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Sovereignty – Is God in complete control?

“When a person settles it Biblically, intellectually and emotionally, that God has ultimate control of all things, including evil, and that this is gracious and precious beyond words, then a marvelous stability and depth come into that person’s life” (John Piper) Yet some would soften this by saying “allowed” or “permitted,” or by even stating […]

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Once saved, always saved?

I believe in assurance of salvation, and not just “once saved, always saved,” but also that those who belong to God are chosen by him before they came to faith, before they were created, even before the world was created, that’s good assurance! Always saved… And God will not lose any of them: Eph. 1:4-6 […]

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Total Depravity – Do people have any goodness in their nature?

Romans 3:19  Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced, and the whole world held accountable to God. How is every mouth silenced, and the whole world under accountability, if some there is some inherent goodness in people? Matthew […]

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Unconditional election – Why does God choose a person?

RO 11:5 So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. “By grace,” and not due to anything in us: Ephesians 2:8  For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God… 1CO 1:30 It is because of him that you […]