I have a high regard for Calvinism, since it saved me from (hyper)-Arminianism, experienced by me as the Holiness movement. This movement is the child…
1. A Brief History of My Communities My childhood was spent within a family whose ideology can be characterized as agnostic, scientific, and feminist. My…
If your faith does not give you rest and peace, you may be missing the central message of the Gospel. The gospel provides rest for…
The Catholic Church is not the only part of the Christian Church that has problems with sexual abuse. As Kathryn Joyce reveals in her new…
This post is part of a series. In Part 3, we began discussing the passages and principles by which we can escape the torment of Catholic…
This post is part of a series. For those tormented by their failed efforts at resisting sin, or feeling not good enough to deserve salvation, or…
For many, the life of faith is a life of burdensome works to earn or keep salvation. That is totally backwards. Listen and understand why.…
This series is made up of the following articles: Scrupulosity 1, How Catholicism and Arminianism Obscure the Gospel and Create Neuroses Scrupulosity 2, How Sola…
This post is part of a series. In Part 1, I introduced the idea that both Catholicism and hyper-Arminianism (hyper-Calvinism’s brother) make the deadly mistake of…
This post is part of a series. I have previously catalogued my exodus from the bondage of Arminian Holiness to the peace of Reformed Theology,…
This article is part of a series on Molinism. Calvinism has been summarized in the acronym TULIP, while Arminianism has been summarized in The Five Articles of…
Ever since the Protestant reformation began, Christian theologians have been arguing about one of what I call The Two Great Mysteries of the Bible –…
The Christian faith claims to answer a lot of tough questions about life, the universe, and everything. For most of life’s dilemmas, the bible seems…
I am currently reading Dr. Jerry Walls’ book on purgatory (for Protestants!) entitled Purgatory: The Logic of Total Transformation, and one important question he addresses is,…
I have had a few major doctrinal and ideological shifts since becoming a Christian at the age of 21 in 1986, which in itself was…
I have a whole list of pet peeves, but one of my top annoyances to date is a list of Christian doctrines that are not…