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Five Misconceptions About Calvinism

Published on October 30, 2022 By sirrahc

In honor of Reformation Day this year, I opted to provide some information about the teachings of one of the Reformers, John Calvin. A little over a year ago, a Facebook friend shared a rather long post (possibly extracted from an e-book) from someone named Robin Schumacher. I was not familiar with the name at […]

God’s Love in Scripture

Published on November 21, 2021 By sirrahc

This is my third and final post citing from J.I. Packer’s contribution to Hell Under Fire (2004), following “Universalism and Salvation” and “Biblical Teaching on Eternal Punishment”. Packer explains (or reminds us of) how God’s love is expressed in His Word and, among other things, that God’s “revealed plan of love” is centered always on […]

Biblical Teaching on Eternal Punishment

Published on October 31, 2021 By sirrahc

Here is another selection quoting Anglican theologian J.I. Packer in Hell Under Fire, eds. Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson. The focus is on the Scripturally-based and -supported expression “eternal punishment” as the deserved penalty that some people earn for their sin, as opposed to what universalists believe. (See my earlier post.) But, it […]

Universalism and Salvation

Published on October 10, 2021 By sirrahc

I have been reading the book Hell Under Fire, eds. Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson. I highly recommend it. One of the chapters is written by noted Anglican theologian J.I. Packer, in which he addresses the theology of universalism, especially in relation to the eternal destiny of those who do not “accept Jesus” […]