Tag Archives: salvation

Confronting Calvin

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Douglas Abbott

An evening Bible study with some friends turned into an intense discussion recently. Sparks flew. There was the potential for unpleasantness, but no one said anything they would have to apologize for later. It ended just the way a discussion … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arminian, Arminianism, Calvin, Calvinism, death, eternal punishment, everlasting torment, free will, God's wrath, grace, hell, judgment, mercy, predestination, redemption, salvation, sin, suffer, T.U.L.I.P., the second death, TULIP, wrath | Leave a comment

Reflections on Psalm 119

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Douglas Abbott

Psalm 119:1-8 (א Aleph) There are potent rewards for obeying God’s law and seeking Him earnestly, which come to all who put off the sinful nature and resolutely submit to God.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged choose, compassion, disobedience, divine, evil, God, grace, idolatry, Jesus, judge, judgment, law, love, mercy, obedience, patience, rescuing, salvation, Savior, sin, submission, surrender, wandering, waywardness, wrath | Leave a comment

Unbroken

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Douglas Abbott

“So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.” -J.R.R. Tolkien Every once in a while, a book comes around that has it all ― adventure, romance, high suspense, life-and-death struggles, villains, heroes, redemption and panoramic scope. Unbroken, … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Uncategorized | Tagged adventure, Christ, faith, fear, forgiveness, God, gratitude, Jesus, Laura Hillenbrand, Louie Zamperini, miracles, rage, redemption, salvation, Seabiscuit, triumph, unbroken | 2 Comments

Picking Through the Rubble

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Douglas Abbott

I was trading e-mails with an old friend the other day when, quite unintentionally, I declared myself to be “the supreme authority on the meaning of Scripture.” Really. That’s what he said.

Posted in Apologetics | Tagged abuses, atrocities, Bible, corruption, denominations, doctrine, dogma, heterodoxy, history, interpretation, lies, meaning, misinterpretation, oppression, orthodoxy, propaganda, redemption, salvation, scientific hoaxes, Scripture, supreme authority, truth, violence | 4 Comments

Heavenly Medicine

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Douglas Abbott

Salvation is more a matter of medicine than of law. God doesn’t want to be our judge. He wants us to go to the Doctor instead. Jesus is our Great Physician.

Posted in Acceptance | Tagged acceptance, doctor, God, heavenly, Jesus, judge, law, medicine, redemption, salvation | 2 Comments

Ontario Watershed

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Douglas Abbott

It isn’t unusual for me to get hit by the Holy Spirit while I’m listening to a storyteller’s testimony during an interview. The stories I write for Good Catch Publishing tend to be a bit more compelling than the average … Continue reading →

Posted in Accidental Blessings | Tagged books, churches, comrades, editing, faith, fellowship, friends, Good Catch Publishing, Holy Spirit, redemption, salvation, signing, stories, testify, testimony, write, writer, writing | 3 Comments

Trust

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Douglas Abbott

I just finished watching The Impossible, a new film in which a youngish couple played by Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts bring their three boys to Indonesia and settle into a coastal bungalow just in time for the 2004 tsunami―the … Continue reading →

Posted in Acceptance, Trust | Tagged adversity, calamity, cataclysm, confidence, death, disaster, good, hardship, joy, life, loss, love, pain, peace, redemption, rescue, salvation, sorrow, sovereignty, triumph, trust, victory | 2 Comments

Early Sunset

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Douglas Abbott

I’m losing my sister. Erica has been fighting illness for months and had just started on a third round of chemo when we found out that her cancer had advanced rapidly, leaving her with no more than a week or … Continue reading →

Posted in Grief | Tagged bereavement, Grief, grieve, heaven, hope, hospice, illness, life after death, loss, redemption, sad, sadness, salvation | 4 Comments

Diverging Paths

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Douglas Abbott

I got a text from an old friend yesterday that put the last 20 years of my life in a whole different light. I had an insanely demanding day yesterday and wasn’t able to read Richard’s text until this morning

Posted in Grace, Love, Suffering | Tagged choices, confinement, corrections, crime, deliverance, diverging, fork, fortune, God, grace, incarceration, institutions, jail, justice, juvenile, life, locked up, mercy, path, prison, punishment, redemption, road, salvation | 9 Comments

Easter in Ephesus

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Douglas Abbott

In planning a bit of light fare for this Muse, I got a wild hair and decided to paraphrase Ephesians 1:3-14. Paul may have been the most intense person that ever lived. His writings burst from the page in an … Continue reading →

Posted in The Apostle Paul | Tagged Apostle Paul, ardent, bursting, celebration, Christ, Easter, epistle, exuberance, exulting, forgiveness, God, grace, Jesus, leaping, Paul, redemption, salvation, Scripture, soaring, teaching, writings | 2 Comments