All members are required to answer this questionnaire. We apologize that it takes a long time to fill out, but we like to see how everybody lines up theologically. It has helped our discussions tremendously.
Soteriological Position
Calvinism (Supralapsarian)
Eschatological Position
Historicist/Amillennial
Covenantal Position
Modified Covenant Theology (MCT)
Creeds and Confessions
London Baptist Confession of 1644, Canons of Dort, Gospel Standard Articles of Faith
Are some men elected to salvation?
Yes
Are some men elected to damnation?
Yes
Is salvation by works?
No
Do men have free will?
No
Is salvation offered to all who hear the Gospel?
No
God wants all men to be saved?
No
Salvation dependent upon acceptance of truth?
No
Jesus died for all men?
No
God loves all men?
No
Christ experienced sin in His person?
No
Was sin imputed or imparted to Christ?
Imputed
Is righteousness imputed or imparted to believers?
Imputed
God predestines all things, including sin?
Yes
God wanted Adam to fall into sin?
Yes
What sin is imputed to the elect?
God never imputes sin to His elect.
When Adam and Eve sinned, what really happened?
It was revealed to Adam that he was a sinner and needed the righteousness of Christ which demonstrated the eventual regeneration of every elect individual.
God has how many wills?
One (His decretive will of purpose is His will of pleasure)
Do you believe in Justification from Eternity?
Yes
What point in time is righteousness imputed to the elect based upon?
The entire life of Christ culminating in His death.
God hates the elect at some point in time?
No
God loves the reprobate?
No
God's will is mutable?
No
Tithing is obligatory?
No
What is the purpose of the law?
It points the individual to sin and guides them to Christ.
Baptism is required for salvation?
No
Baptism is the sign of the new covenant?
No
Is the book of James authoritative?
I don't believe it should be part of the canon.
Definition of Faith
It is simply mental assent to the truth.
Is there such a thing as a "Dead Faith?"
No, there is no such thing as a "dead faith" because those who give mental assent to the truth will undoubtedly perform good works.
Assurance
The Spirit graciously gives assurance to those who assent to the truth. Good works have no part in producing assurance in an individual.
Agreement
I have answered all of these questions to the best of my knowledge.
Signature
In the New Testament we receive four Gospels, with the Acts of the Apostles, and fourteen Epistles of St. Paul, and seven Catholic Epistles, together with the Apocalypse; although we do not compare the Apocalypse, the Epistles of James, and Jude, and 2 Peter and 2 and 3 John with the rest.
--Johannes Oecolampadius (theological colleague of Zwingli)
And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. John 19:19-22
As I stated about a year and a half ago, the situation with the voter ban on same-sex marriages in California will become the next huge U.S. Supreme Court showdown. Right along the lines of what happened with Roe vs. Wade.
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