Ronnie W. Rogers

Think About IT: Building the Church with God’s Wisdom

By Ronnie W. Rogers / July 21, 2014 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Building the Church with God’s Wisdom

We should not come to Scripture to find a verse that seems to support an idea drawn from the wisdom of the world, but labor in the Word of God to build Christ’s church with the wisdom of God. At times, someone will quip that he is only interested in going to heaven and is…

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A Letter to My Dear Baptist Ancestors

By Ronnie W. Rogers / July 14, 2014 / Comments Off on A Letter to My Dear Baptist Ancestors

Thank you for your willing and unselfish sacrifice for my undeserved freedom of religion in America! It seems to me that most Americans, including many Baptists, are either unaware or have forgotten the extraordinary role that Baptists played in securing religious liberty in America. Many Americans who are aware seek to minimize Christianity’s role in…

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Think About IT: Prayer Is What

By Ronnie W. Rogers / July 8, 2014 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Prayer Is What

Some believe that prayer is seeking to pray what God has already determined for you, but the Scripture is clear that while God has predetermined many things, He sovereignly chose to predetermine not to predetermine everything, but to incorporate the prayers of His people into the outcome. “But if any of you lacks wisdom, let…

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Compatible Free Choice vs. Libertarian Free Choice: A Discussion

By Ronnie W. Rogers / June 30, 2014 / Comments Off on Compatible Free Choice vs. Libertarian Free Choice: A Discussion

Below is a Calvinist’s response to something I wrote regarding Libertarian free will. First is his response, which is followed by mine. Then each time I say, “you said” I am quoting him, which is followed by my response. Pastor Rogers writes, “The two views of free will are Compatible and Libertarian.” This understates the…

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Think About IT: Sins of Others

By Ronnie W. Rogers / June 23, 2014 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Sins of Others

Anyone can rebuke a Christian for his or her sin, but it takes a mature spiritual Christian to give godly rebuke with a heart for restoration. A true heart for the restoration of a brother includes a willingness to be intimately involved in the process and a keen awareness of one’s own propensity to be…

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Another Response To: Do the “Doctrines of Grace” Affect Evangelism?

By Ronnie W. Rogers / June 16, 2014 / Comments Off on Another Response To: Do the “Doctrines of Grace” Affect Evangelism?

This is another response from the previous blogger. This is the last response to my article “Do the Doctrines of Grace Affect Evangelism?” published on SBCToday 4/6/2014. The article is published here on my blog May 26, 2014 as well. You said, “It seems that most of the comments are in a reaction to how…

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A Response to my aritcle, “Do the Doctrines of Grace Affect Evangelism?

By Ronnie W. Rogers / June 10, 2014 / Comments Off on A Response to my aritcle, “Do the Doctrines of Grace Affect Evangelism?

Following are two more responses to my article “Do the Doctrines of Grace Affect Evangelism?” published on SBCToday 4/6/2014. The article is published here on my blog May 26, 2014 as well. You said, “Also, most Calvinist would agree that God desires all people to be saved. Therefore, a Calvinist preacher can also stand before…

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A Response to: Do the ‘Doctrines of Grace’ Affect Evangelism?”

By Ronnie W. Rogers / June 2, 2014 / Comments Off on A Response to: Do the ‘Doctrines of Grace’ Affect Evangelism?”

Following is a response to my article “Do the Doctrines of Grace Affect Evangelism?” published on SBCToday 4/6/2014. I published the same article on this blog 5/26/14. Hello Daniel Thanks for your interaction with my article, which begins, “Some Calvinist’s aver that ideas like limited atonement, unconditional election, and selective regeneration really make no difference…

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Do the “Doctrines of Grace” Affect Evangelism?

By Ronnie W. Rogers / May 26, 2014 / Comments Off on Do the “Doctrines of Grace” Affect Evangelism?

Some Calvinist’s aver that ideas like limited atonement, unconditional election, and selective regeneration really make no difference in the nature of the evangelistic endeavor, i.e. these are tertiary or irrelevant to the proclamation of the gospel. To wit, God being secretly pleased to withhold salvation from a vast proportion of the humanity that He created…

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ObamaCare: The Affordable Care Act and the Decline of Religious Freedom

By Ronnie W. Rogers / May 20, 2014 / Comments Off on ObamaCare: The Affordable Care Act and the Decline of Religious Freedom

The loss of spiritual freedom for supposed physical freedom is reason enough to become informed, and to work and pray for the collapse of ObamaCare. Following are some of the ways that ObamaCare will further erode religious freedom in the U.S. Additionally, check out the “ObamaCare and its Mandates Fact sheet” at Alliance Defending Freedom.…

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