Category: Soteriology

Lazarus and The Greatest Metaphor for Salvation

What a beau­ti­ful story demon­strat­ing the Hypo­sta­tic Union of Christ and the great­est metaphor for sal­va­tion in the Bible. In the pas­sage I am about to exam­ine, we see Christ weep (v. 35), show mercy (v. 11, 25–26), com­pas­sion (v. 5), love (v. 5, 36), fear­less­ness (v. 7–10), reproof (v. 9–10), anguish (v. 33), and all the […]

Was Jesus an Effective Evangelist?

There is such an empha­sis in mod­ern churches on the quan­tity of con­verts over qual­ity; and they attribute this suc­cess to the work of the preacher, music, church, or any­thing besides the Holy Spirit. What does it mean that over 2 bil­lion peo­ple in this world are pro­fess­ing Chris­tians? Noth­ing. “Not every­one who says to me, […]

Soteriology Proof Texts

First let it be said that I dis­like the phrase: “proof texts,” but it is being used to illus­trate Bib­li­cally the Reformed The­ol­ogy. I think the Bible, from cover-to-cover, speaks of God’s divine prov­i­dence; but for the sake of argu­ment I have com­piled the fol­low­ing list with help from Leroy H., Tuli­pedia, and Sov­er­eign Grace Bap­tist Church (Jacksonville, […]