Providence

Calvin and the Secret Providence of God

April 25, 2015 By EO Leave a Comment

by Richard A. Shaward I post this because I have come to admit that most modern “Calvinists” are not “PURE” “PRACTICAL” Calvinists. In my case, for 20 years I leaned to the more moderate Calvinism of Sproul. When have you heard, if you attend a Calvinistic church, this pure Calvinism from your Pulpits recently? Here […]

Sin, Evil, and Providence

April 25, 2015 By EO Leave a Comment

Much of the energy of patristic reflections upon providence focused on how to relate the claims of providence to the harsh presence of evil and suffering in this world that God has ordered. The crucial question as it presented itself to the church fathers was, How can evil and suffering be compatible with the caring […]

“No doctrine concerning the divine and saving mysteries of the faith, however trivial, may be taught without the backing of the holy Scriptures. We must not let ourselves be drawn aside by mere persuasion and cleverness of speech. Do not even give absolute belief to me, the one who tells you these things, unless you receive proof from the divine Scriptures of what I teach. For the faith that brings us salvation acquires its force, not from fallible reasonings, but from what can be proved out of the holy Scriptures.” Cyril of Jerusalem (ca. 313-386)