Monthly Archives For January 2010

Friday Files

January 29, 2010, posted by Godismyjudge

Robert Chisholm’s article “ANATOMY OF AN ANTHROPOMORPHISM: DOES GOD DISCOVER FACTS?” explains OT texts like Genesis 18:20-21 and 22:12, which seem to indicate God does not know everything. Chisholm is not satisfied with saying they…

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Calvinism’s Exhaustive Determinism and Old Testament Scriptures

January 28, 2010, posted by

“I don’t see how anyone could read the Old Testament and not conclude that Calvinism is right,” was the assessment of one Calvinist professor recently. By “Calvinism” he meant the notion of God’s exhaustive predeterminism…

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Arminius’s Christology

January 27, 2010, posted by

One’s justification and thus atonement before God is realized by one’s faith in and union with Christ Jesus (which is akin to Calvinistic doctrine and very much unlike Roman Catholic doctrine). The following is what…

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Did Arminius Deny the Deity of Jesus Christ?

January 25, 2010, posted by

Calvinist Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920), no doubt taking his cue from Arminius’s fierce supralapsarian opponent, Franciscus Gomarus¹, writes: “The view of Socinus, and of Arminius who followed him closely, is totally different. It is a well-known fact that the Socinians denied the Godhead of Christ, who, as they taught, was born a mere man. But . . . they acknowledged that He had become God. Hence after His Resurrection He could be worshiped as God.”²

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Eric Landstrom, I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End

January 22, 2010, posted by Eric Landstrom

With regard to the broad discussion of God and time and the theological issues the subject broaches upon such as how God foreknows, a common Calvinist objection claims that stating God foreknows because he stands…

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Haiti – Why do Disasters Happen?

January 19, 2010, posted by Kevin Jackson

Why do disasters happen? What should Christians do when disasters happen? The recent earthquake in Haiti was catastrophic. Perhaps it has caused you to wonder if it was caused by God. I don’t think that…

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Does Proverbs 21:1 Teach Calvinistic Determinism?

January 18, 2010, posted by Ben Henshaw

Very often Calvinists will cite Proverbs 21:1 as a proof text for God’s exhaustive control over the will and decisions of men. Their use of the passage is not intended to demonstrate that God may…

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Supralapsarian Calvinists Criticize Infralapsarian Calvinist C. Michael Patton

January 13, 2010, posted by Kevin Jackson

Calvinist C. Michael Patton recently did a post entitled Calvinism and the Divine Decrees – Correcting a Misunderstanding. In the post Patton argues for the Infralapsarian view of Calvinism. The infralapsarian view is a less…

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Introducing Dr. Brian Abasciano’s “Clearing Up Misconceptions About Corporate Election”

January 12, 2010, posted by Ben Henshaw

SEA is excited to announce the addition to our site of Dr. Brian Abasciano’s recently published article Clearing Up Misconceptions About Corporate Election which argues forcefully and compellingly for the corporate view of election. The…

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Dr. Thomas McCall Takes On John Piper and the Calvinistic View of God’s Sovereignty: 2 New Articles Added to Our Resources

January 11, 2010, posted by SEA

We are excited to have added two articles by Thomas McCall, assistant professor of Biblical and systematic theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, which critique John Piper’s theology of God’s sovereignty.

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Friday Files: Billy Birch’s “Point by Point with John Piper on Arminianism”

January 8, 2010, posted by Martin Glynn

Ah John Piper: Wonderful pastor; fairly ignorant on historical expressions of Christianity. We’ve posted often on his misconceptions of what Arminianism is, but here is a wonderful post directly going over some things that he…

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Do Calvinists Read the Same Bible?

January 6, 2010, posted by SEA

Here is an exchange that took place in our private discussion group (edited a bit): One SEA member said: I read the following during my daily reading time today. FIRST: David was being pursued by…

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Refuting Edwards and Calvinist Compatibilism and Arguments against Genuine Free Will

January 6, 2010, posted by SEA

We have recently added a few book length resources that advance the Arminian view of free will and take on Calvinist arguments against genuine free will, especially the view that has become the dominant view…

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Scholarly Resources Added – Steve Witzki

January 3, 2010, posted by Kevin Jackson

We have added several new scholarly resources on the topics of faith and perseverance. These have been written and / or compiled by Arminian Steve Witzki. Be sure to check them out! Arminianism–The Conditional Preservation…

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