Who was James (or Jacobus) Arminius? His actual name was Jacob Harmenszoon when he was born in Oudewater, Holland in 1559. His father died before his birth and thus Jacob was raised by a widowed…
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Roy Ingle, “Why Do Arminians Pray For The Lost?”
I recently was listening to a series of teachings by a Calvinist speaker that I enjoy when he began to discuss praying evangelicstically for the lost. He asserted that Calvinist can truly pray for the…
Welch College President Matt Pinson Publishes Arminian and Baptist
Welch College President Matt Pinson Publishes Arminian and Baptist On June 2, Randall House Publications published a new book by Welch College president Matt Pinson entitled Arminian and Baptist: Explorations in a Theological Tradition. In Arminian and Baptist,…
J. Matthew Pinson, “Listening to Arminius–and Not Just His Opponents–on Justification”
I often enjoy reading Reformation21, a blog of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. But I recently read a blog post by Mark Jones entitled “Arminian vs. Reformed on Justification” that diverged from the very careful…
Roger Olson, “Arminius’s Reformed Doctrine of Justification”
This should be read ONLY in light of my previous post here “Arminian Doctrine of Justification Again Disputed” (May 28, 2015). There I expressed dismay at the continuing Reformed misrepresentation of Arminius’s and classical Arminians’…
Nathan Finn, “Is Synergism Necessarily Semi-Pelagian?”
Please click on the link to view Nathan Finn, “Is Synergism Necessarily Semi-Pelagian?” Finn is a Calvinist who serves as Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Spiritual Formation at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North…
Charles Edward White, “’Ye Need Not One Be Left Behind/For God Hath Bidden All Mankind’: Charles Wesley’s Response to the Doctrine of Limited Atonement”
Please click on the link to view Charles Edward White, “’Ye Need Not One Be Left Behind/For God Hath Bidden All Mankind’: Charles Wesley’s Response to the Doctrine of Limited Atonement.”
Roger Olson, “Review of *Recanting Calvinism for A Dynamic Gospel* by Steven L. Hitchcock”
Over the years, since I “came out” publicly among evangelicals as an Arminian (beginning with my 1999 Christianity Today article “Don’t hate me because I’m an Arminian”) Ihave received many books and manuscripts about Calvinism…
Marc Cortez, “Synergism Is Not Semi-Pelagianism”
Please click on the link to view Marc Cortez, “Synergism Is Not Semi-Pelagianism.” Marc Cortez is a Theology professor at Wheaton College.
Phillip A. Gray, “Foreknowledge and Freedom in the Fourth Gospel: Another Look at Open Theism”
Please click on the link to view Phillip A. Gray, “Foreknowledge and Freedom in the Fourth Gospel: Another Look at Open Theism.”
Roger Olson, “Why Hyper-Calvinism Is Consistent Calvinism”
I know, I know. I will be accused of being “uncharitable” simply for deconstructing Calvinism. Apparently what’s good for the goose is not good for the gander. I have at least twenty-five volumes about Calvinism…
Brian Reynolds, Review of W. Brian Shelton, *Prevenient Grace: God’s Provision for Fallen Humanity*
Prevenient Grace: God’s Provision for Fallen Humanity Author: W. Brian Shelton Released August 1, 2014 Reviewer: Brian Reynolds Dr. Shelton’s treatise on prevenient grace is the best written work on the subject that I have…
A. Philip Brown II, “Does God Harden People’s Hearts?”
Please click on the link to view A. Philip Brown II, “Does God Harden People’s Hearts?” God’s Revivalist and Bible Advocate 121.3 (April 2009), 14.
Roger Olson on a New Book (Or Revision of an Old Book) about Arminian Theology
The back cover of Grace for All: The Arminian Dynamics of Salvation (Wipf & Stock, 2015) describes it as “an updated and revised version of Grace Unlimited, a 1975 collection of scholarly articles assembled by…
Rich Davis, “The “C” in Calvinism?”
In 2009 Time magazine ran a story entitled “10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now” (Thursday, March 12). Not surprisingly, the top two spots were occupied by new trend setting thinking on career/workplace and life…
Roger Olson, “Calvinist Attempts to Rescue God’s Character Considered and Refuted”
As anyone who has read me or listened to me (on the subject of Calvinism) knows, my main complaint about Calvinism is that it undermines the character of God. Of course, I do not mean…
Video: David L. Allen, “The Extent of the Atonement and Preaching, Evangelism, and Missions”
Please click on the link to view David L. Allen, “The Extent of the Atonement and Preaching, Evangelism, and Missions”. This lecture was given at the Biblical Studies Symposium on October 1, 2013 at Liberty University.
J. Matthew Pinson, “The Nature of Atonement in the Theology of Jacob Arminius”
Please click on the link to view J. Matthew Pinson, “The Nature of Atonement in the Theology of Jacob Arminius” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 53.4 (December 2010) 773–85. Here is the author’s summary/conclusion of the article: Arminius…
Roger Olson, “Calvinism and Evangelism”
One of the misconceptions about Calvinism (here meaning belief in T.U.L.I.P. and the eternal decree deciding who will and who will not be saved) is that Calvinists cannot or will not do evangelism. Or, to…
Roger Olson, “C. S. Lewis Said It: God’s ‘Goodness’ Cannot Be Wholly Other”
For years now I have been insisting that the main reason I am not a Calvinist (or any kind of divine determinist) is that, taken to its “good and necessary consequences,” Calvinism makes God morally…
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