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Category: Doctrine of God Series

• Doctrine of God – Special Announcement

  My special thanks to Pastor Gary L.W. Johnson for sharing various sermon series with us and for allowing us to post them on the Creation Revolution website.  I know we have some faithful visitors who eagerly look forward to each … Continue reading →

  

• The Doctrine of God – Part 44

  The Grace of God Introduction:  As I have sought to document throughout this series we are presently witnessing from within the ranks of professing Evangelicals a massive attempt to re-define the doctrine of God.[i] The classical or traditional understanding of … Continue reading →

  

• The Doctrine of God – Part 43

  The Holiness of God Introduction:  “Remember,” writes J.I. Packer, “the unity of the Divine character. God in Scripture regularly uses the word holy with a global meaning, to bring together and hold together in our minds both the metaphysical perfections … Continue reading →

  

• Doctrine of God Series Ending Soon

  My special thanks to Pastor Gary L.W. Johnson for sharing various sermon series with us and for allowing us to post them on the Creation Revolution website.  I know we have some faithful visitors who eagerly look forward to each … Continue reading →

  

• Doctrine of God – Part 42

  Escaping the Judgment of God? – Part 2 Introduction: It is absolutely necessary that in examining any portion of this epistle we keep always in our minds the purpose Paul had in his mind when he first penned a particular … Continue reading →

  

• Doctrine of God – Part 41

  Escaping the Judgment of God? – Part 1 Introduction: I am reminded of the preacher who preached on Heb. 2:3, a text that declares, “How shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation?” The preacher proceeded to give … Continue reading →

  

• Doctrine of God – Part 40

  The Judgment of God – Part 2 Introduction: Public opinion polls are used repeatedly to determine how the majority of people respond to some particular issue. These polls do influence people, perhaps more so than we like to think. If … Continue reading →

  

• Doctrine of God – Part 39

  The Judgment of God – Part 1 Introduction:  Divine retribution is one of those uncomfortable doctrines of Scripture that we tend to avoid or downplay.  Isaiah 28:21 speaks of divine judgment as His “strange work.”  But before we jump into … Continue reading →

  

• The Doctrine of God – Part 38

  The Wrath of God – Part 2 Introduction:  How are we to present the Gospel?  It is nothing less than astounding to hear how often the message of the cross is presented in terms of felt-needs and as a means … Continue reading →

  

• Doctrine of God – Part 37

  The Wrath of God – Part 1 Introduction: In Acts 20:27, the Apostle Paul declared that in the course of his ministry in Ephesus, he had not hesitated to proclaim the whole counsel of God and that surely included the … Continue reading →

  

• Doctrine of God – Part 36

  The Love of God – Part 2 Introduction: D.A. Carson, in his provocative little book The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God, points out we live in a culture that increasingly rejects the God of biblical Christianity. He writes, … Continue reading →

  

• Doctrine of God – Part 35

  The Love of God – Part 1 Introduction:  All of you have probably seen the bumper sticker with the smiling yellow face that says “Smile God Loves You.” What exactly does that mean? In the minds of the vast majority … Continue reading →

  

• Doctrine of God – Part 34

  The Omnipotence of God and Human Suffering – Part 2 Introduction: One very common notion, and one that is without any Biblical foundation, is the assumption that everything that takes place in God’s universe ought to be explained to us. … Continue reading →

  

• Doctrine of God – Part 33

  The Omnipotence of God and Human Suffering – Part 1 Introduction: “The Book of Job,” writes D.A. Carson, “frankly insists that suffering falls within the sweep of God’s sovereignty.”[i] Down through the centuries Christians have found comfort in knowing that … Continue reading →

  

• The Doctrine of God – Part 32

  The Omnipotence of God and the Problem of Evil Introduction: In 1981 Rabbi Harold Kushner wrote a little book that became an acclaimed national bestseller entitled When Bad Things Happen to Good People. The book grew out of Kushner’s own … Continue reading →

  

• The Doctrine of God – Part 31

  The Omnipotence of God: Power Without Limits – Part 2 Introduction: Our English word omnipotent is derived directly from the Latin OMNIPOTENTIA, which, as you can see, is formed by OMNIS (all) and POTENTIA (power), thus it’s meaning, “having all … Continue reading →

  

• The Doctrine of God – Part 30

  The Omnipotence of God: Power Without Limits – Part I Introduction: Perhaps you have encountered some wag in a college classroom (maybe even the professor) confidently ridiculing the notion of an omnipotent God by throwing out the challenge “Can God … Continue reading →

  

• Doctrine of God – Part 29

  Doctrine of God – Part 29 God’s Foreknowledge and the Cross of Christ Introduction: Open-view theists use orthodox terms like sovereignty and omniscience, but they have radically re-defined their meaning. According to Open-view theism God exercises his sovereignty with the … Continue reading →

  

• Doctrine of God – Part 28

  The Omniscience of God and the Heresy of Open-View Theism (Part V) Introduction: Open View theists are extremely anxious to have their views accepted as simply being a valid evangelical option—a logical extension of Arminianism. But as we have already … Continue reading →

  

• The Doctrine of God – Part 27

  The Omniscience of God and the Heresy of Open-View Theism – Part IV Introduction: Historically both Calvinists and Arminians have concurred in affirming that God does possess exhaustive foreknowledge of the future. The respected Arminian theologian John Miley wrote, “Omniscience … Continue reading →