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Chalcedonian Creed (A.D. 451) This creed was adopted at the Fourth Ecumenical Council, held at Chalcedon, located in what is now Turkey, in 451, as a response to certain heretical views concerning the nature of Christ. It established the orthodox view that Christ has two natures (human and...

John 10 shows that Jesus did not die for the Pharisees in his audience and that is why they did not believe. “I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” John 10:11 (KJV 1900) “But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.” John 10:26...

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 (KJV 1900) People interpret this verse in two different ways. 1) whoever believes is a trait of those whom God saves. It would be similar to...

This would be true if the flesh is neutral in its disposition. But as Luther points out, as saved people, we have such a battle raging between the Spirit and the flesh, how hopeless would we be before salvation, having the flesh only? That is, with the flesh totally having its way with us...

Consubstantiation The Lutheran view is called consubstantiation (or the real-presence or mystical-presence view). After consecration, the bread remains bread and the wine remains wine; however, the real, physical body and blood of Jesus are, as the Lutheran confessions put it, present “in...

This is an updated version of my post under the name DaveL, 1689Dave, over the past several years. Back in the day those claiming to know bible prophecy befuddled me. Little did I know how their forecasts came to be. After many failed prophecies about the Lord’s return, first in 1988, one...

Does God Change His Mind? “And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth...

Another way to put it is, are you saved because you chose to believe? Or did you spontaneously believe because you are saved? In view of this, I believe if a person must choose to believe, it is because they don't believe. But if you believe spontaneously, apart from any act of the will, it is a...

Why Universal Atonement is Pelagianism. In the end, Pelagius taught that people save themselves through obedience. That Christ didn’t save anyone. People must save themselves through works. The council of Ephesus condemned this as heresy and affirmed Augustinianism the truth according to the...

Does the “except clause” in Matthew 19:9 allow remarriage after divorce based on adultery? “And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.”...

Baptism in Jesus’ name, Trinitarian style. The Command: “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:” Matthew 28:19 (KJV 1900) The Interpretation: “(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized...

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity The English word "Trinity" comes from Latin "Trinitas", meaning "the number three".[2] This abstract noun is formed from the adjective trinus (three each, threefold, triple),[3] as the word unitas is the abstract noun formed from unus (one). The...

Tongues and the Signs and Wonders Ceased, here’s why “Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is...

If you trace Israel to its roots, it is easy to see they are a religion and not a race. Abraham circumcised his 300+ soldiers and their families, all foreigners. At the time, Ishmael was his only circumcised household relative. But all became Abraham’s covenant seed through circumcision Genesis...

Dispensationalism is a method of Bible interpretation that began in the mid-1800s. It contains many errors. Hal Lindsey, a leading Dispensationalist and author of the multi-million dollar selling book “The Late Great Planet Earth", tells how he makes the Bible fit current headlines: "The...