Halloween
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them” (Eph. 5:11). Halloween is celebrated in the Western world (and in Singapore too) as a fun time for kids to put on costumes and go door-to-door…
Tag reformation
Perseverance of the Saints – TULIP Series
Perseverance – /pəːsɪˈvɪər(ə)ns/:continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or oppositionPreservation – /ˌprezəˈveɪʃn/:the act, process, or result of preserving something Introduction The term Perseverance of the Saints was defined by Aurelius Augustine of Hippo in his book…
Irresistible Grace – TULIP Series
Introduction The doctrine of “irresistible” grace is very often misunderstood because of the use of the word “irresistible”. It suggests that the grace of God cannot be resisted. It suggests that believers are dragged to Christ against their will, kicking…
Limited Atonement – TULIP Series
An Attempt to Understand Limited Atonement Limited atonement refers to the particular love of God in unconditionally electing some totally depraved sinners to salvation, but not others. It is the belief that Christ’s death on the cross as atonement for…
Unconditional Election – TULIP Series
Introduction While all 5 points of T.U.L.I.P have their objections and detractors, there is none so mysterious as Unconditional Election. Indeed, it is not implying that God’s election has no conditions at all but rather that the conditions are not…
Total Depravity – TULIP Series
Introduction Paul says in Romans 3:23: “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”. This is Total Depravity in a nutshell. It is a Reformed and Calvinistic theological term which believes that all men are enslaved…
William Tyndale – “This one thing I do”
The Life of William Tyndale As a Student Tyndale’s date of birth is unknown but is likely to have been in the period 1491-1494. At some point in the first decade of the sixteenth century, he went to study at…
John Calvin – A Brief Biography
John Calvin was another well-known reformer. Calvin and Luther lived during similar periods and knew each other. However, while Martin Luther was fighting with the Catholic Church, John Calvin fought a war against the libertines1. Both characters are centerpieces of…
Martin Luther – A Brief Biography
Martin Luther was a German-born professor of theology who lived from 1483 to 1546. He was married to a former nun Katharina von Bora and had 6 children. Most famously known for his 95 Theses, he spent his early years…
A Reformed Heart
Growing up in a B-P church, events commemorating the reformation were an annual “formality”. As regular as clockwork in the October of each year, we would commemorate the reformers; Martin Luther and his 95 theses, John Calvin, Ulrich Zwingli. I…