The Bible throughout teaches that God is the one who makes all the choices of what He will do. Nothing at all takes place unless God has, from eternity, ordained (predestinated) and caused it to occur. What God foreordains, He reveals in the course of history by His providential acts. All of history and man’s […]
May 2019 Issue of the HeidelBrief is Now Published
By Dr. Lee Johnson, Pastor and HTS Board Member Four hundred years ago, in 1618, the Reformed churches of the world gathered at the Synod of Dort to discuss God, man, and salvation. The result of those discussions and debates was codified in the Canons of Dort, consisting of five articles often summarized as the […]
The Doctrine of Unconditional Election (2): Chosen
How Then Can Man Be Saved? If man cannot and will not choose to be saved and if he is totally undeserving of salvation, then how can he be saved? With men this is impossible, but with God nothing shall be impossible. The doctrine of unconditional election provides the first step to answer that question. […]