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  • George Ella on Doctrinal Matters

    Calvinism: An Introduction and Comparison with the Main Historic Christian Alternatives With the Principal Relevant Historical Councils and Creeds Stephen Paynter April 2020

    February 16, 2023 /

    Review Article Calvinism: An Introduction and Comparison with the Main Historic Christian Alternatives With the Principal Relevant Historical Councils and Creeds Stephen Paynter April 2020 I have been recently sent an online copy of Stephen Paynter’s new book, or rather a new version of a work done in 2014, by Academia.edu free of charge. This academic consortium has kindly provided me for several years with many gems both small and large from writers on theology, missiology and church history. It is rarely, however, that I receive works from them dealing solely with evangelical, Reformed issues. This is also the more surprising because Dr Paynter is a software engineer and neither a theologian nor a pastor. The aims of the book Paynter’s aim is to define…

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    Duty Faith and the Protestant Reformed Churches

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    The Dumbing Down of Doctrine

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  • George Ella on Doctrinal Matters

    All Sides Claim Calvin As Their Mentor

    February 8, 2023 /

    Sir: Since this newspaper began, debate has continued amongst correspondents as to what true religion entails. It is interesting to note that John Calvin has invariably been put forward as representing all sides in their highly different positions. This is neither surprising nor helpful. Calvin was a second generation Reformer whose works reflect strong Lutheran, Zwinglian, Bullingerite and Bucerian influences in their conflicting aspects. Furthermore, whereas Calvin’s Swiss and Strasburg teachers were men of peace and developed their own theology within their own pastoral duties amongst churches who loved them, Calvin was a man of strife in a frequently rebellious church. The Geneva Council treated Calvin as a foreigner, refusing him citizenship until the latter period of his life. Moreover, Calvin formulated most of his…

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    The Works of Andrew Fuller with a Biography (Part 2)

    October 5, 2022

    The Difference Between John Gill’s Free Declaration of the Gospel to Sinners and the Banner of Truth’s ‘Free Offer’

    July 27, 2022

    Phil Johnson On Christ Being Made Sin Only Figuratively

    April 6, 2022
  • George Ella on Doctrinal Matters

    Banner On Hypers

    January 19, 2023 /

    Letter to the Banner of Truth (not printed) Dear Christian Friends, I was surprised to find myself labeled a Hyper-Calvinist in your February issue with your corollary that I am not amongst those who “confront their hearers with the immediate responsibility of trusting Christ, directly encouraging them to trust him, and appealing to them to do so now!” Naturally, when one starts with a false premise one draws a faulty conclusion. Actually, I abhor Hyper-Calvinism and have aired my views against it in many publications and lectures. I am particularly suspicious of the Supralapsarian kind as found in Calvin’s Institutes, Book III, Chap. XXIII:7 and his Articles Concerning Predestination. I reject Calvin’s studies regarding predestination and election which leave out the covenant of grace and…

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    Dealing With Birds Of False Feathers

    December 7, 2022

    The Synod of Dort

    February 23, 2023

    Duty Faith and the Protestant Reformed Churches

    November 9, 2022
  • George Ella on Doctrinal Matters

    Maurice Roberts and Hyper-Calvinism

    January 11, 2023 /

    Those ‘Theological Swearwords’ ‘Antinomianism and Hyper-Calvinism’ Again Some years ago in the Evangelical Times, one of their directors, John Legg, referred to the terms ‘Antinomianism and Hyper-Calvinism’ as ‘theological swearwords’ and used them indiscriminately with his co-director Errol Hulse to describe my practice of preaching the whole of the gospel to the whole man wherever I was placed by God to do so. This irresistible calling led to my marching 35 kilometers a day through swampy marshland and glacier-covered territory with a map and compass to help me find the way and a fishing rod, snares and a small casting-net in order so I could feed myself so I could take the gospel to nomad Lapps and to my work on and for the Native…

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    The Free Offer: Biblical and Reformed, By David Silversides (Marpet Press, 2005)

    June 23, 2022

    Christ’s Work As Saviour Within The Covenant Of Grace

    May 16, 2022

    All Sides Claim Calvin As Their Mentor

    February 8, 2023
  • George Ella on Doctrinal Matters

    The Gospel Of Deceit

    January 4, 2023 /

    Calvinism confused Our Lord tells us to be balanced in our teaching, not giving that which is holy to the dogs, nor giving stones where bread is needed. This balance has been broken severely by the modern pseudo-Free-Offer movement. Spurgeon summed Calvinism up as ‘salvation by grace alone’, but views of Calvinists in relation to saving grace have drastically changed. Besides, Calvin would be appalled to learn that the saving Gospel which emanates from God but which is open to such contrary interpretations now bears his name. It would be thus better to drop the term. This article is therefore not a defence of Calvinism but a defence of the doctrine of salvation by grace alone. Two factions have emerged amongst modern Calvinists. One teaches…

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    Further Study

    Substituting Fable For Historical Truth

    October 26, 2022

    The Difference Between John Gill’s Free Declaration of the Gospel to Sinners and the Banner of Truth’s ‘Free Offer’

    July 27, 2022

    The Evangelical Liberalism Of Andrew Fuller

    August 24, 2022
  • Jared Smith on the Biblical Covenants

    1 Arrangement Of The Biblical Covenants

    January 1, 2023 /

    Every biblical framework and theological system recognizes the prominent place given in the scriptures to the covenants. However, not every one agrees on the number, meaning and arrangement of the covenants. Here are four of the most popular views: Modern Dispensationalism—originating with John Darby in the early to mid 19th century, this system of teaching has become one of the leading views of 21st century Evangelicalism. It arranges eight covenants in “time-tight compartments”, each serving a primary and distinct role within a specific timeframe of history. New Covenant Theology—originating with those who were dissatisfied with the arbitrary time frames of Dispensationalism, this school of thought is one of the more recent theological developments. It arranges six covenants in a “stair-case advancement”, each serving a primary,…

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    Further Study

    8 The Earthly And Temporary Covenants – Part 6

    January 1, 2023

    13 Popular Misconceptions About The Church

    January 1, 2023

    4 The Earthly And Temporary Covenants: Part 2

    January 1, 2023
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