A listener asked why God put the tree in the garden and why Adam and Eve sinned. In this video, Jim McClarty seeks to answer that question by looking at the “big picture.” God had a plan, designed since before the foundation of the world, and the Garden of Eden set the stage for the...
Author: PastorJim (Jim McClarty)
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Theological Topics
Defining Apologetics Allegory – What’s the Story? Premilennialism and the Didache 144,000 – Says Who? Defining Heresy Premil, Amil, and Versification Is Predestination a Hindrance? A Face-Value Hermeneutic Exegetical Imperative The Puppet Argument Opinions Why Am I a Calvinist? Believing in Sovereign Grace How People Get Saved Thinking About Free Will What Is the Gospel?...
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The Goodness and Grace of God
As we continue our lessons in Theology Proper, this week we consider God’s attributes of goodness and grace.
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Believing in Sovereign Grace
Pastor Jim McClarty explains why he is convinced of, and committed to, the theology of Sovereign Grace — also known as Reformed Theology or Calvinism — and provides a bit of background on how he came to understand and embrace it.
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Plank of Wood
What is Plank of Wood? Well, it’s just a nickname that began as a joke and then caught on among the listeners and friends of GCA. But, to understand it, we need to know a bit about hermeneutic systems. And that’s what this video from pastor Jim McClarty is all about. By the way, the...
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Elders, Deacons, and Ministers
This video was recorded on a not-especially-high-res camera that had a tendency to auto-focus on everything except the person speaking. But, I’ve had several requests to post it. So for those folk who were interested in watching, here’s my lecture from the 2011 Embracing the Truth Conference, held here in Middle Tennessee.
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John 3:16
Is John 3:16 “the gospel in a single verse”? And does it effectively counteract the Reformed notion of God’s sovereignty in salvation? That’s what Jim McClarty discusses in this short video, with a bit of exegesis and word study.
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Announcement
Although there’s no video for this week’s installment in our Systematic Theology Series, you can stream or download the audio here.