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Timothy Paul Jones

PROOF: PROOF and Union with Christ

By Garrick Bailey The New Testament provides extensive witness to the oneness between Christ and Christians. According to Paul, this oneness, through the Holy Spirit, is the foundation for the unity of the church (Eph 4:1-6). Historically, this concept of oneness found predominantly in the writings of the apostles John and Paul has been called […]

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PROOF: Planned Grace and the Sovereignty of God

By Wyatt Graham R. K. McGregor wrote No Place for Sovereignty in 1996, launching a detailed critique of Freewill Theism. In place of Freewill Theism, Wright proposes a reformed model of God’s sovereignty over human freedom. Following the long tradition of Reformed Theology, Wright holds to a theology of God’s sovereignty derived from Scripture and […]

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PROOF: An Interview with Justin Taylor

Justin Taylor, senior vice president and publisher for books at Crossway and blogger for The Gospel Coalition, recently had a conversation with PROOF authors Daniel Montgomery and Timothy Paul Jones about grace, Calvinism, and the purpose of PROOF. You open the book by talking about how we live in a delusion from which we need […]

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Church History: Why the Story of Our Faith Is Bigger and Better Than Facts and Dates

The following is the second half of an interview I did with Baptist Press related to my book and DVD-curriculum, Christian History Made Easy. Click here for the first half. Q: Why is the average person in the pew largely uninformed about church history? A: I think there are at least a couple of reasons: 1) Particularly among […]

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Church History: Who Decided Which Books Belong in My Bible?

Suppose that you became a Christian in the second century A.D. You’ve heard the story of a divine being who died on a cross and rose from the dead. Through baptism, you’ve openly identified yourself with his followers. Now, you want to learn more about this deity. Yet you quickly realize that some people who […]

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PROOF: #24HoursUntilPROOF Winners

The winners of today’s contest were Mark Kuykendall and Bill Haynes! Both of them will be receiving free, signed copies of PROOF: Finding Freedom through the Intoxicating Joy of Irresistible Grace. There will be one last giveaway tomorrow, on the day the book is released, so keep on posting!

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PROOF: What Is Forever Grace? #24HoursUntilPROOF

“Forever grace”? You mean, once you’re saved, you can never lose your salvation? And so, if someone says they’ve trusted Jesus and then spends their life in love with sin, they’re still Christians, right? Maybe you’ve heard that line of reasoning at some point in your life. So have we–but such thinking isn’t even close […]

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PROOF: Win a Free Signed Copy of PROOF Today #24HoursUntilPROOF

If you’re interested in winning a free copy of PROOF today, post the message below on Facebook, Twitter, or both: Perseverance doesn’t mean we work for salvation; it means we work out what God already guaranteed. #24HoursUntilPROOF tiny.cc/PRF Tonight, my children will randomly choose one winner from Facebook and one winner from Twitter. If you’re […]

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PROOF: Win a Free Signed Copy of PROOF Today #2DaysUntilPROOF

If you’re interested in winning a free copy of PROOF today, post the message below on Facebook, Twitter, or both: God’s overcoming grace isn’t merely his pardon for sin; it’s his power at work in my powerless life. #2DaysUntilPROOF http://tiny.cc/PRF Tonight, my children will randomly choose one winner from Facebook and one winner from Twitter. […]

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PROOF: A Short Review of PROOF #3DaysUntilProof

The following is a review of PROOF found in the May 2014 issue Towers Magazine, the campus newspaper for The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.   A couple of years ago, violinist Joshua Bell showed up at a metro station in Washington, D.C., took out his violin and started to play. The casually dressed violinist played as hundreds of people walked […]

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PROOF: How Grace Sets Us Free #4DaysUntilPROOF

The following is a portion from an interview about PROOF found in the May 2014 issue Towers Magazine, the campus magazine for The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.   MD: How does your [PROOF] acronym relate to TULIP? Are you replacing it? TPJ: Well, it’s somewhat unfortunate that, if someone has heard of Reformed soteriology, it’s typically been described […]

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PROOF: What Is Outrageous Grace? #4DaysUntilPROOF

An excerpt from the forthcoming book PROOF: Finding Freedom through the Intoxicating Joy of Irresistible Grace God’s choice to adopt certain sinners as his children solely on the basis of his own good pleasure is sometimes known as “unconditional election.” In the simplest possible terms, unconditional election is God’s eternal choice of some persons unto […]

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PROOF: A Window to God’s Glory, a Mirror for His Grace #5DaysUntilPROOF

The following is a portion from an interview about PROOF found in the May 2014 issue Towers Magazine, the campus magazine for The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. MD: So, proof of what? TPJ: The focus of PROOF is the unassailable proof of grace that God has provided through the cross of Jesus Christ. In Jesus Christ, […]

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PROOF: Win a Free Signed Copy of PROOF Today #5DaysUntilPROOF

If you’re interested in winning a free copy of PROOF today, post the message below on Facebook, Twitter, or both: God’s choice to adopt us as his children had nothing to do with anything we have done or might do. #5DaysUntilPROOF http://tiny.cc/PRF Tonight, my children will once again randomly choose two winners, one winner from […]

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