August 2002

Biblical Redemption/Atonement (Part One) - Audio Newsletter

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Question: In the May 2002 issue of TBC one of your readers asked you the question, “Why did I believe in Christ and someone else didn’t?” It seemed to me that you only toe-danced around the question in your response....

August 1, 2002

Question (composite of two related questions): I enjoy your magazine so much! I have always wondered why some people believe in Christ and are willing to live for God and others will not. Where does the will come from? In the May 2002 issue of TBC one of your readers...Read more

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Question: I’ve long wondered about Balaam’s statement concerning Israel: “...lo, the people....shall not be reckoned among the nations” (Nm 23:9). Was that ever fulfilled, or is it for the future?

August 1, 2002

Question: I’ve long wondered about Balaam’s statement concerning Israel : “...lo, the people....shall not be reckoned among the nations” (Nm 23:9). Was that ever fulfilled, or is it for the future? Answer: Balaam is one of the most enigmatic—and tragic—characters in Scripture. He was inspired of God (“the spirit of...Read more

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Question: ...Anyone who knows anything about Spurgeon knows that he taught Limited Atonement. How much longer do we have to wait to see in print your admission of your inexcusable misrepresentation of Spurgeon?

August 1, 2002

Question: James White has caught you red-handed misrepresenting Spurgeon in your book. You claim that Spurgeon “rejected Limited Atonement.” You support that assertion with a quote of rejection of any “limit to the merit of the blood of Jesus....” Yet you omitted clear statements in the very section from which...Read more

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August 1, 2002

The following statements by Charles Haddon Spurgeon show how little has changed: We are only at the beginning of an era of mingled unbelief and fanaticism. The hurricane is coming. Men have ceased to be guided by the word, and claim to be themselves prophets. ( Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit ,...Read more

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Biblical Redemption/Atonement Part I

August 1, 2002

The first law of thermodynamics states that energy, the stuff of which the universe is made, can neither be created nor destroyed. Two conclusions follow: (1) the total energy in the universe remains constant; and (2) energy must be self-existent and eternal—exactly what the Bible says about God. Is science...Read more

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