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Augsburg Confession: Of Free Will

October 31, 2014by Leif L 1 Comment

Augsburg Confession Article XVIII: Of Free Will. Of Free Will they teach that man’s will has some liberty to choose civil righteousness, and to work things subject to reason. But […]

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Free Will, Grace, Human Depravity, Martin Luther

The Grace of God in Salvation, J Gresham Machen

May 2, 2014by Leif L Leave a comment

Salvation and the Role of Atonement in Grace Humanistic Christianity, in rejecting the complete spiritual brokenness of the human race, the holiness of God, and the wrath of God against […]

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Atonement, Biblical Anthropology, Deity of Christ, Grace, Human Depravity, J. Gresham Machen, Love of God, Open Theism, Sovereignty of God

The Awfulness of Sin (and the Goodness of God)

March 21, 2014by Leif L Leave a comment

God in his mercy hides from us the darkness and pervasiveness of our sinfulness. Our sinful nature is intertwined with our Imago Dei (image of God). Envision two plants growing […]

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Human Depravity, Leif's Articles

The Error of Moralism

August 23, 2013by Leif L Leave a comment

“[Some peo­ple think] …they are so good, that they scorn God’s offer of mercy. Indeed these are often in the worst con­di­tion: these are they who think they need no […]

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Human Depravity, Legalism, Regeneration, Repentance, Sabbatarianism

The Human Will: The Bird With The Broken Wing by Loraine Boettner

May 24, 2013by Leif L Leave a comment

“Man is a free agent but be cannot originate the love of God in his heart. His will is free in the sense that it is not controlled by any […]

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Biblical Anthropology, Free Will, Grace, Human Depravity, Regeneration

John Newton to Rev. Scott, Letter IV(b): Divine sovereignty, November 17, 1775.fr

April 12, 2013by Leif L Leave a comment

November 17, 1775. “But this brings me to your second query. II. Do I think that God, in the ordinary course of his providence, grants this assistance in an irresistible […]

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Free Will, Human Depravity, John Newton, Sovereignty of God

John Newton to Rev. Scott, Letter IV(a): Predestination, November 17, 1775.

March 29, 2013by Leif L Leave a comment

November 17, 1775. My dear friend, My present part is but to repeat what I have elsewhere expressed, only with some variety and enlargement. You yourself well state the situation […]

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Human Depravity, John Newton, Sovereignty of God

John Newton to Rev. Scott, Letter III: The new birth, The gospel, Human depravity August 11, 1775.

March 15, 2013by Leif L Leave a comment

August 11, 1775. “My dear friend, Your objections neither displease nor weary me. While truth is the object of your inquiry–the more freedom you use with me the better. Nor […]

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Human Depravity, John Newton

“I Don’t Want Free Will” by Martin Luther

February 1, 2013by Leif L Leave a comment

“I frankly confess that, for myself, even if it could be, I should not want ‘free-will’ to be given me, nor anything to be left in my own hands to […]

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Free Will, Human Depravity, Martin Luther, Sovereignty of God

Man’s Will: Free Yet Bound – by Walter J. Chantry

January 18, 2013by Leif L 1 Comment

“For more than fifteen hundred years the Church has engaged in a heated debate over the freedom of man’s will. The major issues came to general attention in the early […]

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Biblical Anthropology, Free Will, Human Depravity, Martin Luther, Regeneration, Sovereignty of God

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