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Clear searchDave Hunt · Biblical polemic · 2002
A sustained challenge to Calvinism which asks whether its account of sovereignty, election, grace, and the atonement is consistent with the Bible's revelation of God's character—particularly His love, mercy, justice, and genuine call to the world.
View recommendation →J. C. Ryle · Doctrinal and pastoral essays · 1874
…e turn the collection into far more than a record of nineteenth-century Church of England debates. Ryle writes openly as an evangelical Churchman defending a particular position within the controversies of his own century. Some chapters depend upon the language, formularies, and…
View recommendation →An unrequited love for the historic Church
…possessing one heart. Then comes the sentence that deserves far more attention in present debates. The gifted teacher may explain the faith extensively, while another may speak only simply; nevertheless, neither may “make any addition to it,” nor does the simpler believer diminis…
Read article →Constantine, Arius, the Trinity, the biblical canon—and the myths that refuse to die
…s literature still describes Constantine as a “pagan politician” who, after two months of debate, “intervened and decided in favor of those who said that Jesus was God”. It argues that the council's language laid the foundation for a doctrine derived from Greek philosophy rather…
Read article →The crucifixion in history, Scripture and the Qur'an
…bic expression translated "it was made to appear so" is brief and has generated extensive debate. But the alternatives have consequences. If Surah 4:157 does not deny that Jesus was historically crucified and died, the central historical conflict largely disappears - but so does…
Read article →Origen, Arius and the line between Creator and creation
…ought of being carried off as plunder. False teaching does not merely cost us points in a debate. It can take captive the mind, weaken confidence in Scripture and gradually move Christ from the centre of faith. The confession must certainly be preserved. Creeds give the Church a…
Read article →What Christ’s promise establishes—and what claims about infallible teaching still need to prove
…The question here is narrower: does Matthew 16:18 establish that defined protection from doctrinal error? A promise that Christ’s Church will endure and a promise that particular teaching acts will be infallible are not identical. An argument is needed to connect them. The Confe…
Read article →History, heresy, and the temptation of private Christianity
…and churchless faith—but fails when it becomes a historical genealogy or a substitute for doctrinal argument. Imagine a Christian whose faith is assembled from prophecy videos, private impressions, conference speakers, and a succession of teachers who claim to have recovered what…
Read article →The Gospel, Human Perception, and the Illuminating Work of the Holy Spirit
…may understand the grammar of a Christian statement. He may also understand its intended doctrinal meaning well enough to explain it accurately. He may even agree that it is true. Yet the question remains whether he is trusting the Christ of whom it speaks. Saving faith includes…
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