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JOHN 3:16 VERSUS LIMITED ATONEMENT

According to one of the most famous passages of the Holy Bible God sent his only-begotten into the world to save it so that whoever chooses to believe in the Son will be spared from perishing and be granted everlasting life: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the

MACARTHUR ON JOHN 3:16

The following post is taken from this site: Does God So Love the World? – Grace to You with John. All emphasis will be mine. John MacArthur Love is the best known but least understood of all God’s attributes. Almost everyone who believes in God these days sees Him as

ORIGEN ON ISAIAH 53

The following reference is taken from Origen’s response to Celsus where he mentioned and refuted the assertion of certain Jews whom he had debated that Isaiah 53 is about the nation. All emphasis is mine: Chapter 55 Now I remember that, on one occasion, at a disputation held with

JUSTIN MARTYR ON PSALM 22 & ISAIAH 53

In this post I will citing portions from Justin Martyr’s “Dialogue with Trypho the Jew” to show how the early Church utilized specific OT texts in support of Jesus messianic claims. Specifically, I will highlight Justin’s use of Isaiah 53 in his discussion to prove that the Messiah

JUSTIN MARTYR & COPYCAT RELIGIONS

The second century AD Christian apologist and martyr Justin Martyr addressed the issue of the pagan copycat religions and their resemblance to the Christian faith. He argued that the pagan myths were satanic corruptions of biblical prophecies announcing the coming of the Lord Jesus, in order to mislead people from

JOHN’S PROLOGUE VS. LIMITED ATONEMENT

In this post I will demonstrate from what is typically called by scholars the prologue of John, i.e., 1:1-18, the falsity of limited atonement, which is an unbiblical tradition held on to by some (not) all Calvinists. The reason for doing so is that both reformed and non-reformed

TURRETIN ATONEMENT DEBATE

These are some of the notes for my debate with Turretinfan on the whether the Holy Bible teaches limited atonement. I will be citing Calvinist scholars, including John Calvin, all of whom acknowledge that the texts which I quote conclusively prove that Christ died for the sins of the entire

TURRETIN ATONEMENT DEBATE PT. 2

Here’s the link to the first part: TURRETIN ATONEMENT DEBATE. THE ELECT ARE BORN OBJECTS OF WRATH Specific Calvinists erroneously interpret texts where Christ is said to have propitiated God to mean that God’s anger has been completely removed, and therefore is no longer angry at sinners (cf.

CHRIST: THE WORLD’S INTERCESSOR

Specific Calvinists argue that Christ’s atoning death is tied in with his intercessory work. From this fact they erroneously assume that since Christ intercedes for everyone that he died for, Jesus must not have died for the whole world. Otherwise, this would imply that Jesus is interceding for all

EARLY CHURCH ON JESUS’ ATONING DEATH

The following quotes on the extent of Jesus’ death are all from Catholic apologist William Albrecht. All emphasis will be mine. John Cassian: For if He willeth not that one of His little ones should perish, HOW CANE WE IMAGINE WITHOUT GRIEVOUS BLASPHEMY THAT HE DOES NOT GENERALLY WILL ALL