calling

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Are the non-elect called?

by Joel Radford

We’ve been going through an old list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism published in the 17th Century. Recently we’ve been answering questions about effectual calling. We’ve seen that to be effectually called means your mind is enlightened and your will is renewed so that you embrace Christ. Last time, we […]

Are only the elect effectually called?

by Joel Radford

We’ve been going through an old list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism published in the 17th Century. Recently we’ve been answering questions about effectual calling. Last time I wrote on the subject, we saw effectual means your mind is enlightened and your will is renewed so that you embrace Christ. […]

What happens if you are called by God? He renews your will

by Joel Radford

We’ve been going through an old list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism published in the 17th Century. Recently we’ve been answering questions about God’s church. Last time we saw that if you are effectually called by God, then your mind is enlightened. But what else happens if you are effectually […]

What happens if you are called by God? He enlightens your mind

by Joel Radford

We’ve been going through an old list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism published in the 17th Century. Last week we started looking at what it means to be effectually called by God. We saw that God calls us by his grace, love, Spirit, word and power. But what happens when […]

What is effectual calling?

by Joel Radford

We’ve been going through an old list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism published in the 17th Century. Recently we’ve been answering questions about God’s church. We’ve seen that the ‘invisible’ church is made up of the elect – those who have been effectually called. But what is ‘effectual calling’? This […]