“I freely confess accordingly that I endeavor to be one of those who write, because they make some progress and who by means of writing, make further progress.”
Essential Differences
Hyper-Calvinism is all house & no door; Arminianism is all door & no house; Calvinism is both all door & all house.
Right Thinking on Revival
“If we are to obtain a revival, we must go directly to the Holy Spirit for it, and not resort to the machinery of the professional revival-maker.”
Spurgeon – Sword & Trowel, 1866, p. 532
What Do the gods Offer?
It is as Augustine says in his “City of God” that the only cause for the perishing of Rome was that she chose to have guardians that could also perish. Is this not the same for Jerusalem in the days of our Lord? She chose not the Lord to save her, and thus because she trusted in herself and her righteousness – she likewise perished (AD 70). In the same way, what is our country entrusting herself to? Do we not see the influence of pagan idolatry raising once again its ugly head? God has been banished like a naughty schoolboy, but He shall take His vengeance because He is a consuming fire. Great nations perish unless their people (like ancient Nineveh) repent. May we learn this lesson well as Augustine understood it.
God Keeps Covenant
All of God’s covenants are eschatological. This means that every covenant that God has made carries within it an eschatological dimension & implications. From the Covenant of Works (or Life) in the Garden with Adam before his fall through to the final all-encompassing New Covenant of which Jesus is the Mediator through his offices of Prophet, Priest & King – all are connected to the future or impact the future. More to come on this.