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Some people certainly think so! I graduated from a seminary where this was taught.  Every true “Calvinist” believed that God had already decided on this matter. I didn’t fall for this false teaching, but nearly ...

I know it can be argued that there are others, but this is a subject that is extremely important. This all started at the time of God’s creation of man in the Garden of Eden. ...

Determinism has its roots with Greek philosophers of the 6th and 7th centuries but as we think of it today it appears to be a coined term of more recent times.  It is also at ...

Some who read this won’t initially know what Calvinism is. So, let’s begin this study with a definition for it that you’ll find in any good dictionary. Calvinism is a theological system that emphasizes God’s sovereignty, ...

What all has been predetermined as blessings for all believers? This is a part of our subject matter on this video. I also mention an article on our website that is entitled–Predestination: Does God predetermine ...

Election correctly defined: God’s eternal, gracious, and certain plan to ultimately have a people who are His by personal faith. This doctrine of election taught in the Bible does not teach that God predestined certain ...

Adopting someone into a family was different in the apostle Paul’s day than it is in ours.  You can get a little glimpse of that in the movie Ben-Hur where the actor Charlton Heston, who ...

No, he apparently didn’t do that himself, but history tells us he certainly said and taught things that promoted it, leading others to do it.  Calvin specifically justified the execution of people he disagreed with ...

In the Greek language of the Bible there is more than one word used for love.  AGAPE [AGAPAO—the spelling of the verb form] is the one most commonly used. But how is this love defined? ...

It is easy to understand why some people believe Jesus Christ did not die for the sins of the entire world, but only for some.  The “some” are often spoken of as “the elect.” Here ...