salvation
Biblical defense and explanation of salvation, grace, faith, and redemption.
The Atoning Blood of Isaac Paid Members Public
Remarkably, there is a tradition within Judaism, which claims that Isaac was actually killed/slaughtered and then raised back to life. There are also traditions that even go as far as to connect Isaac’s willingness to be bound and slaughtered with atonement for sins. For instance, the belief that
Mormon Prophet Says the Christian God is the Devil! Paid Members Public
The quotation from the Mormon false prophet Brigham Young is taken from:Testimony of the Spirit—Revelation Given According to Requirements- Spiritual Warfare and Conquest, Etc. The subheading reads: Observations by President Brigham Young, Delivered in the Bowery, Wednesday Afternoon, October 7, 1857. Young was speaking of the persecution which
Dan: Antichrist’s Tribe and Lineage? Paid Members Public
In the following post I quoted from some early Christian sources showing how certain Christians believed that the antichrist would arise from Dan: Dan: The Tribe of Antichrist. Here I will share the biblical verses, which would have led these Christian writers to conclude that Dan is the tribe of
Water Baptism Now Saves You! Paid Members Public
On the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit had filled and empowered the disciples of Christ to proclaim the Gospel, Peter preached to the crowds of Jews that they had to turn to Christ and undergo water baptism in order to be saved: “Now when they heard this, they
Belief: The Work that God Requires! Paid Members Public
Contrary to the teaching of Protestantism, the God-breathed Scriptures teach that belief in Christ is a work, in fact the one necessary work required by God for salvation. Note carefully the words of our Lord: “‘But earthly food spoils and ruins. So don’t work (ergazesthe) to get that
Job’s Divine Redeemer Has Come! Paid Members Public
The book of Job records the statements of one of Job’s interlocutors named Elihu who made some astute observations about the holiness and justice of God, and his righteous judgment upon sinners. Elihu surmised whether there is a figure qualified to act as a mediator who could provide a
St. Augustine on the Salvation of all Men Paid Members Public
St. Augustine on the Salvation of all Men In his work called The Enchiridion, St. Augustine denied that 1 Timothy 2:4 teaches that God desires the salvation of every single human individual. Believing that God’s will is perfect and immutable, and that no one can ever thwart his
Augustine, Origen, & Hell Paid Members Public
The great St. Augustine was explicit in his articulation that the wicked will suffer never-ending, everlasting conscious torment. This most influential theologian vehemently opposed the doctrine of conditionalism/annihilationism (that the wicked will eventually be annihilated after undergoing a period of suffering). St. Augustine is also aware that there