Questions and Answers Regarding Recent Primitive Baptist Tension

michael gowensThe following is an attempt to answer the most frequently asked questions I’ve received regarding various theological tensions among Primitive Baptists during the past eight years.

Q. How did you get involved in the present crisis?

MG: I pastor a church that was sadly disturbed in the early 1990’s over thes... [Read more]

Lydia

literature“And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat dawn, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God,heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of... [Read more]

Absolutism: Objections

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"If anyone fails lo drink in and advocate the doctrines held to by them—that God absolutely and unconditionally predestinated all things lhat come to pass, and that man is an irresponsible machine, and no matter what meanness he does, he can't help it—he is at once branded as an Arminian, or some other epi... [Read more]

Absolutism: Definition

literatureAbsolutism, or fatalism, teaches that, before God ever created the world, he predestinated everything that will ever happen, good, bad, or indifferent.

It teaches that he arranged all the events, and all the events leading up to, and influencing those events, so that everything that happens comes about in exact accordance to his preconceived and pred... [Read more]

Ten Reasons Primitive Baptists Are Not Calvinists

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Preface

In the minds of most people, Christianity is divided into two major groups, Arminians (those who advocate the theology of James Arminius) and Calvinists (those who advocate the theology of John Calvin).

The distinction between Primitive Baptists and Arminians is so clear few would confuse the two. However, when people hear... [Read more]