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Election
Feature Pages(5)
- FeatureIsrael and the Olive TreeRomans 9–11 — sovereignty, responsibility, destiny: one root, branches broken off for unbelief, wild branches grafted in, and all Israel shall be saved.
- FeatureJacob Have I LovedThe election thread: Genesis 25:23's oracle, the twins' story enacted, Obadiah's centuries-downstream outworking, Malachi 1:2-5's retrospective, and Romans 9's use — with the comparative and unconditional readings of 'hated' both at full strength.
- FeaturePredestination and ElectionThe texts laid out first as data — Ephesians 1, the golden chain of Romans 8:29-30, Romans 9, John 6, the whosoever texts — then the Reformed and Wesleyan-Arminian readings at full strength, with MannaFest's Wesleyan flag planted and Sproul's case un-softened.
- FeatureSalvation — what we believeBy grace, through faith, on the ground of what Jesus Christ finished at the cross — received as a gift, never earned by works, and evidenced by a life that begins to change.
- FeatureThe RemnantShe'erith across the canon: Elijah's seven thousand who have not bowed, Isaiah's Shear-jashub sign, Micah and Zephaniah's humble refuge-takers, Ezra's escaped remnant — to Romans' remnant according to the election of grace.
Verses(5+)
- Verse2 John 1:13The children of your elect sister send you greetings.
- VerseRomans 8:33Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
- Verse2 Peter 1:10Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
- VerseRomans 11:28Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.
- VerseColossians 3:12Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
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Authors(5+)
- AuthorPaulinus of MilanPaulinus was a deacon of the church of Milan who served as notary and personal secretary to Bishop Ambrose. He was with him at the end — he says he was present at Ambrose's…
- AuthorAphrahat the Persian SageAphrahat lived and wrote in the Persian Empire, outside Roman territory, in the first half of the fourth century. He wrote in Syriac. He seems never to have read a word of…
- AuthorBernard of ClairvauxBernard was born in 1090 at Fontaine-lès-Dijon in Burgundy, the third son of a knight. His mother died when he was seventeen and it broke something open in him. In 1113, aged…
- AuthorAgapius of HierapolisAgapius — in Arabic, Mahbub ibn Qustantin — was the Melkite bishop of Manbij in northern Syria, the city the Greeks had called Hierapolis. He was writing in the 940s and is…
- AuthorDionysius of AlexandriaDionysius was born to a wealthy pagan family in Alexandria and came to Christ as an adult. He studied under Origen, took over the catechetical school around 231, and in 248…
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