Consider 3:16 (a) God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that (b) whoeverbelieves in him shall not perish but have eternal life. On his Dividing Line podcast of March 27, 2018, James White, Director of Alpha and Omega Ministries,…
You can access the Free Thinking Ministries podcast of Brian Abasciano responding to James White on John 3:16 at Free Thinking Ministries’ website here.
In “Calvinism’s Gospel Tautology,” I argued that there are two possible Calvinist renderings of Jesus’ words in John 3:16. The first puts these words in Jesus’ mouth: “whoever (of those who cannot believe) does believe: those…
“God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things” (Colossians 1:19-20, NIV). “Cur Deus homo?” was the great question that challenged the Church for centuries. “Why…
One of the main assertions by Calvinist is that Arminians begin with man’s free will while Calvinism begins with the sovereignty of God and the doctrines of grace. In fact, most Calvinist web sites will…
This video can also be accessed on YouTube through this link. Context for this clip: Arminian scholar Roger Olson asked the question as to why God does not ordain everyone to freely believe. Why only…
We published an link to an article by William Mounce on the Greek for John 3:16 and the word “Whoever”. Here is a very brief video on the same topic. Please click on the link…
Please click on the link to view William D. Mounce, ‘Does “Whoever” Mean “Whoever”?’
[All links are in the following post are external] Recently, I posted an argument for Arminianism that combined philosophy and scripture to support its premises called “A Maximally Great Argument For Arminianism”. (MGA). The premise got to…
Does God love all people? Does He desire that all people be saved? Did He die on the cross to atone for the sins of all people? I would answer “Yes” to all of the…
A CALVINIST DAD HAS “THE TALK” DAD: Kids, Daddy wants to talk to you about God’s glory. KIDS: OK. DAD: You know God is glorified in all things, right? KIDS: Um, yeah. DAD: Everything…
This is from a series of posts which was copied with permission from Jordan Apodaca’s blog, “Thoughts & Anti-Thoughts,” which can be accessed here: https://jordanapodaca.wordpress.com/ This particular post, which allows comments, can be accessed here:…
BEN: When the Gospel of Matthew presents us with Jesus saying that he is submitting to baptism to ‘fulfill all righteousness’ he is of course talking about the righteousness that comes from obedience to the…
This article came from JC_Freak: The Irish Protestant. The original post can be found here. Richard Bushey has produced another article about Arminianism, and I felt that as a friend I should give it…
Dr. Jerry Walls speaks about logical argument which exposes Calvinism’s inherit contradiction regarding God’s loving nature. From the video’s YouTube page: “Published on Nov 14, 2016 In this edition of the Evangel University Guest Lecture…
BEN: I take it as given that you have established both that there are some strong incompatibilities between Calvinism and Arminianism, but at the same time there are some strong agreements between the two theological…
BEN: On p. 55, you talk about Wesley’s treatise on divine sovereignty compared to Calvin’s view. Would you say that while Wesley agrees with Calvin that God is sovereign, absolutely so, and could do what…
Calvinist John Piper answers the question he himself frames and thus poses: “Why can’t God eternally love those who don’t believe in Him?” (link) Is there not at least one obvious and inherent flaw in…
BEN: What are the four testimonies that can bolster assurance of salvation, according to Arminius? In what sense is clear belief in Christ as savior a basis for assurance of salvation? KEITH: Arminius delineates what…
The Grace of God: Uniting God and Man The grace of God is the chief attribute of God’s nature, by which Man may be united in fellowship with Him. As such, the chief attribute is…
