False Christian teachings, trends….
In the 12 minute sermon excerpt of this post Dr. Voddie Baucham uses scripture to explain why most people are going to hell; that includes, most Christians also. He explains sin, repentance, faith in terms of how it looks in a person’s real-life experience. He talks briefly about the preachers who lead people onto the broad way of destruction and the kinds of beliefs that keep one there and he contrasts those beliefs with biblical truth
Thoughts from Bible commentators John Gill and Albert Barnes are used to explain Romans 7:9 and to reveal the state of professed believers before true conversion. These statements further clarify what other posts in this blog explain: those posts are The Sinner’s Prayer; The Beatitude Life; and posts that contain Jonathan Edwards 5 stages of the Struggle of Faith. These will be linked for those who have not yet seen them. Ultimately, all these posts confront the false doctrine of decisionism used broadly by evangelicalism during the past 120 years, under which many wrongly believe themselves to be converted
In the following 5 minute sermon excerpt, Dr. Voddie Baucham explains the gospel of redemption; his purpose in doing so is to clarify the difference between a man-centered gospel and a God-centered gospel. This culture has long believed that the gospel is about them and has wrongly presented the gospel in that way to those who do not know Christ.
J C Philpot explains what the Lord’s bounty is; how it is obtained; how His Spirit works in us, enabling us to seek His bounty and to walk with Him. Sermon points accompany this 58 minute mp4 sermon, for those who do not have that much time to sample Philpot’s preaching
The following 4 minute video is part 3 of 3 on this topic by Dr. Jeff Mayfield; he concluded an overview of Calvin’s Institutes, book
Although the Bible states the above and follows it with the only way to be justified, made righteous; it is so easy for us to
This section of the Institutes discusses the depravity of the hearts of mankind. It is titled, Everything Proceeding from the Corrupt Nature of Man Damnable.
In this 9 minute Librivox recording, the words of Calvin describe a pious knowledge of God. The kind of understanding one would obtain if born
In the following 9 minute Librivox recording of chapter 1 of Calvin’s Institutes, the connection between the knowledge of God and knowledge of self is
There are two videos below, the first is 38 minutes; and the second, an excerpt, is 6 minutes long. I advise listening to the contents,