Thinkin’ Out Loud: How Many Times Have You Been Born?

By Lewis Willis Jesus taught the Jewish ruler Nicodemus “except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God” (Jn. 3:3). As a result of this teaching, there can be no doubt about the necessity of a new birth if a man has any desire to go to Heaven. The apostle Peter expanded …

The Christian’s Attitude On Baptism

By Larry Houchen The book of Acts is a book of conversions – in other words it tells how people became Christians. There are about eight cases of conversions in the book. Note the attitude of the baptized believers in the following passages: “. . . they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity …

Calvinism: Irresistible Grace

By Larry Ray Hafley I. Introduction: A. Definition of the Doctrine of Irresistible Grace. 1. “All those whom God has predestinated unto life, and those only, He is pleased, in His appointed and accepted time, effectually to call, by His Word and Spirit, out of that state of death, in which they are by nature, to …