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Is the COVID-19 Vaccine the Mark of the Beast?
Tagged with: Catholicism, Christianity, conspiracy theories, coronavirus, COVID-19, prophecy, Protestantism, Revelation, the mark of the beast, the right hand of God, vaccines
Posted in Current Events, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Current Events, The Bible Re-Viewed
Response to a Calvinist Critique of my article “Faith Alone Does Not Save”
In a recent comment, a reader named Robert B. asked for my response to an article by a Calvinist teacher named John Calahan. That article, which I’ll link for you in a moment, is a critique of my article, “Faith…
Tagged with: Calvinism, Christianity, faith alone, fundamentalism, John Calvin, Martin Luther, predestination, Protestantism, salvation, the Bible
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
The Extreme Weakness of Faith Alone and Penal Substitution
A recent comment on the article, “What is the biblical basis against Sola Fide (salvation by faith alone, apart from works)?” led to a multi-part question by a regular reader of this blog named Rami. You can read his comment…
Tagged with: Christianity, faith alone, flat earth theory, Jesus Christ, justification, Penal Substitution, Protestantism, R. C. Sproul, salvation, sola fide, the Bible, Thomas Schreiner
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
The Faulty Foundations of Faith Alone – Part 5: Jesus Paid the Penalty For Our Sins?
For Part 4, click here: The Faulty Foundations of Faith Alone – Part 4: God Condemns Us to Hell Because We’re Not Perfect? Or start at the beginning: The Faulty Foundations of Faith Alone – Part 1: God is a…
Tagged with: atonement, divine justice, faith alone, pay the penalty, Penal Substitution, Protestantism, salvation, sin, sola fide, Vicarious Atonement
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
The Faulty Foundations of Faith Alone – Part 3: It’s Impossible to Satisfy God?
For Part 2, click here: The Faulty Foundations of Faith Alone – Part 2: Original Sin? Or start at the beginning: The Faulty Foundations of Faith Alone – Part 1: God is a Trinity of Persons? After stating (falsely) that we…
Tagged with: divine justice, faith alone, good deeds, good works, perfection, Protestantism, righteousness, salvation, sin, sola fide
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
The Faulty Foundations of Faith Alone – Part 2: Original Sin?
For Part 1, click here: The Faulty Foundations of Faith Alone – Part 1: God is a Trinity of Persons? The doctrine of Original Sin is another faulty foundation of faith alone that predates Protestantism. Like the Trinity of Persons, it is…
Tagged with: Adam, Adam and Eve, born evil, evil, faith alone, John Calvin, Martin Luther, original sin, Protestantism, salvation, sin
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
The Faulty Foundations of Faith Alone – Part 1: God is a Trinity of Persons?
When Martin Luther (1483–1546) made his big break from the Roman Catholic Church, he originated a new doctrine, which he set up as the foundation stone of Protestant belief. That doctrine is “justification by faith alone,” also known by its…
Tagged with: faith alone, Father Son and Holy Spirit, Martin Luther, Protestantism, salvation, sola fide, the Father, the Trinity, Trinity of Persons
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
What is the biblical basis against Sola Fide (salvation by faith alone, apart from works)?
Here is a question that was asked on Christianity StackExchange, as linked at the end of this article: One of the key points of the Reformation was the doctrine of Sola Fide: that salvation is by faith alone, apart from…
Tagged with: Christianity, faith alone, faith in Jesus, Martin Luther, Protestantism, salvation, sola fide, the Bible
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Faith Alone Is Not Faith
My post two weeks ago titled “Faith Alone Does Not Save . . . No Matter How Many Times Protestants Say It Does” drew a strong reaction. Most of the reaction was positive. But since the article assailed a fundamental defining and…
Tagged with: Christianity, faith, faith alone, faith in Jesus, faithfulness, Jesus Christ, Protestantism, salvation, service, sola fide, the Bible, truth
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Faith Alone Does Not Save . . . No Matter How Many Times Protestants Say It Does
“We are saved by faith alone.” The Bible doesn’t say it. In fact, the Bible rejects it. It was not part of Christian belief for the first 1,500 years of Christianity. Even today, only about one-fifth of Christians belong to…
Tagged with: Christianity, faith alone, faith in Jesus, Jesus Christ, John Calvin, Martin Luther, Philipp Melanchthon, Protestantism, salvation, sola fide, the Bible, The Law, the works of the Law
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
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