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The ordo salutis — what order does salvation happen in?

Posted on April 6, 2026June 22, 2026 by Mountain Veteran Ministries

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Monergism vs. synergism — who does the saving?

Posted on April 6, 2026April 17, 2026 by Mountain Veteran Ministries

When you became a Christian, who made that happen? Most people, if they're honest, will say something like: "Well, God did his part and I did mine." That sounds humble. It might not be. The question of who does the saving is not a secondary debate for theologians with too much time on their hands....

General revelation and what it can and cannot do

Posted on April 6, 2026April 17, 2026 by Mountain Veteran Ministries

Every person who has ever lived — every tribe, every culture, every era — has had access to some knowledge of God. Not enough to save them. Enough to leave them without excuse. That's not a harsh edge on God's character. It's the starting point for understanding why the gospel is necessary,...

The role of the Holy Spirit in illumination

Posted on April 6, 2026April 17, 2026 by Mountain Veteran Ministries

You can read the Bible the same way you read a car manual — scanning for information, looking up what you need, putting it down when you're done. Plenty of people do. And they walk away unchanged, unconvinced, unmoved. The words were the same. Something else was missing. That something is what...

Inerrancy, infallibility, and where they differ

Posted on April 6, 2026April 17, 2026 by Mountain Veteran Ministries

Christians throw around words like "inerrancy" and "infallibility" as if everyone knows what they mean. Most don't — including many people in the pew. These aren't just academic terms. They're load-bearing walls in your theology. Get them confused, and you don't know what you're actually...

The canon — how we got the Bible and why it matters

Posted on April 6, 2026April 17, 2026 by Mountain Veteran Ministries

Most people who doubt the Bible have never thought about how we got it. They assume someone powerful picked the books they liked and burned the rest. The truth is far more interesting — and far more trustworthy. The canon wasn't invented by a committee. It was recognized by a church that had...

Verbal plenary inspiration vs. dynamic inspiration

Posted on April 6, 2026April 17, 2026 by Mountain Veteran Ministries

When you open your Bible, what exactly are you holding? Most Christians would say "the Word of God" — and mean it sincerely. But push a little deeper and the answers diverge sharply. Did God inspire the actual words of Scripture, down to the vocabulary and grammar? Or did He inspire the writers...

The relationship between God’s justice and mercy

Posted on April 6, 2026April 17, 2026 by Mountain Veteran Ministries

Most people assume that God's mercy and God's justice are in tension — that mercy is what happens when justice gets overruled, that forgiveness is God looking the other way, that grace is God deciding not to enforce the rules this time. That assumption is wrong, and it matters more than you...