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Definition of Monergism: The view that the Holy Spirit is the only agent who effects regeneration of Christians. It is in contrast with synergism, the view that there is a cooperation between the divine and the human in the regeneration process. Monergism is a redemptive blessing purchased by Christ for those the Father has given Him (1 Pet 1:3, John 3:5,6, 6:37, 39). This grace works independently of any human cooperation and conveys that power into the fallen soul whereby the person who is to be saved is effectually enabled to respond to the gospel call (John 1:13; Acts 2:39, 13:48; Rom 9:16). More...

• Scripture testifies from beginning to end that God is one, but it also presents three persons who are God: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. . . . This fact is difficult to understand, but it is quite unavoidable in Scripture and central to the gospel. The doctrine of the Trinity attempts to account for this fact and to exclude heresies that have arisen on the subject. Its basic assertions are these: (1) God is one. (2) God is three. (3) The three persons are each fully God. (4) Each person of the persons is distinct from the others. (5) The three persons are related to one another eternally as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. - John Frame from The Doctrine of God (pg. 621-22)

  
  

  Trinity - God Is One and Three
  by J.I. Packer

  
  The Biblical Basis of the Doctrine of the Trinity: An Outline Study
  by Robert M. Bowman, Jr. - This outline study presents a biblical case for the doctrine of the Trinity, citing roughly 1,000 references drawn from well over 300 different chapters of the Bible, including references from all 27 books of the New Testament.

  
  What is the Trinity? (.pdf) by R. C. Sproul
  

  
  The Biblical Doctrine of the Trinity Benjamin B. Warfield

  
  An Unpublished Essay on the Trinity by Jonathan Edwards

  
  The Trinity
  Loraine Boettner

  
  Brief Declaration and Vindication of The Doctrine of the Trinity
  John Owen

  
  On the Trinity by Augustine

  
  God in Three Persons (8 MP3s) by Brian Borgman

  
  Monotheism (MP3) by R.C. Sproul

  
  The Biblical Witness of the Trinity (MP3) by R. C. Sproul

  
  Early Controversies - Trinity (MP3) by R.C. Sproul

  
  Fifth-Century Anti-Trinitarian Heresies (MP3) by R.C. Sproul

  
  Contradiction vs. Mystery - Trinity (MP3)
  by R.C. Sproul

  
  One in Essence, Three in Person (MP3) by R. C. Sproul

  
  Oneness Pentecostalism and the Trinity: A Biblical Critique by Robert M. Bowman, Jr.

  
  The Trinity, the Definition of Chalcedon, and Oneness Theology Dr. James White
  

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Historic Creeds and Confessions
A Creed, or Rule of Faith, or Symbol, is a confession of faith for public use, or a form of words setting forth with authority certain articles of belief, which are regarded by the framers as necessary for salvation, or at least for the well-being of the Christian Church.

Covenant Theology The key to understanding the Bible. Covenant Theology opens up books and chapters of Scripture and makes sense of what was once puzzling the Bible.

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Extensive but easily navigable sections on Monergism.com with essays and vast resources on and by the Puritans.

Church History
"It is wrong to suppose that the doctrine of justification by faith alone, that storm center of the Reformation, was the crucial question in the minds of such theologians as Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, Martin Bucer, and John Calvin. This doctrine was important to the Reformers because it helped to express and to safeguard their answer to another, more vital, question, namely, whether sinners are wholly helpless in their sin, and whether God is to be thought of as saving them by free, unconditional, invincible grace, not only justifying them for Christ's sake when they come to faith, but also raising them from the death of sin by His quickening Spirit in order to bring them to faith." - Michael Haykin