Ronnie W. Rogers

Think About IT: Forget Not from Whence I Came

By Ronnie W. Rogers / January 11, 2016 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Forget Not from Whence I Came

Short memories produce crass Christians. Christians need to guard against becoming so accustomed to being a Christian and being around Christians that they saunter down the path of harshness toward the lost. As though the difference in us and them originated in us. “It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came…

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God’s Sovereignty and Man’s Libertarian Freedom: In Balance

By Ronnie W. Rogers / January 4, 2016 / Comments Off on God’s Sovereignty and Man’s Libertarian Freedom: In Balance

Millard Erickson holds to a compatibilist view of moral freedom, as do virtually all Calvinists. Compatibilism is the perspective that determinism and moral freedom are compatible; hence, the name. To wit, man makes a free choice when he chooses according to his greatest desire; however, what is often overlooked is that the desire from which…

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How Did the Church Lose the Will to Follow Christ in Church Discipline?

By Ronnie W. Rogers / December 14, 2015 / Comments Off on How Did the Church Lose the Will to Follow Christ in Church Discipline?

How does it happen? A path all to often followed over an extended period of time might look something like this. The nefarious process begins with a subtle loss of desire for holiness, then an equally slight emphasis on something else that is spiritual, which seems to balance the scales from the injustice of selectively…

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Undermining the Gospel: The Case and Guide for Church Discipline

By Ronnie W. Rogers / December 7, 2015 / Comments Off on Undermining the Gospel: The Case and Guide for Church Discipline

This book has been unavailable for a few months as I went through the process of both updating it and changing publishers. It is now available from WestBow publisher. You may purchase it as WestBow, Amazon or Trinity Baptist Church among other internet book stores.

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Did Jesus Really Believe In Unconditional Election and Irresistible Grace for some?

By Ronnie W. Rogers / November 30, 2015 / Comments Off on Did Jesus Really Believe In Unconditional Election and Irresistible Grace for some?

I just concluded a six-week series on John 12:27-50 entitled The Dynamic of the Gospel Encounter. This passage gives extraordinary insight into what actually transpires when the gospel is shared. In this series, I contrast the perspective of Calvinism and Extensivism. That is to say, does the passage teach that God unconditionally elected some to…

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Think About IT: Follow Me

By Ronnie W. Rogers / November 16, 2015 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Follow Me

The call only Christ can make. Christ called the disciples with the words “follow me.” He called them to follow with no further instructions or illumination about where they were going, how they would make a living, or what they would be doing. This solemn unexplained call is based upon Jesus innate worthiness rather than…

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Homosexuality: The Truth about the Sin and Need of Salvation

By Ronnie W. Rogers / November 2, 2015 / Comments Off on Homosexuality: The Truth about the Sin and Need of Salvation

Homosexual thoughts, inclinations, and acts are sin and must be confessed and forgiven by faith in Jesus Christ just like any other sin or sinner must be. Society is constantly pushing for the normalization of homosexuality, but the Christian must remain true to the Scripture. (for a fuller discussion of the topic, see my other…

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Not All Sin Is Created Equal

By Ronnie W. Rogers / October 26, 2015 / Comments Off on Not All Sin Is Created Equal

The Scripture clearly teaches that while all sin is sin, some sins are more sinful than others. Matthew 12:30-32 speaks of the unpardonable sin, in contrast to every other sin which can be forgiven by faith in Christ; Matthew 23:23 speaks of the “weightier provisions of the law;” John 19:11 says that in comparison to…

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Think About IT: Representing Our Lord Jesus

By Ronnie W. Rogers / October 19, 2015 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Representing Our Lord Jesus

The reality is, regardless how long someone is saved, there are some aspects of Christ a person will never learn if he is not taught and does not study. Some aspects will not be learned if a person does not serve. Some aspects will not be learned if a person does not witness. Some aspects…

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Does Faith Precede or Result from the New Birth? John 3:1-15

By Ronnie W. Rogers / September 28, 2015 / Comments Off on Does Faith Precede or Result from the New Birth? John 3:1-15

To be a consistent Calvinist, a person must believe that the Bible teaches God limits His redemptive love toward His creation and that limited love is more reflective of God being the sum of perfect love than God extending His salvational love to all of His creation. Of course, the perennial problem with the Calvinist’s…

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