Biblical Talks with Elder Michael Tolliver Podcast
When the term Reformed theology is used, it often refers to something less historical. Often it refers to a theology that acknowledges the doctrine of predestination and holds to a high view of the Bible as God’s inerrant Word. Sometimes it is also identified with the so-called five points of Calvinism: total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and the perseverance of the saints. These are all important teachings of the Reformed tradition, but they do not fully encapsulate or describe Reformed theology.
A better starting place is five statements that have been called the five solas of the Reformation. These five solas (sola is the Latin word for “only” or “alone”) are sola Scriptura (Scripture alone), sola fide (faith alone), sola gratia (grace alone), solus Christus (Christ alone), and soli Deo gloria (God’s glory alone). Put together, these solas clearly express the central concerns of the Protestant Reformation, which was about worship and authority within the church as much as it was about individual salvation. The “alone” in each is vital, and they emphasize the sufficiency of God’s Word and the gracious nature of salvation, received by faith alone, in Christ alone. The last of the five solas, soli Deo gloria, is the natural outworking of the first four. It reminds us that Reformed theology understands all of life in terms of the glory of God. To be Reformed in our thinking is to be God-centered. Salvation is from the Lord from beginning to end, and even our existence is a gift from Him.
Biblical Talks with Elder Michael Tolliver Podcast
A Spotlight on the Scriptures: Lamentations 5:15-16: From Joy to Mourning: A Call to Confession
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This is a Spotlight on the Scriptures: Lamentations 5:15-16 The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning. The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!
Oh beloved, how heartbreaking it is—how soul-wrenching—that it took the fire of affliction, the furnace of pain, the breaking of backs and the bending of knees, before the people finally cried out the words heaven had been waiting on: “Woe to us, for we have sinned!”
God didn’t need their perfection—He wanted their confession. But it took calamity to bring clarity. It took sorrow to birth surrender. It took judgment to awaken justice in their hearts.
Sometimes, saints, the shout God is waiting for only comes after the storm He allows.
This is a Spotlight on the Scriptures
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Setting The Scripture Spotlight
SPEAKER_00This is a spotlight on the scriptures. Lamentation chapter five verse fifteen and sixteen. The joy of our hearts has ceased. Our dancing has been turned to mourning. The crown has fallen from our heads. Woe to us, for we have sinned.
Reading Lamentations 5
SPEAKER_00Oh beloved, how heartbreaking it is, how so wretching that it took the fire of affliction, the furnace of pain, and the breaking of backs and the bending of knees before the people finally cried out the words
From Affliction To Confession
SPEAKER_00Heaven has been waiting on. Woe to us, for we have sinned. God didn't need their perfection, He wanted their confession. But it took calamity to bring clarity, it took sorrows to bring surrender. It took judgment to awaken justice in their hearts. Sometimes
Clarity Through Calamity
SPEAKER_00saints, the shout God is waiting for only comes after the storms he allows. This was the spotlight on the scriptures.
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