From The Christian’s Reasonable Service. Therefore, you who desecrate the Lord‘s Name and do not glorify the Lord, give heed! The purpose for which you were created and the reason that the Lord has bestowed so many temporal and spiritual blessings upon you is to glorify God. Even though this may not appear to be [...]
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Wilhelmus a Brakel: The Serious Consequences Of Not Glorifying God
Posted in Theology, Forgiveness, Doctrine, Calvinism, Truth, Bible Study, Books, Sovereignty, Indian River Baptist Church, Church History, tagged Theology, Doctrine, Bible Study, Baptist, Gospel, Sin, Truth, Sovereignty, Indian River Baptist Church, Church History, Christianity, God, Christ on February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Jonathan Edwards Didn’t Preach Only Hellfire And Brimstone – Text And Wordled
Posted in Calvinism, Church History, Forgiveness, Indian River Baptist Church, reformed baptist, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth, tagged Calvinism, Christ, Christianity, Church History, Doctrine, Forgiveness, God, Gospel, Indian River Baptist Church, Jesus, New Testament, Sermons, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As we will see in the sermon below from 1734 based upon Revelation 14:2 (“And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps,) and entitled “Praise, One Of The Chief [...]
Indian River Baptist Church Sunday School, January 22, 2012: The Doctrine Of Man’s Depravity, Part 2
Posted in Bible Study, Calvinism, Church History, Doctrine, doctrines of grace, Free Will, Indian River Baptist Church, reformed baptist, Sin, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth, tagged Baptist, Bible Study, Calvinism, Christ, Christianity, Doctrine, Free Will, God, Gospel, Jesus, Sin, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Do You Reject God’s Sovereignty?
Posted in Bible Study, Calvinism, Church History, doctrines of grace, Indian River Baptist Church, reformed baptist, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth, tagged Baptist, Bible Study, Calvinism, Christ, Christianity, Church History, Free Will, God, Gospel, Indian River Baptist Church, Predestination, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth on January 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
From Samuel at Gilgal. Thanks to Jumpin’ Jon Cardwell for the tip.
Jesus Expounds On James 2:24 in Luke Chapter 7
Posted in Bible Study, Church History, Doctrine, Forgiveness, Indian River Baptist Church, New Testament, reformed baptist, Sin, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth, tagged Anointing, Baptist, Bible Study, Christ, Christianity, Church History, Gospel, Indian River Baptist Church, New Testament, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth on December 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of the passages that has generated much debate and dispute between Roman Catholics and non-Roman Catholics is James 2:24, which says, You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. (James 2:24 ESV) Rome maintains this verse proves definitively its doctrine of justification, which they hold to be a [...]
Meet Jesus, The Hellfire and Brimstone Preacher
Posted in Bible Study, Church History, Doctrine, Evil, Forgiveness, Indian River Baptist Church, New Testament, Sin, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth, tagged Baptist, Bible Study, Christ, Christianity, Church History, Doctrine, Evil, God, Gospel, Indian River Baptist Church, Jesus, New Testament, Sin, Theology, Truth on December 30, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Our Lord Jesus is portrayed by many in His incarnation as merely a nice man – if not the nicest – and one who never said anything harsh, or ever said anything that would offend the sensibilities of the most sensitive person. Was he nice? Of course he was. Was he kind? Of course he [...]
Winners! Winners! Winners!
Posted in Books, Calvinism, Church History, Doctrine, doctrines of grace, Indian River Baptist Church, reformed baptist, Sin, Sovereignty, Theology, tagged Baptist, Books, Calvinism, Gospel, Indian River Baptist Church, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth on December 28, 2011 | 3 Comments »
We apologize for the delay in posting the three people decreed in eternity and revealed in time and space as the blessed winners of our mega giveaway – three copies of the theological/humor/parody/irony classic, “Against Calvinism” (A Parody For Our Generation). Internet service here at El Rancho Reformado can be dicey at times, especially when [...]
Recommended Site On Arminianism: The Arminian
Posted in Bible Study, Books, Calvinism, Church History, Doctrine, Indian River Baptist Church, reformed baptist, Sin, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth, tagged Arminian, Arminianism, Bad theology, Baptist, Bible, Bible Study, Calvinism, Christ, Christianity, Doctrine, Free Will, God, Gospel, Indian River Baptist Church, Jesus, Religion and Spirituality, Sin, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth on December 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What?!?!?!?! No, I haven’t lost my mind or jumped ship. Not to worry. Any of us who zip around the electronic domains know that there are a lot of sites out there on any given topic. Some are valuable and many are not. Some good old-fashioned discernment is proper as we look around. Seeing as [...]
Free eBooks From Reformation Files
Posted in Bible Study, Books, Calvinism, Church History, Doctrine, doctrines of grace, Indian River Baptist Church, reformed baptist, Sin, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth, tagged Baptist, Bible, Bible Study, Books, Calvinism, Christ, Christianity, Church History, Doctrine, Free Will, God, Gospel, Indian River Baptist Church, Sin, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth on December 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Reformation Files has updated their free eBook catalog and it is worth checking out at Reformation Files eBooks. The list includes works by John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, B.B. Warfield, Louis Berkhof, J. Gresham Machen, Loraine Boettner, John Gill, A.W. Pink, Charles Spurgeon, Cornelius VanTil and more. If you don’t have a Kindle or an eBook [...]
Ezekiel 37:1-10
Posted in Bible Study, Calvinism, Church History, Doctrine, doctrines of grace, Free Will, Indian River Baptist Church, reformed baptist, Sin, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth, tagged Baptist, Bible, Bible Study, Calvinism, Christ, Christianity, Doctrine, Election, Free Will, God, Gospel, Indian River Baptist Church, Love, Old Testament, Regeneration, Sovereignty, Theology, Truth on November 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We are regenerated in the same manner as the dry bones of Ezekiel 37. Someone calls us to life and we can do nothing to respond. God breathes life into us and we thus live as an act of His absolute sovereign kindness, generosity and mercy. The dry bones didn’t choose to live. Neither do [...]
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