Election and Calvinism

Why God Did Not Elect Calvinists – By Douglas Hamp The Biblical Concept of Election Never Means Predestined to Salvation and Commonly is a Reference to Israel www.douglashamp.com The biblical usage of “election” has absolutely nothing to do with salvation, contrary to the teaching of Calvinism. Calvin summarizes this foundational doctrine in his book Institutes…

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The Feast of First Fruits

The anti-Semitism of the early Church is one of the great tragedies of history. While the teachings of Jesus came straight from the Hebrew Scriptures, a backlash against ritualistic devotion to the Law developed into a deliberate attempt to steer away from the Old Testament. Tensions with the Jews led to severe persecution as the Church…

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