View ArticleForeknowledge and the Free Will of Men
by John FrameThe doctrine that God foreordains and directs all events is generally regarded as Calvinistic, and I am not embarrassed to be called a Calvinist. However, other Christian traditions also...
View Article2017 GPTS Spring Conference: Trumpet Call: 500 years of Gospel Freedom
The 2017 Greenville Seminary Spring Theology Conference commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Protestant ReformationThe following files are in MP3 format. To download, right click and save to...
View ArticleN. T. Wright vs. Michael Reeves on Imputation.
N. T. Wright explains why he denies the doctrine of imputed righteousness:"If we use the language of the law court, it makes no sense whatever to say that the judge imputes, imparts, bequeaths or...
View ArticleUnion with Christ, the Vine
by Martin Luther“When I am converted by the Gospel, the Holy Spirit is present. He takes me as clay and makes of me a new creature, which is endowed with a different mind, heart, and thoughts, that is,...
View ArticleBiblical Theology Primer
Biblical Theology in the tradition of Geerhardus Vos approaches the Bible as an organic drama of God's unfolding revelation through history. In distinction from doctrinal or systematic theology,...
View ArticleWhy We Believe While Others Reject
Listen to Audio or watch this Video of this sermonby John MacArthur1 Corinthians 1:18-2:16It was about 25 years ago in my life that I was asked to write a little book, and the original title of that...
View ArticleNot Politics, Not the Media: Only God Can Reconcile the Peoples of the Earth
Like many of you, my heart was broken and saddened by the abominable evils we witnessed in Charlottesville ... so, so painful when the story broke. To see that kind of heinous evil and racism today...
View ArticleA Vile Wretch
The following is an excerpt of a short conversation that ensued as a result of this Lloyd-Jones quote:Visitor: Actually Man was made in the image of God and God said that His creation was very good!! I...
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