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Davenant Hypothetical Universalism Even Denies Its Own Claim Of Efficacy For The Elect
An entailment of the Reformed doctrine of limited atonement is p: If Christ died for S, then S will be saved. Therefore, if p is true, S’ salvation is in some sense guaranteed by Christ’s death on behalf of S. Davenant Hypothetical Universalism (HU) rejects p by affirming that (a) Christ died for all and (b) not all will be saved. Consequently, even Continue reading
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False Teaching Among The Prominent Non-Confessional Reformed: From Lordship Salvation to Today’s Christianity and Culture In The PCA
A pastor can be more or less Reformed, but a doctrine either is or is not Reformed. A debtor to mercy The church will always have to war against false gospels. From the time of the Judaizers to this very day, the church has been bewitched by sacerdotalism, syncretism, decisional regeneration, social gospels, prosperity gospels, Continue reading
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The Impossibility of The “Possibility” Entailed by John Davenant’s Hypothetical Universalism (R.I.P.)
The following quote is taken from a review of the book John Davenant’s Hypothetical Universalism: A Defense of Catholic and Reformed Orthodoxy. The reviewer attributes the quote to the author of the book. Broadly considered, we understand early modern hypothetical universalism to teach (1) that Christ died for all human beings in order to merit Continue reading
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John Davenant, Another Enticement For The “Reformed” (in name only)
If it be denied that Christ died for some persons, it will immediately follow, that such could not be saved, even if they should believe. I can understand Arminians saying such a thing but when those who profess to be Reformed say things like that, more than bad theology is at play. (And by the Continue reading
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The Free Offer Of The Gospel, Not What You’ve Been Told!
Q. What is effectual calling?A. Effectual calling is the work of God’s Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, he doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel. WSC Q&A 31 Moreover, it Continue reading
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