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Paul's Defense at Jerusalem

We continue our chapter-by-chapter study through the OT now in 1 Samuel. For more information on the Church of Christian Liberty, visit churchcl.com To learn about our educational ministries, visit christianliberty.com

We continue our study in the book of 2 Corinthians. For more information on the Church of Christian Liberty, visit churchcl.com To learn about our educational ministries, visit christianliberty.com

Join us as we continue our look at the Church, its beginnings, and God's expectations for the saved and his sovereignty over his creation.

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The sermon argues against Calvinist theology by emphasizing God's sovereignty balanced with His love, justice, and human free will. It distinguishes between physical Israel and spiritual Israel, asserting that true believers are part of the seed through faith in Christ. The speaker refutes the idea that God forces destruction, interpreting Romans 9 to mean individuals fit themselves for judgment through their own choices. Furthermore, it clarifies that divine foreknowledge involves God seeing future human decisions rather than preordaining them, thereby preserving both God's justice and the availability of salvation to all who believe.

For much of the 20th century, many academic theologians operated on the assumption that Calvin's successors (Beza, the Westminster Divines, the scholastic tradition) had in some ways betrayed him and traded a warm, Christ-centered theology for cold, rationalistic system-building. Then Richard Muller spent decades in the primary sources and found the picture was substantially wrong. In this final episode of What Did Calvin Actually Say?, Jared sits down with Dr. Cornelis Venema to untangle one of Reformed theology's most consequential scholarly debates and to ask what it means to stand at the end of a tradition rather than cherry-picking a moment from it.

This is Calvin Inman's first sermon. The sermon examines the radical demands of following Christ as outlined in Luke 14, emphasizing that true discipleship requires a supreme priority for Jesus over family, possessions, and self. The preacher clarifies that the command to 'hate' relatives is a hyperbolic contrast illustrating total devotion, urging believers to remove any hindrances that compete with their relationship with God. By utilizing illustrations such as Abraham's call, the message stresses the necessity of counting the cost before committing to the Christian walk. The cross represents the ultimate surrender of self-life, while the metaphor of salt highlights the believer's role in preserving and influencing the world through Christ-like character. Ultimately, the teaching encourages joy and glory in Christ rather than despair, framing the loss of all things as a gain for the sake of knowing Him.

This week we dive into the reformed doctrines of election and predestination. For The Love Of Truth is a podcast created through the partnership of Veritas Reformed Baptist Church of West Monroe, LA and Grace Covenant Baptist Church of Monroe, LA. This podcast seeks to discuss current issues through the lens of a Confessional Baptist perspective seeking answers in Scripture and historic Baptist confessionalism.