Author Archives: Ron Hale

The Sinner’s Prayer: Superstitious or Scriptural?

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Ron Hale

By Ron F. Hale. He has served as Pastor, Church Planter, Strategist (NAMB), Director of Missions, Associate Executive Director of Evangelism and Church Planting for a State Convention, and now in the 4th quarter of ministry as Minister of Missions. … Continue reading →

Posted in Salvation | 109 Comments

Theological Terminology Thursday:
The Study of Specialized Words Relating to Theology
Conversion and Regeneration

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Ron Hale

By Ron F. Hale. He has served as Pastor, Church Planter, Strategist (NAMB), Director of Missions, Associate Executive Director of Evangelism and Church Planting for a State Convention, and now in the 4th quarter of ministry as Minister of Missions. … Continue reading →

Posted in Salvation, Theology | 50 Comments

Are We Bootstrap Baptists?

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Ron Hale

By Ron F. Hale. He has served as Pastor, Church Planter, Strategist (NAMB), Director of Missions, Associate Executive Director of Evangelism and Church Planting for a State Convention, and now in the 4th quarter of ministry as Minister of Missions. … Continue reading →

Posted in Salvation | 13 Comments

Calvinism and Arminianism: Two Rivers that Run Through Us

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Ron Hale

By Ron F. Hale. He has served as Pastor, Church Planter, Strategist (NAMB), Director of Missions, Associate Executive Director of Evangelism and Church Planting for a State Convention, and now in the 4th quarter of ministry as Minister of Missions. … Continue reading →

Posted in Arminianism, Baptist Identity, Calvinism, Salvation | 27 Comments

Theological Terminology Thursday:
The Study of Specialized Words Relating to Theology
Decisionism

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Ron Hale

By Ron F. Hale, Minister of Missions, West Jackson Baptist Church, Jackson, TN Jesus did not call us to anonymity, living and lurking in a shadowy secret society. Jesus calls us out into the open and into the arena of … Continue reading →

Posted in Calvinism, Theology | 29 Comments

Theological Terminology Thursday:
The Study of Specialized Words Relating to Theology
Election

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Ron Hale

By Ron F. Hale, Minister of Missions, West Jackson Baptist Church, Jackson, TN My fingers eagerly tore into a package that resulted in a “free” book. The book came to me as I pastored in the Kansas City area in … Continue reading →

Posted in BF&M, Calvinism, Doctrine, Salvation, Theology | 106 Comments

Theological Terminology Thursday:
The Study of Specialized Words Relating to Theology
“Hyper-Calvinism”

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Ron Hale

  By Ron F. Hale, Minister of Missions, West Jackson Baptist Church, Jackson, TN My definition of hyper-Calvinism: “The Hyper-Calvinist tends to lean so strongly toward the sovereignty of God (God’s eternal decree, predestination, and election) that he loses sight … Continue reading →

Posted in Calvinism, Doctrine | 137 Comments

Theological Vocabulary Thursday
The Free Offer of the Gospel

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Ron Hale

  By Ron F. Hale, Minister of Missions, West Jackson Baptist Church. Jackson, TN Does God have a universal saving will that desires the salvation of all people who will believe, or was our Lord’s atonement only sufficient for some? … Continue reading →

Posted in Calvinism, Doctrine, Evangelism, Salvation, Theology | 74 Comments