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As Many As, No More, No Less
As many as the Lord hath chose, So many shall believe; Not all the pow'r and craft of hell Shall one of them deceive. Those God has foreordained to save, They must and shall believe; But those who say 'tis man's free will Their very selves deceive. For God eternally hath fixed His love upon that man Who owns salvation all of grace, And trust in Christ the Lamb. 'Tis not because the man believes That he is saved at all; God had ordained he should believe Though ruined in the fall. Though in our Adam-nature dead, In death we must remain... -
Dr. Edwin Lee Vrell (1934-2013): A Tribute
In October a very special Bible teacher and friend of mine graduated to the immediate presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. Ed has now entered his glorious heavenly tent, awaiting the final resurrection at Christ’s return, when all of God’s elect on earth of all ages will together receive immortal human... -
Prayer
Prayer is (Hannah More, "Practical Piety", 1811)
Prayer is . . .
the application of need, to Him who alone can relieve it;
the voice of sin,to Him who alone can pardon it;
the urgency of spiritual poverty;
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I am thankful for this forum
Hello All,
I am thankful for this forum and particularly the pristine grace web site! God used these pristine grace articles with power to show me how much we have to rest in the power of God only, looking to Jesus upwards, and not looking within!
I would say that coming to... -
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Our Recent Trip to Cancun Mexico
Hola mis amigos!
Elaine and I had a wonderful time in Cancun Mexico this past week. This was our first trip to Mexico. We met up with our son Jon, his wife Lyn, and our four grandchildren whom we have not seen in a year.
We visited the ancient ruins of Coba, and Chichen Itza.... -
Do you think that this is an accident? An error?
Since there is a lot of IGNORANT PEOPLE out there, please, if you are as appalled as I am, and, you believe that this is not an accident or "campaign" blunder, SPREAD THE WORD among your peers, colleagues, friends, neighbors and all who vote:
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A new theological term
Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
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Psalm 40:5
Ps 40:5, (WEB), Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, And your thoughts which are toward us. They can't be set in order to you; If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
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Progressive sanctification by J.C. Philpot
The Two Natures in a Believer
By J. C. Philpot
Among those branches of divine truth which, without special teaching, we
cannot enter into, is, that of the two natures in a believer. And yet, though
every child of God must in all ages have been experimentally acquainted...
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Reply to I am thankful for this forumHello, it has been a while since I last contributed anything to this forum. I hope you are all doing well. I started going to the Bethel Chapel in Luton, England a few months ago, where Mr B. A. Ramsbottom is the minister. We have received a great welcome there, and the ministry is a great edification...08-25-2015, 04:34 PM -
I am a CONSERVATIVE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN. I am a sinner saved by God's grace alone based on the Person and Work of Christ.I believe in the spiritual unity of all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, as He is understood from the Bible alone, regardless of denominational affiliation.03-17-2014, 06:45 PM
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And, yes, another correction...with further study and reflection I now reject the notion of a Covenant of Works and, rather, embrace PNet's Modified Covenant Theology as the view of scripture. I cannot accept the Westminster Confession of Faith in all particulars.12-17-2013, 12:52 AM
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Thank you for posting Bob - I never talked to Ed, but I am certainly blessed by his work as your teachings have affected me in such a great way as well.12-03-2013, 04:01 AM
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I have been blessed by reading "A Brief History of Covenant Theology" by R Scott Clark. After giving a masterful account of the intricacies of Covenant Theology and outlining what precisely is involved Professor Clark writes:
"In reaction to Murray, and Shepherd, Meredith...11-26-2013, 12:32 AM -
My Evangelical Calvinism does subscribe to and holds to the "Five Points of Calvinism".11-23-2013, 12:40 AM
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Robert thank you for this tribute to Ed Vrell. I was unaware of his death till today reading this blog. I want to add my personal thoughts in this short response. Ed has been most kind and gracious to me over the past couple years in many ways. I have shared at least five phone conversations with him...11-19-2013, 11:52 AM
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Thank you so much for this tribute to Ed, he was truly a blessing to me after I left the church and as you have stated will continue to be so through his many writings, I have a notebook full!! Even many handwritten letters that are full of a pastor's heart towards a sister in Christ with no earthly...11-17-2013, 09:56 AM
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My Evangelical Calvinism holds that there is ONE COVENANT OF GRACE.11-12-2013, 10:19 AM
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One more thing: the Calvinism that I allude to is "Evangelical Calvinism" and thus differs from the rigid "Federal Theology" of the Westminster Confession of Faith and from "Classical Calvinism" in general.11-12-2013, 01:00 AM
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Dear Brethren, I have made another grave error of judgement. I no sooner had posted agreement with Roger Olson's CLASSIC ARMINIANISM when God brought me across these precious words from the Cambridge Declaration of confessing evangelicals, concerning our total inability to even co-operate a smidgeon...11-04-2013, 11:02 PM
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I also must say that while Believers Baptism by Immersion is a legitimate form of Baptism it is not the only mode or procedure of Water Baptism.11-02-2013, 07:52 PM
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I must also correct another error on my part. In my zeal to be 'loyal to scripture' I - for a brief time - reverted back to a form of dispensationalism viz: PROGRESSIVE DISPENSATIONALISM because it seemed to offer more fidelity to the fine details of scripture itself.
God, however, has...11-02-2013, 07:31 PM -
Fair comment, Brandan. I have no problem with that at all.
I still say, though, without any hypocrisy at all that I enjoy it here at PNet. I hold common ground with Calvinists on Total Depravity and Eternal Security. I have been sincere in my comments that I rate you as MASSIVE THINKERS...11-01-2013, 06:35 PM -
"My thinking has matured through honest debate to embrace CLASSICAL ARMINIANISM as the biblical soteriological system."
Craig, I think that's what you were when you started coming here, right?10-24-2013, 07:38 PM -
All my time spent here at PNet has been profitable. My thinking has matured through honest debate to embrace CLASSICAL ARMINIANISM as the biblical soteriological system.
One writer defines classical arminianism like this (I am in enthusiastic agreement with his postulations):
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Roger Olson gave this Arminian order of salvation which I agree with:
"Arminianism, Remonstrantism, was, in many ways, simply an attempt to mediate between Catholic and Calvinist ordos—both of which were viewed by Arminius and the Remonstrants as imbalanced. To put the matter...10-20-2013, 10:15 PM -
I believe ardently and devoutly that a true believer (one who has been regenerated by the Holy Spirit) can never - under any circumstances - lose their salvation.
I found this article which confirms and upholds this blessed truth!
FIVE IMPOSSIBLE THINGS
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An excellent link that explains fully my SECURE ARMINIAN soteriology can be found here:
http://www.bcbsr.com/topics/fgospel.html
This articulates my position that election is conditional, the atonement unlimited and grace is resistable; however, once regenerated ALWAYS REGENERATED....10-20-2013, 08:04 PM -
I further believe that Believers Baptism by Immersion as an Identification with Christ in His death, burial and resurrection is the teaching of scripture.10-19-2013, 12:12 AM