By Roland Worth, Jr. Very few people will take the time and effort to defend the existence of humanly composed creeds. A notable exception is Arnold T. Olson, head of the Evangelical Free Church of America. In his book, This We Believe: The Background and Exposition of the Doctrinal Statement of the Evangelical Free Church of …
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The Shortest Chapter
By Irvin Himmel There is an appropriate time for long hymns and for short hymns, for long prayers and for short prayers, for long sermons and for short sermons, for long admonitions and for short admonitions, for long compositions and for short compositions. Interestingly, the longest and shortest chapters in the Bible are in the same …
Calvinistic Election
By Mike Willis The doctrine of election as taught by Calvinists is a pernicious doctrine. To them, it is a doctrine which gives them comfort. The idea that God has predetermined that they would be saved, sent them the Holy Spirit to illumine their hearts in order that they might believe and repent, and made it …
For the Truth’s Sake: Confidence Resting Upon a Sure Foundation
By Ron Halbrook For The Truth’s Sake, Christians rejoice in blessed assurance. This confidence cannot exist on a true foundation while we live in sin. Before forgiveness of his sin, David said, “When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring (groaning) all the day long.” After forgiveness he exclaimed, “Blessed is he whose …
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