First Peter is not a classic proof-text for Calvinism and does not contain any detailed teaching on the doctrines of grace. Rather Peter demonstrates what I’m calling “casual Calvinism”. He doesn’t set out to teach it or prove it, really, but makes consistent casual reference to it. This is interesting Read more…
John Owen speaks on the revelation of God’s wrath in the death of Jesus, and touches on why it would be impossible for God to “just forgive” people apart from the atonement: In him God hath manifested the naturalness of this righteousness [his wrath] unto him, in that it was Read more…
If Jesus really was God, why didn’t he just say so? A Christian response to a Muslim objection.
If you read John 17:5, it sure sounds like it! “And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.” As clear as that seems, some people make objections to understanding this verse as speaking of Jesus’ existence before Read more…