The Doctrine of Unconditional Election
The Reformed view of election, known as unconditional election, teaches that God does not foresee an action or condition on our part that induces Him to save us.
There Is No Greater Love
This was the closing prayer poem from my sermon Lay Down Your Life: Two Traits of Christian Love. First Chinese Baptist Church, Walnut, California.
Does doing good things make someone a good person?
Doing good deeds does not make a person good because sin is primarily an internal offense of the heart against a perfectly holy God, whose standard requires complete perfection.
The Doctrine of Total Depravity
Total Depravity is a doctrinal position within Calvinism that asserts the pervasive corruption of human nature due to original sin, affecting all aspects of an individual’s being.
A Brief History of the Reformation
How did we get the doctrines of grace? God shaped Reformation history through the hands of Martin Luther and John Calvin.
How to Think Like a Christian
Thinking biblically about hard cultural questions requires: 1. Grounding your perspective in Scripture, 2. Precisely defining key terms, and 3. Critically unpacking ambiguous language while challenging vague assumptions.
