Read this quote carefully: We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for. . . Continue reading
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Canons of Dort
Canons Of Dort 33: The Grace Of Perseverance Is A Spiritual Doctrine
The Reformation gospel of salvation by grace alone (sola gratia), through faith alone (sola fide), as defined and confessed by the Reformed churches and as rejected by the Remonstrants (Arminians). . . Continue reading
Canons of Dort (32): Our Sovereign God Uses Means To Encourage Us
The Augustinian Renaissance For perhaps 20 years we have been in the midst of a movement which Collin Hansen (2008) described as Young, Restless, and Reformed. Others have spoken of. . . Continue reading
On The Canons Of Dort (31): Doubts, Carelessness, and Godliness
The Remonstrants (Arminians) charged the orthodox Reformed, i.e., those who confessed the Belgic Confession (1561) and the Heidelberg Catechism (1563) sincerely (without crossed fingers) with being unconcerned about sanctification. The. . . Continue reading
Canons Of Dort (30): God’s Gracious Assurance Of Perseverance
The single most frequent way to corrupt the doctrine of perseverance has been to turn it into a covenant of works. This happens regularly outside the Reformed churches. E.g., the. . . Continue reading
Canons Of Dort (29): The Reality Of Sin And Grace In The Christian Life
One of the great and persisting differences between the Reformed and Remonstrant (Arminian) confessions is the difference between the Reformed realism about the Christian life as distinct from the latent. . . Continue reading
Canons Of Dort (28): Our Sovereign God Administers His Gospel Freely
As the confessional Protestant churches understood the Scriptures, the only universal revelation to all persons in all times is the natural revelation of God and of his moral law. This. . . Continue reading
Canons Of Dort (27): The Reformed Distinguish Law And Gospel
When we think of the Synod of Dort and their rulings (canons) against the Remonstrants (Arminians) we tend to think about the doctrine of sin or the doctrines of unconditional. . . Continue reading
Canons Of Dort (26): Perseverance Is Good News For Sinners
Under this head of doctrine we have considered the errors that Synod rejected—the Remonstrants turned the perseverance into a covenant of works—so now we turn to what Synod confessed positively. . . Continue reading
Canons Of Dort (25): Perservance Is Not A Covenant Of Works
In the previous essay we saw that the Reformed Churches defended perseverance by grace alone (sola gratia) against the Remonstrant attempt to deny perseverance by making grace resistible and conditional. . . Continue reading