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Faith and Trust

How would you explain what it means to "believe" if asked? How do I know if I am a believing person?

RUF Summer 2011- FivePoints5- Irresistible Grace and Perseverence of the Saints

The Holy Spirit so cooperates with the rest of the Trinity that man's salvation is as secure as God's declaration is certain.

RUF Summer 2011- FivePoints4- Limited Atonement

So did Jesus die to make my salvation possible contingent upon my believing, OR did he come to actually save me.

RUF Summer 2011- FivePoints2- Total Depravity

Whether or not you agree or disagree with The Five Points will largely be determined by what you think of Total Depravity.

RUF Summer 2011- FivePoints1- Introduction to the Five Points

There was a significant controversy during the Reformation of the doctrines of grace. Here we are introduced to the history behind the controversy.

RUF Spring 2011- Ephesians12- Battling The Forces Of Evil

It is supremely naive to think that God's Plan will be enacted without Demonic opposition. Understanding that opposition is how Paul closes out this letter.

RUF Spring 2011- Ephesians11- The Mystery and the Mundane

In the Christian life, there is no "sacred" part of life separated from the "secular" part of life. All of Christ under the Lord of all.

RUF Spring 2011- Ephesians10- Marriage and Mystery

The Church is God's most conspicuous institution to bring about his plan. Our marriages are given for the same reason.

RUF Spring 2011- Ephesians09- On Imitating God

We naturally imitate the things we are closest to. God expects his people to imitate him because of how closely he has moved to us in Christ.

RUF Spring 2011- Ephesians08- A New You

Paul begins to describe the new life that results from becoming a new you.