Preservation of the Saints The elect are not only redeemed by Christ and renewed by the Spirit, but also kept in faith by the almighty power of God. All those who are spiritually united to Christ ...

Effectual Grace Although the general outward call of the gospel can be, and often is, rejected, the special inward call of the Spirit never fails to result in the conversion of those to whom it is...

Definite Redemption If faith is necessary to the atonement, then Christ’s work was indeed a mere potentiality. In itself it saves no one. It merely makes salvation theoretically possible we must a...

Sovereign Election It would have been perfectly just for God to have left all men in their sin and misery and to have shown mercy to none. God was under no obligation whatsoever to provide salvati...

Free will is defined as “the ability to make choices according to our desires.” Humanity’s radical corruption When Calvinists speak of man as being totally depraved, they mean that man’s nature is...

Pastors and teachers should never rest complacently in what they already know through past study and training. They must labor to grow theologically. Timothy had traveled with and learned from one ...

In summary, we may define theology as the authoritative knowledge and wisdom revealed in God’s Word concerning God so that we may joyfully live unto him through Jesus Christ. It is authoritative be...

One danger of theology is that “knowledge puffs up” (1 Cor. 8:1) . True theology should lead us to exclaim with Paul, “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearc...

Below are Roman Catholic sources saying that while the Magisterium is held to be guided by the Holy Spirit, its teachings are not considered to be divinely inspired in the same way as Scripture. D...

Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone) Our ultimate authority is the Word of God, inspired and infallible. Scripture alone guides our faith and life, standing above human traditions and opinions. (2 Timo...