Return of Christ - MIllennial or Amillennial?

This from John MacArthur:



A film on premillennialism:



Here is David Murray on Amillennialism:

Assignments for Week 8, Session 6

These assignments will be due for the ladies on Feb 2 and on Feb 9 for the men. 

• Using your resources, define "sanctification". Keep your definition to two paragraphs or less. 
• Write a paper on Article #9 of the SoF, "Christ's Return"
• Note: while you may, if you wish, you will  not be expected to defend the "premillennial" term used in Article #9. 
• Read "The Canons of Dort", pgs 31 &31 in your syllabus
• Continue to work on the exposition of your personal passage.

Visual Theology "Attributes of God" - by Tim Challies

Visual Theology - The Attributes of God

• Tim Challies
• 01/24/12
• 17

A couple of weeks ago I released the first infographic in a series I am titling “Visual Theology.” What I appreciate about infographics is their ability to display information visually. Just as there are many words that can be used to describe any one fact, there are also many ways to display facts.

Today I have the second infographic in the series, one that focuses in on the attributes of God. When we talk about God’s attributes we do so to answer questions like Who is God? and What is God like? It is the way we seek to wrap our minds around just little fragments of who this God is. We have sought to represent some of that in this graphic (which, incidentally, would probably make quite a nice desktop background).

Note: If you click on the graphic you will be able to see it full-size.

You can also download this infographic in a high-quality PDF (8 MB). As with the last infographic, you are free to print it, copy it, distribute it, and so on. Just don’t sell it, please.

If you have other ideas for theological infographics, please feel free to leave a comment.

Assignments for Session 6

These will be due next Thursday, Jan 19 for the ladies and Jan 26 for the men.

• Using your resources, define "justification". Keep your definition to two paragraphs or less. 
• Write a paper on Article #8 of the SoF (Christian Living).
• Read "The Canons of Dort" pg 29-30 in the Syllabus
• Begin an exposition on your personal passage. This assignment can be spread out over a  number of weeks. 
• Write it out
• Paraphrase it
• Identify key words
• Do word studies on each key word
• Write an outlive of the passage
• Begin writing a teaching   

Visual Theology

Tim Challies has published a helpful chart showing one viewpoint on the order of salvation. Keep in mind there are other opinions on this but this one is well thought out  - jk: 

If you have read this blog for any length of time, and especially the daily A La Carte posts, you know that I’ve got a thing for infographics. What appeals to me about them is their ability to display information visually. Just as there are many words that can be used to describe any one fact, there are also many ways to display facts.

Today I’ve got an infographic for you, and one that I is going to kick off a series called “Visual Theology”—an attempt to display theology using a combination of words and pictures.  I have asked one designer to take a shot at displaying theordo salutis, which is to say, the order of salvation, which refers to the sequence of conceptual steps involved in the salvation of the Christian. I will let the graphic explain it from here.

Note: If you click on the graphic you will be able to see it full-size.

You can also download this infographic in a high-quality PDF (10 MB).

If you have other ideas for theological infographics, please feel free to leave a comment.

Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility

What I've posted below comes from Tim Challies blog today. This is a theme we've been emphasizing  in our teaching at WBF for quite some time now and Tim covers it elegantly  jk:

Better minds than mine (or yours, probably) have wrestled with the relationship between divine sovereignty and human responsibility. The Bibles teaches, or seems to teach, that God is sovereign over all things, and yet it also teaches, or seems to teach, that man is responsible to turn from his sin and come to God. Here are two great quotes that discuss how we can reconcile these things. 

The first comes from Andrew Fuller.

A fleshly mind may ask, “How can these things be?” How can Divine predestination accord with human agency and accountableness? But a truly humble Christian, finding both in his Bible, will believe both, though he may be unable fully to understand their consistency; and he will find in the one a motive to depend entirely on God, and in the other a caution against slothfulness and presumptuous neglect of duty. And thus a Christian minister, if he view the doctrine in its proper connexions, will find nothing in it to hinder the free use of warnings, invitations, and persuasions, either to the converted or the unconverted. Yet he will not ground his hopes of success on the pliability of the human mind, but on the promised grace of God, who (while he prophesies to the dry bones, as he is commanded) is known to inspire them with the breath of life.

Charles Spurgeon talks about this same thing in his inimitable way:

“That God predestines, and yet that man is responsible, are two facts that few can see clearly. They are believed to be inconsistent and contradictory, but they are not. The fault is in our weak judgment. Two truths cannot be contradictory to each other. If, then, I find taught in one part of the Bible that everything is fore-ordained, that is true; and I find that in another Scripture, that man is responsible for all his actions, that is true; and it is only my folly that leads me to imagine that these two truths can ever contradict each other. I do not believe they can ever be welded into one upon any earthly anvil, but they certainly shall be one in eternity. They are two lines that so nearly parallel, that the human mind which pursues them farthest will never discover that they converge, but they do converge, and they will meet somewhere in eternity, close to the throne of God, whence all truth doth spring.”

Assignments for Week 6 Session 5

The next Women's class will be Jan 5, Men's Jan 12.

• Define the following. Limit your definitions to two paragraphs and be ready to share in class
• Predestination
• Grace
• Forgiveness
• Prepare a paper on Article 6 of the SoF (Holy Spirit)
• Prepare a paper on Article 7 of the SoF (The Church)
• We strongly suggest that your spread these 2 papers out over the break.
• Read the Canons of Dort, pg 27-28 in the Syllabus
• Continue to meditate on your personal passage
• We will begin writing an exposition of our personal passages in our next class.

We will have two presentations of 5 minutes or less for our next class:

• Dyan and Pat will do "impartation" in respect to our righteousness
• Theresa and Randy will do "imputation" in respect to our  righteousness
• Hint: impartation implies a change of ownership. Imputation denotes a credit given.

Our Provocation and Reason subject for the Christmas break is "free will". Does it appear anywhere in Scripture?


Class has been phenomenal! As teachers, we have been blessed and energized by your work and enthusiastic participation. We want to wish you all a blessed, marry and safe Christmas!


Bob, Lois, Peter and John