Article 3: The Preaching of the GospelIn order that people may be brought to faith, God mercifully sends messengers of this very joyful message to the people and at the time he wills. By this ministry people are called to repentance and faith in Christ crucified. For “how shall they believe in him of whomContinue reading “The Ends and the Means”
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Redemption Planned
Article 2: The Manifestation of God’s Love But this is how God showed his love: he sent his only begotten Son into the world, so that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life (1 John 4:9; John 3:16). “Translation © 2011, Faith Alive Christian Resources, Christian Reformed Church in North America.”Continue reading “Redemption Planned”
It’s not fair…
The Canons of Dort: The First Main Point of Doctrine Divine Election and Reprobation The Judgment Concerning Divine Predestination Which the Synod Declares to Be in Agreement with the Word of God and Accepted Till Now in the Reformed Churches, Set Forth in Several Articles Article 1: God’s Right to Condemn All People Since allContinue reading “It’s not fair…”
The Canons of Dort
An Introduction I met my wife Deborah online through the web-service e-harmony. Our running joke is that you really can find anything online these days. 😉 In the early days of getting to know each other we only communicated through e-mail. It was obvious early on in our relationship that neither of us was interestedContinue reading “The Canons of Dort”
Reformed in Tualatin 