Irresistible Grace:
As Lutherans we believe justifying grace is universal and we also believe the doctrine of Sola Gratia. John Mueller in Christian Dogmatics (page 249) says "God can be resisted w...
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Is the mass evil?:
On a blog I visited recently, an acquaintance defended the use of the word "holiday" by explaining that it used to be "holy day"--no problem so far--but also that if anything, it w...
Last Modified: 12/07/2005 07:38:25 |
Common Grace:
I attend a Calvinist college here in Scotland, and am doing an essay on Common Grace. As best I can see, it seems that we have a similar though not defined position on Common Grac...
Last Modified: 09/26/2005 09:48:34 |
Double Predestination:
I am new to the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod and just found the WELS website while doing a search of Lutheran denominations online. My background is Calvinistic, but I confess ...
Last Modified: 06/28/2005 08:28:29 |
ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED:
What does the word say regarding once saved always saved.
Last Modified: 06/27/2005 11:11:13 |
Calvinists:
Are Calvinists considered outside of the Christian community?
Last Modified: 01/28/2005 13:10:05 |
Reformed Church and Gnosticism:
What do you think about the theses that the Reformed Church and Gnosticism have some thoughts in common/ there are some parallels (e.g., denial of the Real Presence)? Is it true...
Last Modified: 01/24/2005 08:16:47 |
Reformed Theology & Dr. James White:
A website for certain Dr. White (http://aomin.org/) is an apologetics site for Reformed theology. What is 'Reform' theology? The statement on faith on that website appears to me to...
Last Modified: 10/14/2004 07:39:49 |
Predestined to Damnation:
After looking at the Epistle to Jude, I am certainly uncertain with the WELS position on predestination. What is meant in the book of Jude 1:4 which speaks of the men ordained of ...
Last Modified: 06/28/2004 07:54:17 |
Election:
My question is this: If a person is saved by grace alone apart from works, and elected by God to salvation (which is indeed my own position) "For by grace you are saved by faith a...
Last Modified: 06/07/2004 05:54:24 |
Predestination:
How do we reconcile the fact that there are persons who have been predestined to salvation yet at the same time those same persons who have been predestined can lose thier salvatio...
Last Modified: 05/31/2004 09:40:18 |
Excommunicate:
Is holding to the 5 points of Calvinism an excommunicating offense in the WELS? Thank You.
Last Modified: 05/20/2004 08:11:39 |
Predestination:
I'm a junior at a Calvinist school, and I hear a lot about predestination. It really irks me to hear that people are predestined to go to hell. I know that in the Bible there are...
Last Modified: 03/26/2004 07:35:34 |
Doctrine of election/grace:
Please explain the WELS position on the doctrine of election and the doctrine of grace in the context of John Calvin's predestination theory with reference to Martin Luther and Phi...
Last Modified: 03/10/2004 15:35:52 |
Predestination:
I have been told that Calvin does not state God predestines some to damnation, but rather God passes them over. Since the Holy Spirit is needed by God's grace to believe, how can o...
Last Modified: 02/23/2004 07:43:58 |
The Creeds:
Your church correctly affirms the Apostle's, Nicean, and Athanasian Creeds. The Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics lists the Definition of the Council of Chalcedon (45...
Last Modified: 01/23/2004 15:01:42 |
Sacraments:
In an answer given to a question concerning the Calvinist view of the sacraments, Acts 16:22 was cited as a proof text that baptism and the Lord's supper are, indeed, means of grac...
Last Modified: 01/20/2004 08:56:59 |
Religion - Calvinism (01):
What is the Lutheran view of Redemtive-historical methods of interpretation? Many Calvinist-reformed use this method following theologian Geerhardus Vos. It seems quite compatible ...
Imported on: 01/01/2004 12:00:00 |
Religion - Calvinism (01):
A Baptist friend of mine told me at a recent church study, he was told that Luther also believed the teaching of John Calvin on predestination. I have read that some early Lutheran...
Imported on: 01/01/2004 12:00:00 |
Religion - Calvinism (01):
I have been a member of the WELS for almost 3 years now. I worship at "our Savior" in San Antonio, Tx. Before becoming a member of the WELS, My family and I were members of the E.L...
Imported on: 01/01/2004 12:00:00 |