Posts Tagged ‘Theology’
Three Perspectives on Calvinism
Recently three articles dealing with the Calvinism vs. Armianism vs. In-between-ism came to our attention. One of the articles goes back to 2010, a lifetime in internet years. Each of them reflect different perspectives on the questions surrounding the theology of salvation. None of them are definitive, all-encompassing statements even of their own viewpoints. But…
Read MoreChallenges Facing Fundamentalism in the New Millennium (repeat)
James Singleton These words were published seventeen years ago (and republished on P&D in 2012). Their insight into the signs of the times are worth reading again. FrontLine • March/April 2000 It was said that Rip Van Winkle slept through the American Revolution. Today we face a cultural crisis that began in the last few…
Read MoreDavid: A Man Chosen According to God’s Heart
Layton Talbert The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart” (1 Sam. 13:14). This first reference to David in the Bible has been popularly enshrined in inspiring devotional terms. “A man after his own heart” — we tend to isolate that famous phrase and take it to mean that David was a…
Read MoreAdoption: The Precious Truth of Belonging
Robert Condict A reader might be tempted to quickly gloss over a list of technical terms that relate to our salvation: justification, sanctification, conversion, repentance, election, adoption, perseverance (or was it preservation?). The list may appear to be tedious. Perhaps we should just thank God we are saved. Why make this precious truth any more…
Read MoreBiblical Separation
A Fundamental Doctrine Mandated by the Nature of God and the Nature of Gospel Stephen J. Hankins The first great truth that should compel all believers in fellowship, worship, and service is the gospel of God—Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection for the redemption of sinful man. What honest, believing reader of the New Testament does…
Read MoreThe Spiritual Nature of the Church
Larry Oats “The church is God’s institution for this age.” We hear this often, and the vast majority of those reading this article would give a hearty amen to the statement. The church, however, is not an “institution” in the modern sense of the word. The Oxford Dictionary defines “institution” as a large organization founded…
Read MoreIslam and Christianity
Compared and Contrasted [The following summary, published in FrontLine March/April 2011 is offered as an aide to understanding as Islam continues in the news to this day. – ed.] Basics ISLAM CHRISTIANITY Meaning of the name Submission to the will of Allah The practice of faith of believers in Jesus Christ Name of a…
Read MoreProphecy — A Revelation of God’s Sovereignty
Fred Moritz The promise of Christ’s imminent, or “any moment,” return permeates the New Testament.
Read MoreWhat’s in a Word?
Edward M. Panosian This article comes to us from the pages of Faith for the Family, originally published in 1974. Some of the terms discussed in the article have shifted their meaning since that time, but that shifting nature of language is precisely the point the article is making. In consequence, you will have to…
Read MoreA Theology of Separation
Larry Oats In the last issue of the Maranatha Baptist Theological Journal I wrote an article on the Theology of Fellowship.1 This current article is the flipside of the earlier article. A theology of separation needs to be part of a theology of fellowship. This article will be limited to the New Testament. A study…
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