Ronnie W. Rogers
God desires that his people be holy. This desire is true in the Old Testament and New Testament, as well as in the present hour. Salvation is the work of God to make people holy by faith in Jesus Christ so that they might know and enjoy God and his works forever. The cross demonstrates…
I believe God is capable of communicating with His creation in a way that makes His message easily and clearly understood. However, Calvinism’s theological and philosophical commitments make God appear to speak in such a way that it seems as though He offers His love and salvation to all, and He desires all to walk…
Following is a link to the message I preached at Trinity Baptist Church on Sunday, September 14, 2025. Many have weighed in on how Charlie should be classified. Was he a political operative, a youth communicator, a civil rights leader, or a martyr? Here is why I believe he is a martyr. https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/915251537332661
Calvinists unsuccessfully seek to harmonize their commitment to compatibilism and decretal theology, the presence of sin, and God’s lack of culpability in the following three ways. First, Calvinists argue that God does not cause evil and that he relates to good and evil asymmetrically, differently. Calvinist D.A. Carson writes, “I alone am responsible for that…
Calvinism’s decretal theology and commitment to compatibilism create a host of conundrums that result in Calvinists’ frequent visits to the storehouse of mysteries. One of which is the idea that even though God has unconditionally elected only some to have any meaningful opportunity to experience the forgiveness of salvation, we are to have hope for…
Calvinists are prone to characterize God as passive if he did not predetermine everything, but such a conclusion is misguided. God sovereignly chose to create a world populated with humans who are created in his image with libertarian moral freedom, thereby creating a world in which some events are determined by him (definite events), and…