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Arminians and Particular Redemption
In discussing whether Arminians believe in particular redemption, often they are caricatured to not hold to it. Many Arminians themselves are opposed to Particular Redemption (i.e. election) without realising that Arminian theology does actually hold to it. It’s the basis of Particular Redemption that the Arminians get wrong. Is it God’s sovereign choice, based on […]
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A sausage anyone…??
500 years ago this Easter, the reformation publicly kicked off in Switzerland. Huldrich Zwingli had for some time been coming to reformation truths similar to Luther, and at times independent of Luther, but it took a good old BBQ to make the reformation official. There were people in Zurich who were printers. They had worked […]
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Statistics and the Providence of God.
It’s funny how we use statistics to comfort us. With this Covid plague going on around us we can be fairly certain – statistically speaking – that most of us aren’t going to die from the virus. Yet, when we talk to those around us or when we look at the news, there is great […]
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My New Motorbike…
Having sold my Triumph some months ago – a decision the orthopaedic surgeon was pleased about – there were probably some ‘naysayers’ and ‘soothsayers’ out there who were disappointed and unconvinced I would ever get a bike again. Well, I am happy to say to my detractors that I am no longer ‘bike-less’. My new […]
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Have you ever wondered why some Christians want to defend free will?…
Many christians want to defend the idea of free will because somehow without it we must turn into some form of Robo Cop style robot rather than a human being. It’s funny, I wonder what the argument would have been before robots were invented? Yet many christian folk are willing to die on the hill […]
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Woe to you Padres and Chaplains…
Matthew 23:1–36 (NMV – Nathan’s Modified Version) Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, ‘The Padres and Chaplains sit in Christ’s office so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they claim to preach, but do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay […]
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Happy Reformation Day!!
Well the 31st of October has come around again. The day on which we celebrate Luther’s posting of his 95 Theses in Wittenberg in 1517. These theses attacked the cruel notion that we can purchase forgiveness and less time in purgatory. Luther came to understand that the gospel of God’s righteousness is good news which […]
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For the tired and weary…we are almost home…
‘Don’t drop a single anchor, we’re almost homeThrough every toil and danger, we’re almost homeHow many pilgrim saints have before us gone?No stopping now, we’re almost home…’
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The new blog ‘Riding Shotgun’ has arrived…
‘Riding Shotgun’ was the term used for the role a bodyguard sitting alongside the driver of a stagecoach in the Wild West. The bodyguard’s role was to provide some ‘double barrel’ action against bandits, cowboys and hostile Indians. The Wild West days might be long gone, but theological bandits, religious cowboys, and yella liberals (some […]
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Wittenberg Door is changing name!
The Wittenberg door is going to close. But – wait for it – the blog will continue under a different name and direction. Plus the shonky and annoying adds will be removed. Anytime now…
RIDING SHOTGUN WITH LUTHER AND CALVIN 