“It is important for biblical paedobaptists to attack publicly the various errors that have grown up around the practice of infant baptism . . . we need to get to the point where no one would dream of accusing an evangelical paedobaptist of holding to the false and destructive doctrine of baptismal regeneration” (To a …
Where Nominal Christians Come From
“The real origin of nominalism is to be found in all churches that refuse to discipline in terms of their baptism, whatever their practice of baptism may be” (To a Thousand Generations, p. 7).
That Day Approaches
“And because God is good, the day will come when the prayer of the apostle Paul will be answered, and all the saints will come to see the glory in grace — grasping the ungraspable, knowing the unknowable, and marveling at how unworthy wretches can be dressed in a righteousness not their own” (Back to …
Deep Black Soil
“A true understanding of the doctrines of grace will not only replace factionalism with visible love and humility, but also usher in powerful gospel preaching. In an age when the church thinks more of marketing herself than preaching her crucified Lord, such a result is greatly to be desired. We may lament the fact that …
That Eternal Haven
“The Bible very clearly grounds the believer’s security in God. We do not save ourselves, and we do not keep ourselves saved . . . Can we really take comfort in an unbelieving modification of Christ’s words — ‘Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world, if you make sure the world does not …
We Do Own Our Presents
“Some may object that if we must repent, and we must have faith, then these things cannot be the gift of God. If God gives them, how are they ours? The answer is that they are ours because God gives them to us” (Back to Basics, p.55)
Not Consulted At All
“The order of events is apparent in all the images that the Bible gives us of this new birth. The dead do not work on their own resurrection. The unborn do not work at their own birth. I do not recall doing anything to bring about my physical birth in 1953. I was not even …
Unilateral Resurrection Power
“When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, it was not a work that He and Lazarus accomplished together — even though the power of the work was evident in Lazarus, it was not something done by Lazarus” (Back to Basics, p. 54).
What God Intended Is What Will Be
“Jesus did not throw the gospel out into the world, hoping that someone would respond to it . . . on the glorious day when the wheat is gathered into the barns, there will be no one in heaven maintaining that Christ died to bring in the chaff and weeds as well, and wondering out …
Possibilities and Actualities
“By learning why Christ died, we will also for whom He died . . . What exactly does the Cross of Jesus Christ do for sinners? Christians have adopted two basic answers to this question. The popular answer is that the Cross creates the possibility of saving everyone, while the biblical answer is that the …