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Calvinism is the Gospel. Its outstanding doctrines are simply the truths that make up the Gospel. Departure from Calvinism, therefore, is apostasy from the Gospel of God’s grace in Christ. Our defence of Calvinism, then, will proceed as follows. First, we will show that Calvinism is the Gospel. This
CALVINISTS AND CALVINISM Calvinism is that Reformed principle which fundamentally stands on the truth of the Godhood of God. Calvinism, as no other system of doctrine, exalts the absolute sovereignty of God. The center and unifying principle of this system is the glory of the Lord God Almighty.
The term, "Calvinism," is not the name by which we Calvinists prefer to have our faith called; nor do we ourselves prefer to call ourselves "Calvinists." This was also true of most of the Calvinists of the past. Calvin was the name of a man, a great servant of God, John Calvin. He was one of the Ref
There can be no ignoring of these doctrines, called "Calvinism"; if they are not preached and confessed, they are denied. Every preacher, every Church, every member of every Church must take a stand regarding them and does take a stand. It is impossible not to. For they are essential elements of the
was to be ascribed, not to the one true Cod, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, but to men themselves, and to what they could do, or to what could be done to them by their fellow-men and other creatures. This, more or less, developed as the great heresy which lay under the elaborate externalis
Calvin believed that the doctrine of predestination controls the preaching of the gospel. He confessed that the preaching of the gospel is the gracious saving of the elect and at the same time it is the non-gracious hardening of the reprobate (Engelsma, 283). The call of God in the gospel to believe
22:17) The biblical truth of Calvinism leaves no room for any kind of “altar call.” The “altar call” compromises the Biblical teachings concerning total depravity, the sovereignty of God’s grace, good works, and many others. Calvinism preaches the wonder of the promise—the free gift of God’s grace
The church of Jesus Christ with its one great identifying mark, the pure preaching of the gospel, is to Calvinists so serious a thing as to be a matter of eternal life and death. (2 Cor. 2:14-17). Calvinists (and not just nominal ones) will not take this truth for granted, will never allow themselve
Calvin’s theological work reverberates with the glory of God and we today cherish the doctrines which he was able, by the grace of God, to set forth clearly and distinctly: the great truths of God’s sovereign predestination, the unconditional covenant, and irresistible grace we hold dear today.