(By John MacArthur)
Election is the act of God whereby in eternity past He chose those who will be saved. Election is unconditional, because it does not depend on anything outside of God, such as good works or foreseen faith (Romans 9:16). This doctrine is repeatedly taught in the Bible, and is also demanded by our [...]
Posted in Ethics, Hermeneutics on February 28th, 2008 26 Comments »
(By Nathan Busenitz)
This will be our final post on the NT believer’s relationship to the Mosaic Law. This is our ninth post on this topic. Previous posts can be found at the following links: Post 1; Post 2; Post 3; Post 4; Post 5; Post 6; Post 7; Post 8.
In this post, we will seek [...]
Posted in Ethics, Hermeneutics on February 27th, 2008 32 Comments »
(By Nathan Busenitz)
After a week and a half, we are finally ready to propose our solution for the two propositions we have sought to establish: (1) that New Testament believers are not under the Mosaic Law; and (2) that at the same time the New Testament authors esteem and appeal to that same Mosaic Law.
Throughout church [...]
Posted in Ethics, Hermeneutics on February 26th, 2008 9 Comments »
(By Nathan Busenitz)
Today we are continuing to discuss our second proposition: That the New Testament Writers Repeatedly Appealed to the Mosaic Law (and to other parts of the Old Testament) as an Authoritative Basis for Their Teaching.
Not only did the New Testament writers frequently cite the Mosaic Law, they also evidence a high regard [...]
Posted in Ethics, Hermeneutics on February 25th, 2008 12 Comments »
(By Nathan Busenitz)
Last week, we attempted to establish the first of two propositions: That New Testament believers are not under the Mosaic Law.
Today and tomorrow we will consider a second proposition: That the New Testament Writers Repeatedly Appealed to the Mosaic Law (and to other parts of the Old Testament) as an Authoritative Basis for [...]