Please click on the link to view Denny Kuhn, “Can God Handle Sin Sinlessly? Determinism and the Relationship between God and Evil,” Integrity: A Journal of Christian Thought 3 (2006) 91-110. Reprinted by permission of the…
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Dave Treat, “4 Ways Prevenient Grace Relates to the Missio Dei”
The Church periodically re-discovers dormant truths. Not the elaborate constructions of creative theologians, but the simple, profound keys that unlock difficult passages or concepts. The moment of discovery is usually marked by an exclamation (“Duh!”)…
“Author Says Calvinism Can’t Make Sense of the Cross:” Jonathan Merritt/Religion News Service Interview with Austin Fischer about His Book *Young, Restless, and No Longer Reformed*
Please click on the link to view the Jonathan Merritt/Religion News Service Interview with Austin Fischer about His Book Young, Restless, and No Longer Reformed.
A Layman’s View of the Debate over Free Will between Calvinists and Evangelical Non-Calvinists
The following comment (now with a little editing) was left in the comment thread of Braxton Hunter’s reply defending his article in favor of the free will of man against the criticisms of Tom Hicks:…
Braxton Hunter, “Answering Tom Hicks on the Free Will of Man”
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Roger Olson, “The ‘Chief End of Man’…God’s Glory…Yes and Amen (But…)”
Recently I re-read Jonathan Edwards “Dissertation on the End for Which God Created the World.” And I watched and listened to John Piper’s address about why the evangelical church needs Edwards’ “God-entranced vision” today. (It’s…
Shane Blackshear Interview of Austin Fischer about His Book *Young, Restless, No Longer Reformed*
Shane Blackshear’s interview with Austin Fischer about Fischer’s book, Young, Restless, No Longer Reformed: Black Holes, Love, and a Journey In and Out of Calvinism, may be found here.
John Frye, Review of *Young, Restless and No Longer Reformed*
[The following review appeared on Scot McKnight’s blog “Jesus Creed” in 2 parts: Part 1 and Part 2.] Young, Restless, and no longer Reformed: Black Holes, Love, and a Journey in and out of Calvinism caught…
Ronnie Rogers, “Calvinism Diminishes God”
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Steven Costley, “Hermeneutics of 2 Peter 3:9—’Us all’ or ‘you all’?”
[Please note that this article comes from a 4 point Calvinist website. We include it here because it is supportive of the biblical and Arminian view of unlimited atonement and an Arminian view of 2…
A Remonstration from David Ponter against the Terminology of 4 Point Calvinist/Calvinism
We posted an article earlier today by David Ponter, whom we would identify as a 4 point Calvinist. But David contacted us with concerns about that terminology. While we are not ready to abandon the…
David Ponter, “Revisiting the Phrases: ‘All Without Distinction,’ and ‘All Without Exception’”
[Please note that this article comes from a 4 point Calvinist website and was written by a 4 point Calvinist. We include it here because it is supportive of the biblical and Arminian view of…
Roger Olson, “What Attracts People into the Young, Restless, Reformed Movement?”
That is probably the question I’m asked most often when I talk about the “new Calvinism” that has swept up thousands of Christian young people in the last twenty to thirty years. There’s no doubt…
Illegitimate Insistence on Arminius’ Thought Being Semi-Pelagian in W. Robert Godfrey’s Review of *Jacob Arminius, Theologian of Grace*
W. Robert Godfrey, President and Professor of Church History at Westminster Seminary California, has reviewed Keith D. Stanglin and Thomas H. McCall, Jacob Arminius: Theologian of Grace (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012). In his review,…
Ronnie Rogers, “Is Libertarian Free Will Eternal?”
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Jonathan Andersen, “Book Review: Young, Restless, No Longer Reformed by Austin Fischer”
Austin Fischer, Young, Restless, No Longer Reformed (Cascade Books, 2014). Many young Christians throughout the last decade have been on a similar journey. They have faith in Jesus Christ, a passion to share God’s love with the…
St. Justin on Pre-determinism
[This post was taken from http://gloria-deo.blogspot.com/2014/03/st-justin-on-pre-determinism.html ] For me, one great attraction of the theology of the Wesleys (and indeed other Anglicans like C.S. Lewis) is their strong assertion that we humans really are responsible agents,…
Roger Olson, “Is the ‘Arminian God’ Good?”
Several times I have argued here that a main reason high Calvinism (double predestinarianism) must be wrong is that if it were true God would not be good in any meaningful sense. If it were…
Roger Olson, “Follow Up to Why (High) Calvinism Is Impossible”
Suppose someone said “God is sovereign but God’s sovereignty is different from our ideas of sovereignty. God is sovereign but possesses only the power of persuasion.” Someone else objects saying “But wait. There is no…
New Site Feature: Daily Scripture Commentary
We are starting up something new on the site. We normally post one new post a day Monday through Friday. But now, on most days, including weekend days, we plan to be put up an…
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