Lance Ketchum

The book of Genesis contains a great many beginnings: the universe, life, man, marriage, sin, redemption, death, family life, nations, government, music, literature, languages, and that is just the beginning.

The view of election. The TULIP acronym comes from the Dutch Reformed church and Synod of Dort led by a Calvinist. The acronym is T: Total Depravity; U: Unconditional Election; L: Limited Atonement; I: Irresistible Grace and P: Perseverance of the Saints (election).

Hear the warnings from the Epistle to the Colossians of numerous dangers to which every believer should take heed: The Philosophies of Men, Gnosticism, Legalism, Asceticism, and Mysticism.

There are 5 different verbs in the Bible that define the decision to obey the Gospel: Repent, Believe, Call, Receive, and Confess. Recovering the local church must involve recovering a fundamental understanding of what the Gospel affects and these five biblical responses to the Gospel.