Reasonable Christian: The Transgender Myth

Reasonable Christian: The Transgender Myth

YouTube - ‪Calvinism...The Truth‬‏

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Arminianism: The Golden Idol of Freewill by Augustus Toplady

The great Anglican Calvinist, Augustus Toplady on the idolatry of the Arminian religion:

I dare say, that, in such an auditory as this, a number of Arminians are present. I fear, that all our public assemblies have too many of them. Perhaps, however, even these people, idolaters as they are, may be apt to blame, and, indeed, with justice, the absurdity of those who worship idols of silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. But let me ask: If it be so very absurd, to worship the work of other men’s hands; what must it be, to worship the works of our own hands? Perhaps, you may ask, “God forbid that I should do so.” Nevertheless, let me tell you, that trust, confidence, reliance, and dependence, for salvation, are all acts and very solemn ones too, of divine worship: and upon whatsoever you depend, whether in whole or in part, for your acceptance with God, and for your justification in His sight, whatsoever, you rely upon, and trust in, for the attainment of grace or glory; if it be any thing short of God in Christ, you are an idolater to all intents and purposes.

Very different is the idea which Scripture gives us, of the ever-blessed God, from that of those false gods worshipped by the heathens; and from that degrading representation of the true God, which Arminianism would palm upon mankind. “Our God [says this Psalm, verse the third] is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased.” This is not the Arminian idea of God: for our free-willers and our chance-mongers tell us, that God does not do whatsoever He pleases; that there are a great number of things, which God wishes to do, and tugs and strives to do, and yet cannot bring to pass: they tell us, as one ingeniously expresses it:

That all mankind He fain would save, But longs for what He cannot have. Industrious, thus, to sound abroad, A disappointed, changing God.

How does this comport with that majestic description, “Our God is in the heavens”! He sits upon the throne, weighing out, and dispensing, the fates of men; holding all events in His own hand; and guiding every link of every chain of second causes, from the beginning to the end of time. Our God is in heaven, possessed of all power; and (which is the natural consequence of that) He hath done whatsoever He pleased: or as the Apostle expresses it, (the words are different, but the sense is the same) “He worketh all things after the counsel of His own will” (Ephesians 1:11).

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Arminianism: The Golden Idol of Freewill by Augustus Toplady

Bill Mandating California Schools Teach Gay History Is a Lesson in Controversy - FoxNews.com

Looks like the socialist propaganda machine is at it again. The atheists, socialists, communists and gay/lesbian/transgender activists won't be satisfied until conservative Christian values are forced underground and the voice of Christians is silenced. Even Obama says that he is pushing for these changes, although he has not outright endorsed gay marriage. Bill Maher is an outspoken atheist who advocates making Christianity illegal. What else would we expect from a materialistic socialist and an atheist?

Bill Mandating California Schools Teach Gay History Is a Lesson in Controversy - FoxNews.com

The Trinity Foundation - The Gospel According to John MacArthur

The following book review in The Trinity Review of April, May, June of 1993 was written by the late John Robbins of The Trinity Foundation. The issue today is just as relevant as it was when the article was first written:

The Gospel According to Jesus, John F. MacArthur, Jr. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, indexed, 253 pages, 1988. Forewords by James Montgomery Boice and J. I. Packer.

For the past few years “lordship salvation” has been a controversial issue. Watching the debate is painful, for neither side can get the story straight. It is like watching a debate between Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses about Christ, or between antinomians and Theonomists about the law of God.

One of the principal protagonists of the lordship salvation debate has been John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, president of The Master’s College and Seminary, and a nationally known radio preacher. “Men have always stumbled over the simplicity of salvation,” MacArthur cries, rubbing his bruised knees.

MacArthur laments the “debacle in contemporary evangelism,” but being semi-Arminian, and failing to understand and believe the Biblical doctrines of justification by faith alone and the imputed righteousness of Christ, he cannot understand the causes of the debacle, and he advocates a solution that will lead to an even worse situation. Rather than criticizing the pervasive Arminianism of today’s evangelism, an Arminianism that perverts and subverts the Gospel of Jesus, MacArthur attacks justification by faith alone and suggests that works be understood as part of faith. Historically, an emphasis on works has usually been the debate strategy of both the Roman church and Protestant Arminians. It was also the strategy of Paul’s opponents.

The cover of MacArthur’s book, The Gospel According to Jesus, includes praise from The Fundamentalist Journal, Alliance Life, The Standard, James Montgomery Boice, David Hocking, and J. I. Packer. In his Foreword, Packer astonishingly asserts that “lordship salvation” is “the mainstream Protestant consensus on the nature of justifying faith” and attacks the Biblical view that faith is “bare assent to the truth about Jesus’ saving role.” Assent to Jesus’ saving role, says Packer, “is less than faith and less than saving.” Packer thinks MacArthur’s book is “fine, clear, cogent, and edifying.” “What is in question,” he writes, “is the nature of faith.”

To read the rest of the article you can click here: The Trinity Foundation - The Gospel According to John MacArthur

The link also gives you the option of reading the article in PDF format so you can see Trinity Review as it was printed.

You might want to note that J.I. Packer is an Anglican and claims to be a Calvinist. Unfortunately, Packer also contends that Anglo-Catholics are "orthodox" Anglicans. In other words, nevermind that Anglo-Catholics deny the doctrine of justification by faith alone and believe the papist doctrine of justification by faith plus works and infused righteousness as opposed to imputed righteousness. The 39 Articles of Religion clearly refutes Anglo-Catholicism and Arminianism. The implication is that the Articles likewise refute John MacArthur's "lordship salvation", which is really nothing more than semi-Arminianism. Packer was also associated with the Evangelicals and Catholics Together movement and remains an advocate of ecumenical union with papists and other heretics.