CALVINISM vs. ARMINIANISM -Links:

Yes, this web site is dedicated to the Preterist Movement. However Preterism is only, in and of its self, a doctrine of the fulfillment of future events which culminated about A.D. 70; - A Biblical fulfillment of Eschatology. Preterism is the continuation of the much older but still on-going Reformation movement of such men as John Calvin, John Knox, Martin Luther et al.

Although Preterism in my opinion is a very important doctrinal issue, hence this web site, we must not dissolve the other established doctrines which do have a greater importance than Preterism such as the Sovereignty of GOD Himself. Let's use the truth of Preterism to build upon these God given foundations and be most careful not to accept any and every un-Biblical concept of today’s errors and past errors to support only the doctrine of Preterism!

Preterism must be part of the on going truth that God continually unveils through out the ages to His peoples and not used as a tool for the purpose of false unity and deployed as an enemy of the established Biblical truths.

Please keep this purpose and explanation in mind when visiting the links below. Thank you

~BEK

God Has a Plan, by Loraine Boettner
"If God had not foreordained the course of events but waited until some undetermined condition was or was not fulfilled, His decrees could be neither eternal nor immutable. We know, however, that He is incapable of mistake, and that He cannot be surprised by any unforeseen inconveniences. His kingdom is in the heavens and He rules over all. His plan must, therefore, include every event in the entire sweep of history."

The Sovereignty of God, by Loraine Boettner
"It has been recognized by Christians in all ages that God is the Creator and Ruler of the universe, and that as the Creator and Ruler of the universe He is the ultimate source of all the power that is found in the creatures. Hence nothing can come to pass apart from His sovereign will;"

The Providence of God, by Loraine Boettner
"The Scriptures very clearly teach that all things outside of God owe not merely their original creation, but their continued existence, with all their properties and Powers, to the will of God."

The Foreknowledge of God, by Loraine Boettner
"To deny God the perfections of foreknowledge and immutability is to represent Him as a disappointed and unhappy being who is often checkmated and defeated by His creatures. But who can really believe that in the presence of man the Great Jehovah must sit waiting, inquiring, "What will he do?""

Outline of Systems, by Loraine Boettner
There are really only three systems which claim to set forth a way of salvation through Christ. They are: Universalism, Arminianism and Calvinism.

Total Inability, by Loraine Boettner
"Man, by his fall Into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation; so as a natural man, being altogether averse from good, and dead in sin, is not able, by his own strength, to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto."

Unconditional Election, by Loraine Boettner
"He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before Him in love; having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will," (Eph. 1:4, 5)

Limited Atonement, by Loraine Boettner
"If from eternity God has planned to save one portion of the human race and not another, it seems to be a contradiction to say that His work has equal reference to both portions, or that He sent His Son to die for those whom He had predetermined not to save, as truly as, and in the same sense that He was sent to die for those whom He had chosen for salvation. These two doctrines must stand or fall together. We cannot logically accept one and reject the other. If God has elected some and not others to eternal life, then plainly the primary purpose of Christ's work was to redeem the elect."

The Prseverance of the Spirit, by Boettner
"Those who have fled to Jesus for refuge have a firm foundation upon which to build. Though floods of error deluge the land, though Satan raise all the powers of earth and all the iniquities of their own hearts against them, they shall never fail; but, persevering to the end, they shall inherit those mansions which have been prepared for them from the foundation of the world. The saints in heaven are happier but no more secure than are true believers here in this world."

Chapter I. Of the holy Scripture
Chapter II. Of God, and of the Holy Trinity
Chapter III. Of God's Eternal Decree
Chapter IV. Of Creation
Chapter V. Of Providence
Chapter VI. Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof
Chapter VII. Of God's Covenant with Man
Chapter VIII. Of Christ the Mediator
Chapter IX. Of Free Will
Chapter X. Of Effectual Calling
Chapter XI. Of Justification
Chapter XII. Of Adoption
Chapter XIII. Of Sanctification
Chapter XIV. Of Saving Faith
Chapter XV. Of Repentance Unto Life
Chapter XVI. Of Good Works
Chapter XVII. Of The Perseverance of the Saints
Chapter XVIII. Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
Chapter XIX. Of the Law of God
Chapter XX. Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience
Chapter XXI. Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
Chapter XXII. Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
Chapter XXIII. Of the Civil Magistrate
Chapter XXIV. Of Marriage and Divorce
Chapter XXV. Of the Church
Chapter XXVI. Of the Communion of the Saints
Chapter XXVII. Of the Sacraments
Chapter XXVIII. Of Baptism
Chapter XXIX. Of the Lord's Supper
Chapter XXX. Of Church Censures
Chapter XXXI. Of Synods and Councils