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  • Is regeneration by faith or is faith by regeneration?

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    Dave Bovenmyer
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    Some pastors and teachers teach that regeneration precedes faith and is necessary for it. They believe that mankind is so fallen that his heart is unable to respond to the gospel or believe in Christ. They say that we must first be regenerated before we can believe. In the following pages I will present verses…

  • Dead Men Can Believe!

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    Dave Bovenmyer
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    I’ve often heard the argument, based on Ephesians 2:1-3 that since fallen man is dead in sin, he is incapable of seeking God, doing good, desiring God, responding to the call of God, or believing in Christ while in this dead state. The argument is that man must first be regenerated before he is able…

  • Does 1 John 5:1 teach that faith is caused by regeneration?

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    Dave Bovenmyer
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    In summary, John is not addressing what causes someone to initially believe. Rather he says that present and ongoing (present tense) belief that Jesus is the Christ is an evidence that a person has been born of God (perfect tense).

  • An Evaluation of the Prosperity Gospel

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    Dave Bovenmyer
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    Prosperity theology is not confined to a denomination or a tradition, but is a many-faceted movement that has infiltrated much of modern-day Christianity. . .Advocates of the prosperity gospel claim that God wants all believers to be materially prosperous and free from sickness. Thus if a believer is poor or sick, he is outside the…

  • The Doctrine of Hell

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    Dave Bovenmyer
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    So, what of the doctrine of hell? Will hell be anywhere similar to Dante’s imagination of it? Does the Bible teach a literal hell with eternal torment, or is the idea of hell a fiction produced by the overzealous imagination of the medieval church? If the Bible teaches such a place of eternal torment, would…

  • Creation and the Genesis Account

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    Dave Bovenmyer
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    The approach of this paper will be to defend what the Scripture teaches about creation and the origin of all things, especially at points where culture is pressing against the teaching of Scripture. Particularly, it will address attempts to harmonize the creation account with modern scientific scenarios and will advocate a straightforward reading of Genesis…

  • God-Honoring Authority

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    Dave Bovenmyer
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    The Bible has much to say about authority—the authority of God, the authority of the Scripture, and human authority. In this paper we will primarily focus on what the Bible says about human authority. Because of limits in length, this will only be an introduction to the subject of human authority. Many of the more…