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Biblical defense and explanation of salvation, grace, faith, and redemption.

TURRETIN ATONEMENT DEBATE PT. 2 Members Public

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.

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CHRIST: THE WORLD’S INTERCESSOR Members Public

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

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EARLY CHURCH ON JESUS’ ATONING DEATH Members Public

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

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Sam Shamoun
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CHRIST: AN EXAMPLE OF SAVING FAITH Members Public

Philippians 2:5-11 sets forth Jesus as an example for us to emulate: “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself

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Sam Shamoun
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SOLA FIDE IN CLEMENT? Members Public

Certain Protestant theologians and/or apologists have been desperate to find some justification (pun intended!) for Luther’s doctrine of Sola Fide by quote-mining the early church writers. They do this in order to show that Luther’s teaching on justification wasn’t something novel, or completely unheard of, which

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IGNATIUS, POLYCARP & SOLA FIDE Members Public

Ignatius and Polycarp were two holy martyrs of Christ who were personally trained by the Apostles and therefore learned the faith directly from the very eyewitnesses of our risen Lord. These men were given the privileged and meeting with and learning directly from Apostles such as Peter, Paul and John.

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Sam Shamoun
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MARTIN LUTHER, JAMES & NT CANON Members Public

The following is taken from this post, “Luther’s Treatment of the Disputed Books of the New Testament”. I include it here in its entirety since it exposes Martin Luther’s disdain of James and a few other NT writings simply because he felt they did not agree (and could

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HOW MANY DIVINE SAVIORS ARE THERE? Members Public

In this post I will seek to establish from the God-breathed Scriptures that there is only one God who is able to save from sin, and that Jesus Christ is expressly described as the God who saves those who trust in him from their transgressions. I will further show how

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