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Limited Atonement

Jonathan Edwards on Limited Atonement

February 13, 2009
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There is none of the five points of calvinism that are associated with more confusion than the one commonly called Limited Atonment or particular atonement. The problem comes because we do not tend to understand exactly what Calvinists have historically meant by this point, nor do we understand the alternatives on either side. Logic can [...]

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SERMON – A Song Of Hope – Psalm 121

September 5, 2008

On the 24th of August, I preached a sermon at Jubilee during our summer series on some famous psalms. I took Psalm 121, which served as a starting point for me to share some of the most important planks of my personal doctrinal framework—a framework that has sustained me through hard times. As blogging around [...]

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My Most Read Blog Post Of All Time – My Interview With Mark Driscoll

March 4, 2008

Today I can finally reveal that No. 1 on the list of most-read posts on this blog appeared on April 2, 2006, and was my interview with Mark Driscoll, the pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington. Thanks to my friends at Crossway, a free copy of Mark Driscoll’s new book, Vintage Jesus, will [...]

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Review of the Blog – July to August: TULIP and Together On a Mission

December 21, 2007

Before going on a summer break, I ended with a post which expresses clearly the driving passion behind my life—I DON’T WANT BALANCE, I WANT IT ALL! Other than that, and the posts on the atonement I listed in yesterday’s review, July was totally dominated (and rightly so) by Together On a Mission. This conference [...]

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Review of the Blog – May to June 2007: More Atonement Wars and Terry Virgo

December 20, 2007

May was not as controversial a month as I reported yesterday that April had been. I continued with the following posts on the atonement and the resurrection throughout May and also into June. In fact, there were a few posts on the atonement which spilled into July, and I have listed them here also. If [...]

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Limited/Unlimited Atonement – Just Who Did Jesus Die For?

August 28, 2007

As regular readers will know, this week I am swiftly working through the glorious doctrines of grace—the so-called “TULIP.” Today we reach the Limited Atonement item which is, in my opinion, the most misunderstood, and the item with possibly the most nuances needed in our understanding of it. As such, it will get the largest [...]

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A Limited Atonement? Did Jesus Die For All?

July 4, 2007

Some say only Christians, some say the whole world. The “L” of the TULIP acronym is definitely one of the most controversial and most misunderstood. I refer you to my previous series for more detail on the “limited” nature of the atonement, but today I want to stress some points that we can surely all [...]

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Christianity Magazine Reviews Pierced For Our Transgressions

June 21, 2007

UPDATEIn this article I speak of a perception I am beginning to get that those with more traditional understandings are not entirely welcome within the UK evangelical movement. I had hoped that this was just a false impression. Since writing this article, I came across a piece from Carl Trueman that alleges that some UK [...]

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BLOGSPOTTING – 2007 Round-up

February 18, 2007

It’s been awhile, so I thought it would be a nice idea to do a blogspotting post today. Blogspotting was initiated by Phil Johnson and ruthlessly copied by me and others. It is simply a way for me to thank all of you for linking to this blog. Links are the lifeblood of the Internet, [...]

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Spurgeon on the Extent of Salvation – Will More be Saved than Lost?

February 17, 2007

There is no doubt that of all the doctrines of Calvinism, the so-called limited atonement is the most misunderstood and controversial. Sadly, many interpret this as indicating that salvation itself is “limited” and that few will be saved. Spurgeon clearly didn’t think so as this extract from one of his sermons will show. Incidentally, this [...]

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INTERVIEW – Wendy Alsup – A Deacon at the Church Mark Driscoll Leads, Part 3

January 24, 2007

It is a pleasure to welcome to my blog today, Wendy Alsup, who is a member of Mars Hill Church Seattle—led by Mark Driscoll. Wendy is a mother of two, and Deacon in charge of Women’s Theology and Training. There has been a lot of controversy about Mark Driscoll in the blogosphere, so I thought [...]

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Christmas Greetings and a Review of 2006

December 22, 2006

Here’s wishing all of you a great Christmas and a successful New Year where God blesses you richly in every way. Be prepared to be surprised, though, as God’s blessings don’t always look like we expect them to! This time of year my thoughts always turn both forwards and backwards. So I’d like—in what will [...]

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INTERVIEW – Wayne Grudem, Part Six – Did Steve Chalke Blaspheme About the Atonement?

December 12, 2006

This interview is being serialised over several days. So far I have published part one, which focused on personal issues, and part two, in which we discussed Systematic Theology. In part three we explored Grudem’s charge that feminism inevitably leads to a denial of Scripture’s authority. Part four honed in on the “trajectory” arguments used [...]

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April 7, 2006

links for 2006-04-07 Just Curious . . . Could Judas Iscariot Possibly Spend Eternity in Heaven? Interesting discussion going on over at Pyromaniacs regarding limited atonement, et al. (tags: atonement calvinism hell pyromaniacs reformed) From Traitor to Hero? Responding to The Gospel of Judas Headlines worldwide announce publication of a “long lost” and “suppressed” ancient [...]

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Interview with Mark Driscoll

April 2, 2006

UPDATES In July 2008 I was able to record a video interview with Mark Driscoll. There are also a lot of other posts about him on my blog. In January 2008, the following post was identified as the number one all-time most popular post with readers of this blog. The 2nd most-read post was “Blogging, [...]

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Calvinistic newbie

January 3, 2006

My friend Dave Routlege shows his calvinistic training in his commentary about the history of his blog (which I helped him set up) arose. Astute readers will notice the correspondence to the five points of calvinism which cannot have been accidental (for more on the five points of calvinism follow the links at my post [...]

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Dying for the sins of the world, "Contradictions" and respect for the word of God

June 24, 2005

I tremble to contradict the pyromaniac, but I am afraid that I feel that his handling of 1 John 2:2 is almost certainly an example of trying to squeeze the bible into a doctrinal mould. In fact such exegetical gymnastics are only required for a view of the so-called “limited atonement” that I find totally [...]

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Joel Edwards of the Evangelical Alliance comments further on the Steve Chalke debate

January 2, 2005

In a letter from the heart Joel Edwards says of Steve Chalke- Firstly, I am not convinced that Steve really has answered the plethora of key biblical texts dealing with the relationship between wrath, judgement and punishment. (Isaiah 53:1-11 and Romans 5:8-11 and the book of Hebrews for starters.) Apart from the concept of punishment, [...]

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Its all about you Jesus……calvinism and worship

December 18, 2004

Well, this Christmas the carnival of the reformation has asked us to post about the centrality of Christ the “sola christus”. This is a request I am only too happy to comply with and helps bring a number of threads together that I have been posting on lately. The last thing I posted was a [...]

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Synchronised blogging

December 1, 2004

In a startling new development in my longstanding tag-blogging relationship with Jollyblogger, he and I have posted on the same subject within a minute of each other!!! Admittadly the posts were both part of a series, but it is somewhat amusing to me that without planning it we were quite this synchronised. L – Limited [...]

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