Category: God’s Will

In my readings this week, I was in Isaiah. The passages in chapters 40-48 are well known to be strong on God’s sovereignty and the certainty of God’s plan being fulfilled. I was in an earlier section that gave a similarly cogent and compelling insight to God’s plan being irrepressible. Look at the following: “The…
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At various times in our own lives, and even more so when we read up on the history of the world, we are tempted to think of the so-called super-power civilizations. For example, Rome was called the eternal city. Augustine, who was already witnessing the shifting foundations, put that notion to bed in his mammoth…
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After thirty years or so in the church, I have heard countless sermons on God’s Love. The preachers that have sought to wow their audience by suggesting that “agape love,” as they refer to it, is a unique God-like love. For many, it is sacrificial, it is selfless, it is saving, and it stops at…
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In recent years there has been a reservation on the part of Reformed[1] minded Christians to categorically state that all forms of Semi-Pelagianism are heretical. Not only is this timidity puzzling but the boldness by which these folks announce holders of a libertarian — free-will — theological outlook as “brothers in Christ” is rather alarming.…
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I know how much hatred there is for the doctrines of Calvinism. I have been attacked and accused of misrepresenting God with my views. From the epithet of ‘extreme’ or ‘Hyper-Calvinist,’ to being maligned as a ‘hard determinist,’ the latter is something that I do embrace. It needs some qualification, of course, as there are…
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In James 1:18 we are reminded that the word of God is the means that God uses to bring forth (regenerate) His people. This word of truth is powerful to raise the dead. It is illustrated in the resurrection of Lazarus. Jesus spoke the words, “Lazarus, Come Forth!” and the dead man emerged from the…
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Reformed theology posits a thesis that suggests that God designed the gospel to save His people from their sins (Matt. 1:21), and sent Christ to die for them alone (John 10:11; Acts 20:28; Eph. 5:25-27), and their salvation is guaranteed by the work of Christ (Rom. 8:32; 2 Peter 1:3,4). So far, so good. The…
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It is so common it is almost the new orthodoxy, that God wants some things that we just won’t let Him have them. Take for instance salvation. God wants to save everybody, says the average popular evangelical sermon, book or tract. So why doesn’t it happen? Well the answer is simple. It was glorified in…
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