epub |eng | 1991-09-01 | Author:Michael Horton [Horton, Michael]

The Holy Spirit and Human Response One question often asked in discussing God’s sovereign activity in our lives is, “Does God drag people into heaven kicking and screaming, against their ...

azw3 |eng | 2015-09-03 | Author:Sproul, R.C. [Sproul, R.C.]

The concept of the perseverance of the saints can be easily misunderstood. In our everyday speech, we talk about persevering as something that we accomplish chiefly through our own concerted ...

mobi |eng | 2010-01-01 | Author:Kenneth Keathley

The “Regeneration-precedes-faith” Position: The elect believe because they have been regenerated. Most Calvinists believe that regeneration precedes conversion. Speaking for the majority, R. C. Sproul Sr. succinctly states, “A cardinal ...

mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Paul E. Little

THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT Five differing aspects are discernible of the work of the Spirit in the Old Testament. 1. The work of the Spirit helped create ...

azw3 |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:David Rudel

I believe evangelicals have played down this aspect of Christian instruction for several political reasons: * Charity is too universal. Since anyone can give to others, it does not have ...

azw3 |eng | 2010-09-07 | Author:R. C. Sproul

Sacerdotalism The third common error that produces false assurance is sacerdotalism. This is the view that salvation is accomplished through the priesthood, through the sacraments, and/or through the church. People ...

azw3 |eng | 2012-04-10 | Author:R. C. Sproul

REGENERATION OF THE HEART The second major point that the confession points out is our regeneration. Some problems emerge at this point because, as we have seen, one of the ...

azw3, epub |eng | 2011-07-01 | Author:R. C. Sproul

RATIONALIZING OUR BEHAVIOR If denial of our guilt before God doesn’t work, the next step typically is to try to justify our behavior. We engage in rationalization, a spurious attempt ...

azw3 |eng | 2013-10-07 | Author:R. C. Sproul

azw3 |eng | 2010-10-07 | Author:R. C. Sproul

ere is a theological formula that may strike you as strange: "Regeneration precedes faith." We have seen that regeneration, or spiritual rebirth, is the beginning of the Christian life. If ...

mobi |eng | 2014-08-01 | Author:John Ankerberg & John Weldon

Appendix A: Death and the Afterlife: Eternity Decided in Time By John Ankerberg and John Weldon, copyright 2003. Used by permission. Available online at http://www.jashow.org/wiki/index.php?title=Death_and_the_Afterlife:_Eternity_Decided_in_Time. Death and Life In contrast ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2010-11-29 | Author:Hamilton Jr., James M.

4.4 Chronicles The Chronicler passes over David’s sin with Bathsheba and Solomon’s sin with his foreign wives not because he is producing revisionist history but because his purpose is different ...

azw3 |eng | 2012-11-15 | Author:Muller, Richard A. [Muller, Richard A.]

7 Union with Christ and the Ordo Salutis: Reflections on Developments in Early Modern Reformed Thought There has been, since the rise of a body of neo-orthodox studies of Calvin’s ...

mobi |eng | 2011-11-14 | Author:Kuyper, Abraham [Kuyper, Abraham]

All of this is simply the further outworking of what we posited above as the general rule, namely, that unbelieving science and the science done by believing Christians are two, ...

epub, mobi |eng | 1998-11-01 | Author:Prince, Derek [Prince, Derek]

Faith Must Be Confessed Once faith has come, there are three phases of development through which it must pass: confession, outworking, and testing. We may call these the three great ...