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Salvation

How to Know if You’re Elect

December 21, 2020 by Allen Nelson IV

For an upcoming project I’ve been reading some of Wilhelmus A. Brakel’s (1635–1711) The Christian’s Reasonable Service. It’s a four-volume work on which Reformation Heritage Books has a great price (link). The other night I was reading in Volume 1 on his treatment of election and reprobation. Toward the end of that chapter, he gave […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Assurance, Election, Salvation

False Conversion, Quarantine, and Apathy

April 27, 2020 by George Alvarado

I recently conversed with a young lady about why she left Christianity. More often than not, when I evangelize to someone in America, they have some sort of Christian background. This benefits me because the door slams open to discuss the gospel. And I asked her a question that I ask every false convert: How […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: apathy, COVID-19, False Conversion, local church, quarantine, Salvation

Forty More Days: An Open Letter to My Neighbors about COVID-19

March 18, 2020 by Garrett O’Hara

I’m no expert on infectious diseases, and I actually did not stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. I have no medical qualifications to tell you what is going to happen in the next forty days here in 2020 in terms of COVID-19. Most of you reading this also have no idea. But let’s […]

Filed Under: Evangelism Tagged With: COVID-19, repentance, Salvation

God’s Desire for All: STTA!

January 6, 2020 by Allen Nelson IV

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Below is Calvin’s commentary on 2 Peter 3:9. Though I would disagree with his exegesis here, I do agree with the theology and find it supported by the rest of Scripture, namely that, though God will not save all men, He does have a genuine desire for the salvation of the world. We must be […]

Filed Under: Sports, Theology Tagged With: God's desire, God's love, John Calvin, Salvation, Something To Think About, Well meant offer

Assurance: “How Can I Know I’m Really Saved?”

August 30, 2019 by Chuck Ivey

Examine Yourself How do you know you are really a Christian?  Do you really know you are going to spend eternity in Heaven when you die? Are you sure you are actually right with a just and holy God? Can a true Christian lose their salvation? I recognize there is a danger in addressing this […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Assurance, Chuck Ivey, examine yourself, heaven, Hell, Joel Beeke, R.C. Sproul, Salvation, Things Above Us

A Christmas Gift for You

November 27, 2018 by Allen Nelson IV

She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. – Matthew 1:21 ‘Tis the Season It’s the most wonderful time of the year. But not just because the kids will be jingle belling. I love this time of year because Christians use it […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Christmas, Gift, Jesus, Salvation, Sins

The Sinner’s Prayer

October 22, 2018 by Allen Nelson IV

*This post is adapted from Appendix 1 in the book From Death to Life: How Salvation Works. Many true believers repeated a prayer at the time of their conversion usually referred to as “the Sinner’s Prayer.” I am not saying that if you came to Christ and prayed this prayer, you are not saved. I’m […]

Filed Under: Evangelism, Theology Tagged With: Salvation, Sinner's Prayer

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