Read our blog posts on the Canons of Dort, gathered into one list for easy access. New blog posts go up every week. Here you can start from the beginning, or find the posts you’ve missed.

Our blog post content comes from Rev. Paul Treick’s book, Faith of Our Fathers, Living Still: A Study of the Five Points of Calvinism, available for purchase. It is posted with the gracious permission of the author.

1. Introduction (1): Faith of Our Fathers
2. Introduction (2): The Five Points of Calvinism
3. Introduction (3): The Doctrine of Salvation
4. God’s Sovereignty (1): Sovereignty Defined and God’s Eternal Nature
5. God’s Sovereignty (2): Creator and Self-Sufficient
6. God’s Sovereignty (3): Creatures are Dependent
7. God’s Sovereignty (4): Absolute Power, Glorious Reign
8. God’s Sovereignty (5): Love, Mercy, and Grace
9. Arminius and the Remonstrants
10. Arminianism and the Canons of Dort (1): Arminianism’s Unintended Consequences
11. Arminianism and the Canons of Dort (2): Humanism
12. Arminianism and the Canons of Dort (3): The Synod
13. The Doctrine of Total Depravity (1): Free Will
14. The Doctrine of Total Depravity (2): Sin
15. The Doctrine of Total Depravity (3): Sin’s Origin
16. The Doctrine of Total Depravity (4): Imputation
17. The Doctrine of Total Depravity (5): Necessary Regeneration
18. The Doctrine of Total Depravity (6): A Gift, Not Cooperation
19. The Doctrine of Total Depravity (7): Common Errors
20. The Doctrine of Total Depravity (8): The Importance of Sin as Sin
21. The Doctrine of Total Depravity (9): Serious Sin, Serious Salvation
22. The Doctrine of Total Depravity (10): What Does the Record Show?
23. The Doctrine of Total Depravity (11): A Deadly Serious Matter
24. The Doctrine of Total Depravity (12): Biblically Based
25. The Doctrine of Total Depravity (13): Scriptural Proofs
26. The Doctrine of Total Depravity (14): Slaves to Sin
27. The Doctrine of Total Depravity (15): Hell
28. The Doctrine of Total Depravity (16): Freed Will, Not Free Will
29. The Doctrine of Unconditional Election (1): Based on Total Depravity
30. The Doctrine of Unconditional Election (2): Chosen
31. The Doctrine of Unconditional Election (3): By Mercy and Grace
32. The Doctrine of Unconditional Election (4): Completely Trinitarian
33. The Doctrine of Unconditional Election (5): Various Errors
34. The Doctrine of Unconditional Election (6): The Fairness Question
35. The Doctrine of Unconditional Election (7): the Gospel’s General and Effectual Call
36. The Doctrine of Unconditional Election (8): Missions and Success
37. The Doctrine of Unconditional Election (9): What About Human Responsibility?
38. The Doctrine of Unconditional Election (10): Grace is Owed to None
39. The Doctrine of Unconditional Election (11): A Doctrine of Comfort
40. The Doctrine of Unconditional Election (12): Scriptural Proofs
41. The Doctrine of Unconditional Election (13): Before the Creation of the World
42. The Doctrine of Unconditional Election (14): Appointed to Eternal Life
43. The Doctrine of Unconditional Election (15): Foreseen and Created
44. The Doctrine of Limited Atonement (1): Power or Possibility?
45. The Doctrine of Limited Atonement (2): Limited to “His People”
46. The Doctrine of Limited Atonement (3): The Lamb and His Sheep
47. The Doctrine of Limited Atonement (4): Is It Just?
48. The Doctrine of Limited Atonement (5): Universal Benefit?
49. The Doctrine of Limited Atonement (6): Universal Application?
50. The Doctrine of Limited Atonement (7): and the Mission of the Church
51. The Doctrine of Limited Atonement (8): Scriptural Proofs
52. The Doctrine of Irresistible Grace (1): A Trinitarian Work
53. The Doctrine of Irresistible Grace (2): Inward Call and Freed Will
54. The Doctrine of Irresistible Grace (3): Regeneration Precedes Faith
55. The Doctrine of Irresistible Grace (4): How the Spirit Works in Us 
56. The Doctrine of Irresistible Grace (5): Scriptural Proofs 
57. The Doctrine of Irresistible Grace (6): Scriptural Proofs (Continued)
58. The Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints (1): Everlasting Assurance
59. The Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints (2): Is It Up To Us?
60. The Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints (3): God the Preserver
61. The Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints (4): Backsliding
62. The Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints (5): Salvation, Sin, and Church Discipline 
63. The Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints (6): Sin, Not Hypocrisy 
64. The Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints (7): Scriptural Proofs
65. The Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints (8): Scriptural Proofs (Continued)
66. Conclusion
67. Hymn: By Grace Alone