The Proverbial Life

On this recording, I compare the theological ideas of Pelagianism, Semi- Pelagianism, and Arminianism.

In this episode, I compare the beliefes of Pelagius and Augustine. 

In this episode, I describe and compare the theological positions of Arminianism and Calvinism. 

On this weeks episode of TPL Podcast, I give a historical overview of the points of contention on the topic of God's Divine Sovereignty in salvation.  

20:title  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 1  May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you! 2  May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion! 3  May he remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah 4  May he grant you your heart’s desire and fulfill all your plans!...

19:title  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 1  The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. 2  Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. 3  There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. 4  Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has...

ESV Translation 

17:title  A Prayer of David. 1  Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit! 2  From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right! 3  You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress. 4  With regard...

On this episode we give an introduction on the topic of the Doctrines of Grace

16:title  A Miktam of David. 1  Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. 2  I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” 3  As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight. 4  The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their name...

15:title  A Psalm of David. 1  O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? 2  He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; 3  who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend; 4  in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who...

14:title  To the choirmaster. Of David. 1  The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. 2  The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. 3  They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not...

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 1  How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2  How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? 3  Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death, 4  lest my enemy say, “I have...

12:title  To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. 1  Save, O Lord, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man. 2  Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. 3  May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts, 4  those who say,...

11:title  To the choirmaster. Of David. 1  In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, “Flee like a bird to your mountain, 2  for behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart; 3  if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” 4  The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord’s t...

10:1  Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? 2  In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised. 3  For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord. 4  In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his though...

9:title   To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. 1  I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. 2  I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. 3  When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence. 4  For you have maintained my just caus...

8:title  To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David. 1  O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2  Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. 3  When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon a...

7:title  A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. 1  O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me, 2  lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver. 3  O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands, 4  if I have repaid my fri...

6:title  To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. 1  O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath. 2  Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled. 3  My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O Lord—how long? 4  Turn, O Lord, deliver my life; save me...

5:title  To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David. 1  Give ear to my words, O Lord; consider my groaning. 2  Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray. 3  O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch. 4  For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell...

4:title  To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. 1  Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer! 2  O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah 3  But know that the Lord has set apart the godly...

On this episode I review a sermon I preach this past Sunday on 1 Timothy 1:12-17 

3:title  A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. 1  O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; 2  many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah 3  But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. 4  I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah 5  I lay down a...

2:1  Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 2  The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, 3  “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” 4  He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. 5  Then he will speak to them in his wrath,...