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The decree of God about the permission of sin does not infringe the liberty of man's will. For sin does not follow the decree by a necessity of co-action or compulsion, which indeed would destroy human liberty; but by a necessity of infallibility, which is very consistent with the decree. It is...

Romanists enjoy asking where was my church before the Reformation. Others often take the bait and grant this erroneous premise currency where none is warranted. Rather, the answer to the question is simple: my church has always been there. The reformers saw themselves as calling upon the...

How do we reconcile our confession of faith in one holy and universal and scriptural faithful church with the churches we find advertised all around us? We begin by understanding that nothing about Sola Scriptura promises that all believers (including Protestants) will be united in all their...

When it comes to the question of Canon, the Scripture itself provides grounds for considering external data: the apostolicity of books, the testimony of the church, and so forth. In essence, to say that the Canon is self-authenticating is simply to recognize that one cannot authenticate the...

When we say God is omnipresent this indicates the repletive presence of God in all created places and in relation to the limited presence of all creatures. God's repletive presence means He is incapable of being judged or measured by circumscription or defined by physical limitations or spatial...

Ever get one of those responses that are but mere quotes from Scripture or a simple opinion wherein the fellow posting then declares victory? This is a common tactic of most who want to discuss Reformed theology in a negative manner. Actually these sorts are not even trying to have an actual...

When it suits the anti-Calvinist, "all" means each and every person who ever lived. Would that they try imposing that more reasonably. See also John 12:32; 6:37; Luke 11:42; Acts 2:17; 10:12; Rom 14:2; 1 Cor 1:5; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 Tim 2:1-2, 4, 8; Matt 9:35. Cherry-picking Scripture to suit your...

Some Romanists obviously need to brush up on a few points... 1. Rome acknowledges the New Testament texts offer no sufficient basis for papal primacy. 2. Rome acknowledges the New Testament texts offer no explicit record of a transmission of Peter's leadership. (See, Authority in the Church...

Per Trent, God does not justify anyone until real righteousness inheres within the person. Which is to say, God does not declare a person righteous unless he or she is righteous. For Romanism, justification becomes a matter of sanctification, since justificare, the Latin root of justification...

Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein God pardons all our sins, and accepts us as righteous in his sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone. "Far too frequently we fail to entertain the gravity of this fact. Hence the reality of our...

The rise of what would become the RCC began around the fifth century as Rome was collapsing under Barbarian invasions (Alaric the Visigoth, the Huns under Atilla). So we have a group that tyrannized the bodies of men (Rome) soon to be replaced by a group that would tyrannize the souls of men...

The Church of Rome may be viewed under a two-fold aspect, as Christian in reference to the profession of Christianity, and of the evangelical truths which it retains; and as it is papal, in reference to its subjection to the Pope, and to its corruptions, as well in manners as in doctrine, which...

Not a few Roman Catholics do not know that even Vatican I states that the church holds these books to be canonical not because of the church’s authority but because they have God as their author. Those unaware of the above hence see the issue becoming how the Roman Catholic church establishes...

Getting one's understanding of justification correct is vitally important. Justification is a judicial act of God pardoning sinners (wicked and ungodly persons, Rom. 4:5; 3:9-24), accepting them as just, and so putting permanently right their previously estranged relationship with himself...

James White schools the Romanist's apologetic methods (start at 3:42 minutes in): http://www.aomin.org/aoblog/index.php/2015/12/29/roman-catholic-apologists-hour-long-phone-call-response-romes-claims/ Highlights of the correctives given to the young man calling in to the program: - Oral...

As soon as a Roman Catholic argues from Scripture he denies the need for an infallible magisterium. Once he points to Rome apart from Scripture, he shows himself to be a blind follower of something in the face of Scripture. Per here: “The Catholic commentator is bound to adhere to the...

Each time a Romanst writes "Church" in their mind it is Romanism as it is now and was after Rome laid claim to being the leader of all Christendom. The Romanist continues to ignore the heresies answered at Nicea by the church (see that small "c"?) was not the Rome of the 13th century and...

Well over thirty years ago, while a Romanist, I used to believe:Creation "participates in Being," which is God. Grace perfects nature. Creation per se is in need of grace. Since then, I believe: Humans are only analogues to God. Grace renews fallen nature. Creation per se is good and was...

On divine immutability and the dilemma it poses for the open theist:: "Only a God who remains eternally and essentially the same can have a counsel that stands for ever (Isa 46:10) and a covenant that is everlasting (Isa 55:3, Jer 32:40, Heb 13:20). Herein exactly lies the glory of the...

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