Category: Soteriology

Does the Church Replace Israel?

In my recent arti­cle con­trast­ing Dis­pen­sa­tion­al­ism (DP) and Covenant The­ol­ogy (CT), I attempted to pro­vide a look at both sys­tems from an unbi­ased per­spec­tive. Obvi­ously, it’s dif­fi­cult when you feel strongly towards either side. There was a point that I didn’t hit that I should have (Amanda reminded me). It has to with how CT views the rela­tion of Israel […]

Nathan Pitchford’s Comments On Decisional Regeneration

Nathan Pitch­ford, in the com­ments of the last post, made what I believe to be the clar­i­fi­ca­tion that I was unable to achieve. I believe these com­ments are more poignant and clearer than my own. If you would like to con­tact Nathan please con­tact me, and I will give you his con­tact infor­ma­tion. First, I think it’s vital to distinguish […]

The Greatest Lie in Evangelicalism

In mod­ern evan­gel­i­cal­ism there prac­tices that are contra-biblical, but there is one prac­tice that con­cerns me the most. Preva­lent in mod­ern evan­gel­i­cal­ism, influ­enced largely by Armi­nan the­ol­ogy, is the doc­trine of deci­sional regen­er­a­tion. While it might not be cod­i­fied in any sys­tem­atic the­ol­ogy work, the premise that the process of regen­er­a­tion is ini­ti­ated and complete […]