Recent content by David Lamb

Steve Chalke was the person who described the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement as "cosmic child abuse." Eleonore Stump has similar views. In her book Atonement, she re-examines Christ’s sacrifice, moving away from harsh retributive models of punishment. Instead, she emphasizes...

My prayers assured, Tony. My dear wife Jean went to glory in February this year. Although I do of course miss her very much, she had become so ill with multiple sclerosis (MS) that towards the end, she was totally bedridden and unable to do anything for herself, so it was a merciful release...

The impression I have, not only from the site I linked to, is that the early General Baptists almost died out because of the f8all into Unitarianism. Have we got any history buffs here who know for certain?

That may well be true. Certainly that doesn't mean that all Particular Baptists are/were Hyer-Calvinists.

Yes, and I think I am correct in saying that most of those early General Baptists were led astray into Unitarianism. Perhaps somebody who knows history better than I do could confirm or deny this. I found this website The Future of Baptist Theology with a Look at Its Past which includes the...

Indeed. Here in the UK, at one time, most Baptists believed the doctrines of Grace. The 1646 and 1689 London Baptist Confessions of Faith reflect that. Nowadays, the majority of Baptist churches in the UK are part of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the very...

Agreed. I have never heard of such a thing, probably because I am in the UK. We do have Baptist churches that get involved in planting a new church, but once that new church has its own elders and deacons, then it too becomes an autonomus Baptist church. Thanks.

Although individual Baptist churches differ from one another on some things, all Baptist hold to certain distinctive beliefs, including: 1. The Bible as the final authority in all matters of faith and practice. 2. Baptism as an ordinance for believers. 3. The autonomy, under God, of the local...

I find it a false argument to say that because light from stars, novae, etc. takes so long to reach earth, therefore the earth must be at least as old as the time light would take to reach us from the farthest stars we can see. God's stated purpose for creating sun, moon and stars is stated in...

Those Christians I know who believe the doctrines of grace don't view sin lightly. They realise that sin is so serious that God sent His Son to take on human flesh, and to die in order to save sinners.

I doubt that pay would have been his concern. This website: https://judsoncollege.com/for-the-cause-of-christ-a-biography-of-adoniram-judson/ says of Judson: "He sacrificed everything for the cause of Christ, influencing modern missions with a legacy marked by great sacrifice." About the...

But the Greek word translated in the KJV in Matthew 1:1 as "generation" is "genesis", meaning "beginning". In the context of that verse, it seems to be referring to the human ancestry of the Saviour. The same word occurs three times in the Bible, the other two occasions both being in the...

I would say that he became a believer on the Damascus road, when the risen Lord Jesus spoke to him. He shows this in his words and actions. From "breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord", he is changed so dramatically that he now addresses Jesus as "Lord", and wanted to...

Yes. I think of that hymn, "From Whence this Fear and Unbelief?" One verse says: If thou hast my discharge procured, And freely in my room endured The whole of wrath divine, Payment God cannot twice demand, First at my bleeding Surety’s hand, And then again at mine. If the Lord Jesus Christ...

I would say there is a third way of ending the phrase, "Jesus dying for........." That is, the word "sinners." As far as I am aware, there is not instance in the Bible of a Christian saying to anybody, "Jesus Christ died for you," except where one Christian is addressing another Christian, as...