by Stuart | 22 Aug 2012 | Blog
In a sermon titled “How to Meet the Doctrine of Election,”1 Charles Spurgeon sought to give a biblical defence of the doctrine of election. In his defence, he noted that opponents of the Calvinistic interpretation of election often resort to misrepresentation in order...
by Stuart | 22 Aug 2012 | Blog
Previously, I outlined my basic assertion that those who die in infancy, or who are too severely handicapped to wrestle intellectually with the implications of the gospel, experience God’s salvific grace. It appears to me that, by his own decree, God’s judgement is...
by Stuart | 20 Aug 2012 | Blog
The Bible teaches in no uncertain terms that everyone has sinned and has consequently fallen short of God’s divine standard. Sin separates us from God, and God’s just decree is that sin is punishable by death. But Jesus Christ took the penalty for our sins upon...
by Stuart | 19 Aug 2012 | Blog
In my previous post, I made reference to a piece on MyNews24, in which the writer expressed his opinion that biblical Christianity “causes many of the negative aspects of our society, and I would far rather have reason, critical thinking and scientific knowledge...
by Stuart | 15 Aug 2012 | Blog
The technological landscape is an ever-changing one. One of the more obvious areas in which this is true is in the world of Facebook. Those who are subscribers are all-too-familiar with the frequent alterations to the way the social media site works. Sometimes the...
by Stuart | 30 Jul 2012 | Blog
My attention was captured recently by a post on a friend’s Facebook wall. This friend, who emigrated from South Africa to New Zealand, and then to Australia some years later, posted an image of three men standing in a South African courtroom with a smug look on their...
