Welcome to The Staunch Calvinist. This is a place where Calvinistic Theology will be displayed. A place where the Doctrines of Grace will be explained and defended. This is a place where the Sovereignty of God is cherished and promoted. We hope you will be ministered to through the material on the website. Our goal is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and honor Him. “May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” 2 Corinthians 13:14
The following document may help you to understand the Biblical case for ‘Calvinism’: God’s Absolute Sovereignty – A case for Calvinism.
I have two sections dedicated to the Doctrines of Grace: defining the Doctrines of Grace & defending the Doctrines of Grace, which are taken from the document above. In the general section, you will find some book reviews and the resources from which I mainly drew the content of the “God’s Absolute Sovereignty” document.
As a Reformed Baptist, I started the 1689 Confession section wherein I seek to explain the chapters and make a biblical case for what is said on a particular subject. As of 18/09/2016, the commentary is complete:
- Of the Holy Scriptures
- Of God and the Holy Trinity (the attributes of God and a case for the doctrine of the Blessed Trinity)
- Of God’s Decree (I make a case for predestination, election, reprobation and absolute sovereignty even over evil and Sin)
- Of Creation
- Of Divine Providence
- Of the Fall of Man, Of Sin, And of the Punishment Thereof (Total Depravity)
- Of God’s Covenant (1689 Federalism)
- Of Christ the Mediator (including a case for the Substitutionary Atonement, Active and Passive Obedience of Christ, Definite Atonement and answers to passages used against the doctrine)
- Of Free Will (with the help of Jonathan Edwards, the consistency of moral agency being found in carrying one’s desires, the inconsistencies of libertarian free will, explanation of necessity and inability)
- Of Effectual Calling (with a case for infant salvation)
- Of Justification (faith is a gift and regeneration precedes faith)
- Of Adoption
- Of Sanctification
- Of Saving Faith
- Of Repentance Unto Life and Salvation
- Of Good Works
- Of The Perseverance Of The Saints (A positive case for the Reformed doctrine and responses to passages such as Hebrews 6 and the like)
- Of The Assurance Of Grace And Salvation
- Of The Law Of God (Threefold Division of the Law, the Decalogue before Moses, a brief exposition of the Decalogue, ceremonial and civil laws, the abiding moral law under the New Covenant in the OT prophecy and the NT, Threefold Uses of the Law, The Law and the Gospel)
- Of The Gospel, And Of The Extent Of The Grace Thereof
- Of Christian Liberty And Liberty of Conscience
- Of Religious Worship And the Sabbath Day (A case for the Regulative Principle of Worship and the Christian Sabbath)
- Of Lawful Oaths And Vows
- Of The Civil Magistrate
- Of Marriage
- Of The Church
- Of the Communion of Saints
- Of Baptism And The Lord’s Supper
- Of Baptism
- Of The Lord’s Supper
- Of The State Of Man After Death And Of The Resurrection Of The Dead (Intermediate State Hades, Sheol, Heaven; A Case for Amillennial Eschatology; critique of Premillennialism)
- Of The Last Judgment (Endless punishment in Hell contra Annihilationism)