why we've grouped some questions around faith?
Recognizing the difference of God’s time in relation to man’s time is a fundamental Bible concept. Its misunderstanding can cause problems in other, more advanced, areas of Bible study. [more]
Categories: Bible Concepts, Eschatology, PreterismTags: AD70, end times, faith, God, Old Testament, premillennialism, prophecy, providenceMan’s free moral agency suggests that a person is free to make their own choices. Specifically, they are free to make their own decisions about what’s right and wrong. Free moral agency implies or assumes that:
- A “free moral agent” understands [more]
Categories: Christian LivingTags: accountability, faith, God's character, grace, Holy Spirit, obey, Old Testament, righteousness, sin- A “free moral agent” understands [more]
The purpose of worship is a worthwhile question for the believer to ask from time to time. It’s doubtful that a Christian doesn’t understand the need to worship, but remembering the purpose of worship can get lost. There is a [more]
Categories: WorshipTags: calling on the Lord, faith, God, Greek words, righteousness, worshipWhen it comes to Jesus and OSAS (the doctrine of “once saved, always saved”), we gathered our top four passages. Once saved, always saved teaches that once a person becomes in a “saved relationship” with God/Christ, there is nothing that [more]
Categories: Reformed/Calvinism, SalvationTags: baptism, faith, grace, Jesus, judgment, righteousness, salvation, sinners prayer, top # listWorking through how “works” are defined in Scripture isn’t for the faint of heart. Where one comes down on works defined has led some to question the very inspiration of the Bible. After all, Paul said, “one is justified by [more]
Categories: Reformed/Calvinism, SalvationTags: baptism, calling on the Lord, definitions, faith, false teaching, grace, Greek words, obey, righteousness, salvation, TULIPWhat are the results of baptism? We’ve assembled a list of the top four results of baptism found in Scripture. Where does “it’s an outward showing of an inward commitment” rank? Check out our top four results of baptism…and comment [more]
Categories: SalvationTags: baptism, faith, Holy Spirit, kingdom, obey, salvation, sin, top # listDetermining God’s pattern of salvation could be a helpful tool in understanding what God requires of us today. Many talk about God’s plan of salvation, but what about God’s pattern of salvation? Obviously, the system under which man is accountable [more]
Categories: SalvationTags: faith, grace, obey, Old Testament, righteousness, salvation, sinners prayer“Saved by grace only” is a catchy phrase that permeates websites and papers discussing salvation. We can’t prove it, but it seems to be “de facto” doctrine among most evangelicals. The grace only doctrine has its own Latin banner – [more]
This site is dedicated to answering Bible questions, but can we really answer every Bible question? This is potentially an important baseline or boundary for our faith. For [more]
Categories: Christian LivingTags: authority, Bible, faith, prophecy, providence, special revelation, truth, Word of GodJoy is a readily understood word, so a Christian’s joy may seem to be self-evident. As a word, “joy” means pretty much the same in the English as it does in the Greek – the language in which the New [more]
Categories: Christian LivingTags: definitions, faith, false teachers, Greek words, heaven, obey, premillennialism, righteousness, salvation, TULIPFree will: “Whether free will exists, what it is and the implications of whether it exists or not are some of the longest-running debates of philosophy and religion.” This is well-stated from Wikipedia. A search on [more]
Categories: Bible Concepts, Reformed/CalvinismTags: Bible, doctrine, faith, obey, original sin, righteousness, salvation, sin, TULIPThe idea that we will be judged according to works is a remarkably contentious one. It would seem that the thought of being “judged according to works” requires that God’s grace must be denied. In other words, to say that [more]
Categories: Reformed/Calvinism, SalvationTags: accountability, baptism, faith, grace, judgment, obey, original sin, righteousness, sin, truthPastor Robert Morris says that your belief determines your behavior. From a sermon recorded in 2018:
“Your belief determines your behavior. So there are people that say they believe in Jesus, but they’ve never lived for him. Please [more]
Categories: Obedience, Reformed/CalvinismTags: calling on the Lord, faith, false teachers, heart, salvationThe inward call versus the outward call. Many today distinguish these as two different types of Godly or heavenly ‘callings’. Dividing the spiritual callings found in scripture between an ‘inward call’ and an ‘outward call’ is perpetuated at least in [more]
Categories: Bible Concepts, Holy Spirit, Reformed/CalvinismTags: calling on the Lord, definitions, faith, gospel, grace, heart, Holy Spirit, obey, salvation, TULIPGod’s irresistible grace, also referred to as the ‘effectual call’ in the Westminster Confession of Faith, is probably better known as “irresistible grace”. It represents the “I” in “TULIP” – a broader collection of doctrines ascribed [more]
Categories: God the Father, Obedience, Reformed/Calvinism, SalvationTags: doctrine, faith, false teaching, God, God's character, grace, providence, salvation, TULIPFear is a strong emotion with a fairly negative connotation. It’s generally not a good thing. Psychology Today gives advice about how to overcome fear. Therefore, “fear God” could leave the secular thinker with a negative [more]
Categories: ObedienceTags: definitions, faith, Greek words, heart, obey, Old Testament, proverbs, righteousnessIt is such an important question. Can we lose our salvation? Or said another way: Can God’s grace be rejected? Can someone actually squander, neglect, or even return, as it were, their free gift from God?
There is a prevailing thought [more]
Categories: Obedience, Reformed/Calvinism, SalvationTags: faith, false teachers, false teaching, grace, salvation, TULIP