Apostasy, the Unpardonable Sin, and the Sovereignty of God
Apostasy: To fall away (He 6:4-6; He 10:26-30). To know and accept (intellectually) the doctrines of Christianity, but to renounce and abandon them later on for a different belief system—whether it’s a variation (distortion) of Christianity (Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Catholicism, etc.) or a completely different religion (Islam, Buddism, Hinduism, etc.). What apostasy is not is losing one’s salvation, due to the fact that we cannot […]
We Don’t Get To Decide Who God Is
Note: This is an extensive excerpt from my study titled “The Trinity of God and Salvation.” What follows is the heart of that discussion. The passages of Scripture studied and talked about here are perhaps the most revealing of the many supportive passages examined in that study. Reproduced with only minor editing: WE […]
Can a Person Be a Christian and Not Live the Life of a Christian?
Scripture quoted by permission. All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the NET Bible® copyright ©1996-2016 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. All rights reserved. INTRODUCTION A true born-again Christian who doesn’t live the Christian life, would provide the perfect definition of an oxymoron. A Christian is not someone who merely says they believe […]