In our In Studio time Pastor Chris explores Good Friday, The Cross, who hangs there and why. Join Chris as we are reminded of the Hope and Grace that is extended to us in Good Friday. Continue reading
Atonement Archive
Canons Of Dort (19): Unconditional Atonement
In 1611, Franciscus Gormarus (1563–1641), one of the principals in the controversy surrounding Arminius resigned his position in the theology faculty in the University of Leiden. He was frustrated by. . . Continue reading
Canons Of Dort (18): It Was God’s Sovereign Will To Accomplish Complete Salvation For All The Elect
There are those, who one suspects, have spent little time investigating the actual differences between the Reformed Churches and their Remonstrant critics, who have attempted to position themselves between the. . . Continue reading
Canons Of Dort (17): The Offer Of The Gospel Is Genuine But So Is Unbelief
In their second head of doctrine, the Remonstrants confessed, in 1610: ART. II. That, agreeably thereto, Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, died for all men and for every. . . Continue reading
Canons Of Dort (16): Scripture Teaches Both Definite Atonement And The Free Offer Of The Gospel
Rationalism is a word that gets tossed around rather casually at times. It is used without careful definition. E.g., sometimes Lutherans accuse the Reformed of rationalism because we do not. . . Continue reading
Canons Of Dort (15): The Death Of Christ Is Of Infinite Worth
In the debate between the Remonstrants (Arminians) and the Reformed, who is it who limits the value and extent of the atonement? According to the critics of Reformed theology, it. . . Continue reading
Canons Of Dort (14): Only We Sinned But Only God Saves
According to its critics, including the Remonstrants, the great fault of the Reformed doctrine of the atonement is that it is too exclusive. That, however, is not how the Reformed. . . Continue reading