November 2017 – The Nicene Nerd

Questions and Answers on Baptism

[This post was highly experimental and meant primarily to help me think when I wrote it. It does not necessarily reflect my current views.] What is baptism? Baptism is the Christian rite of covenant initiation in which water is applied, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, to a member … Continue reading

He Died for His People, Not the Elect

The classical Calvinist doctrine of limited atonement is problematic in several ways, even if it does contain a nugget of truth. One of these problems is simply bad exegesis, which in turn results from an unbiblical hermeneutic. A key place where this problem manifests itself is in limited atonement prooftexts like this one: She will … Continue reading