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Irresistible Grace Just as the cross is effective in purchasing the elect, so that grace of God is effective in drawing the elect to believe and be saved. Irresistible grace does not mean you can’t resist the grace of God when he is drawing you to himself. It means that when he chooses to...

Total Depravity The Bible teaches that, since the original sin of Adam, all humans are spiritually dead and morally incapable of submitting to God in faith and obedience. We have a mindset that "cannot submit to God." Romans 8:7-8, "For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for...

The Reformed Faith What I mean by the Reformed Faith is the biblical vision of God and his ways recovered in the Reformation under leaders like Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Ulrich Zwingli. I don’t mean that all these men taught was true. Only the Bible is perfectly true. I mean that all...

Fulfilled Prophecy as an Apologetic Perhaps the most significant question posed to believers in our “post_-Christian” culture revolves around the inspiration of Scripture. Is the Bible in fact divinely inspired or merely human in origin? Oftentimes when quoting Scripture in...

THE UNIQUENESS OF CHRISTIANITY There sure are a lot of religions out there today. You’ve got Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Shintoism, etc. So obviously Christianity is just another “ism,” right? The truth is Christianity happens to be unique among the world’s religions for...

THE EVIDENCE FOR CHRIST’S RESURRECTION It’s often said that the validity of Christianity rests upon the resurrection of Jesus Christ. But how do we know Jesus rose from the dead? As Paul noted in 1 Corinthians 15:14, if Christ did not rise from the dead then our preaching and our...

reliability of the bible manuscripts Non-Christians, (skeptics like New Agers or Mormons) claim that in the process of copying Scripture the text of the Bible was corrupted. Is this really true? Suppose you wrote an essay and asked five friends to copy it. Each of them in turn...

the RELIABILITY OF THE BIBLE Obviously, a vast amount of time has passed since the Bible was first penned. So, how do we know that the Bible is reliable? The Bible is a historical document. Interestingly enough, if you subject it to the same tests that you subject other historical...

how do we know that the bible is the word of god? If I’ve heard it once I’ve probably heard it a 1000 times! Some Christian comes up to me and says, “The Bible says!!…. So what?!… Who says what the Bible says is true in the first place?” First, we know that the Bible...

IS THE BIBLE MYTH? If I’ve heard it once I’ve heard it a million times, “You can’t take the Bible literally.” You often hear people say that although it may be inspirational, it’s also full of myths and fables. Well, is this really true? If the Bible is really full of myths...

CHAPTER 1; OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES Paragraph 1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedience,1 although the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of...

The Church of England considered all of these, and over 130 others, to be so essential that absolute conformity to all of them was required. There was no "liberty of conscience" in any of these matters. Under Archbishop William Laud, non-conformists were sentenced to pay heavy fines, to stand...

Introductory Essay on the Puritans In many of the Puritan portraits shown on our website, it says that many of these men were suspended from their ministry, and/or excommunicated for "non-conformity." To most Christians today, the matter of conformity and non-conformity are at least...

I want to clear up some misunderstanding about religion on these boards. This is NOT an attempt to proselytize or convince others to become Christians. No one can convince the skeptic that there is a God. No skeptic can convince the believer that there is no God. Salvation is the work...

This is all that I have time for today. So please read it carefully as this is what Reform Christians believe. If you truly want a better understanding of what we believe and why this should help to answer all of your questions. No animals Don't have souls but they are living creatures that...

Fulfilled Prophecy as an Apologetic Perhaps the most significant question posed to believers in our “post_-Christian” culture revolves around the inspiration of Scripture. Is the Bible in fact divinely inspired or merely human in origin? Oftentimes when quoting Scripture in...

THE UNIQUENESS OF CHRISTIANITY There sure are a lot of religions out there today. You’ve got Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Shintoism, etc. So obviously Christianity is just another “ism,” right? The truth is Christianity happens to be unique among the world’s religions...

THE EVIDENCE FOR CHRIST’S RESURRECTION It’s often said that the validity of Christianity rests upon the resurrection of Jesus Christ. But how do we know Jesus rose from the dead? As Paul noted in 1 Corinthians 15:14, if Christ did not rise from the dead then our preaching and our...

reliability of the bible manuscripts Non-Christians, (skeptics like New Agers or Mormons) claim that in the process of copying Scripture the text of the Bible was corrupted. Is this really true? Suppose you wrote an essay and asked five friends to copy it. Each of them in turn...

the RELIABILITY OF THE BIBLE Obviously, a vast amount of time has passed since the Bible was first penned. So, how do we know that the Bible is reliable? The Bible is a historical document. Interestingly enough, if you subject it to the same tests that you subject other...