[Please Note that SEA does not take an official stance on Molinism. Members can hold to Molinism or reject it. We do have some members who hold to Molinism and many who do not. Our…
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Robert Picirilli, “Can Arminians Be Molinists? (Part 2)”
[Please Note that SEA does not take an official stance on Molinism. Members can hold to Molinism or reject it. We do have some members who hold to Molinism and many who do not. Our…
Roger E. Olson, “Coming Here Soon: Critiques of Molinism”
[Please Note that SEA does not take an official stance on Molinism. Members can hold to Molinism or reject it. We do have some members who hold to Molinism and many who do not. Our…
J. Matthew Pinson, “Was Arminius a Molinist? Richard Watson’s Answer”
Please click on the link to read J. Matthew Pinson, “Was Arminius a Molinist? Richard Watson’s Answer”, available online from the Free Will Baptist Theology blog: “Was Arminius a Molinist? Richard Watson’s Answer“ Was…
William Lane Craig, Defenders Podcast on Salvation, Part #5
Molinist William Lane Craig’s theology class has returned to the topic of salvation. He begins with the topic of Calvinism vs Arminianism. In the fifth class, he is argues for the Molinism position over against…
Remonstrance Episode 88: Arminian Scholarship with Richie Clark (Part 3)
If you cannot see the player above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher This is the final part in a three part series where we interview Arminian scholar Richie Clark about current…
Addressing Ed Dingess’ Critique Of My Prevenient Grace Article
I recently was contacted by a theologian named Ed Dingess who runs the website www.reformedreasons.com letting me know that he had wrote a “refutation” of my Maximally Great Argument against Calvinism, and if you’ve been…
Capturing Christianity, “The Grounding Objection to Molinism.”
This is an excellent and technical discussion on Molinism. To be clear, SEA does not take an official stance on Molinism. There are some members who believe it to be incompatible with Arminianism. There are…
Remonstrance Episode 30: A Very Molinist Christmas (Part 2)
If you cannot see the player above follow this link: Remonstrance Episode 30 Merry Christmas! In this episode of Remonstrance we will continue our discussion of Middle Knowledge. The specific question we will be investigating…
Remonstrance Episode 29: A Very Molinist Christmas (Part 1)
If you cannot see the player above follow this link: Remonstrance Episode 29 Merry Christmas and welcome to the Remonstrance Christmas special! In this episode we will be discussing Middle Knowledge (Molinism) and see how…
An Objection To Premise 3 Of The Maximally Great Argument For Arminianism
[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…
Accepting/Rejecting Calvinism (Pt. 11: Molinism Defended)
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:…
Accepting/Rejecting Calvinism (Pt. 10: Molinism)
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:…
Accepting/Rejecting Calvinism (Pt. 7b: WLC and the Problem of Evil)
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:…
Who Speaks For Arminianism
[All footnotes link to the original post] What is Arminianism? This sounds like it should be a simple matter. Simply look it up a dictionary and read what’s there. But there is a problem….
Can One Be Both a Calvinist and a Molinist?
Can one be both a Calvinist and a Molinist? Many Reformed Christians have deemed this an impossibility, while some prominent Reformed philosophers like Alvin Plantinga and Del Ratzsch profess to be simultaneously Calvinists and Molinists….
If Jesus Wants Everyone Saved, Why Did He Not Pray For The World?
One very common Calvinist proof text for limited atonement and a limited salvific will on God’s part is in John 17:9. The context of the passage is Jesus in the Garden Of Gethsemane. The synoptic…
Molinists and Ockhamists on the Loose
[Editor’s note: This post comes from a Molinist perspective. SEA does not specifically advocate Molinism, but allows members to hold to either divine simple foreknowledge or Molinism.] This post is a response to Mark Linville’s…
Philosophical and Scriptural Argument For God’s Universal Salvific Will
Arminians and Molinists believe that God wants everyone saved. We also believe that Jesus Christ died for every single human being who will ever exist in this world. There’s an overabundance of scriptures that testifies…
Roger Olson, “Arminianism FAQ 3 (Everything You Always Wanted to Know…)”
FAQ: Doesn’t Arminianism lead to open theism? A: Open theists and Calvinists both think so, but classical Arminianism don’t think so. According to classical Arminianism, God knows the future exhaustively–as already settled in his own mind although…
