finney.raju - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org Not willing that any should perish Tue, 12 Nov 2019 16:10:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://evangelicalarminians.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/footer-logo-60x60.png finney.raju - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org 32 32 224740200 Three Things to Know About the “Vessels of Wrath” https://evangelicalarminians.org/three-things-to-know-about-the-vessels-of-wrath/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 16:09:29 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=20755 They rejected God’s mercy in unbelief. In Romans 2:4, Paul introduces the vessels of wrath metaphor. Addressing Israel, he asks, “do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing…

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]]> 20755 Ad Intra: The Good News of Incarnation https://evangelicalarminians.org/ad-intra-the-good-news-of-incarnation/ Tue, 22 Oct 2019 07:00:31 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=20628 by finney.raju Warning: Ad Astra Spoiler Ahead James Gray’s movie Ad Astra is a soulful take on space exploration.  Ad Astra is Latin for “to the stars”. The film follows Roy McBride’s pursuit for his estranged father, Clifford McBride.…

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]]> 20628 Chosen In Him: A Response to Credo House https://evangelicalarminians.org/chosen-in-him-a-response-to-credo-house/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 07:00:26 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=19673 How then has He chosen us, before we came into existence, but that, as he says himself, in Him we were represented beforehand? – Athanasius This is a response to C. Michael Patton’s “Open Letter…

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]]> 19673 Predestination and Free Will in Romans 9 – 11, by Mako A. Nagasawa https://evangelicalarminians.org/predestination-and-free-will-in-romans-9-11-by-mako-a-nagasawa/ Wed, 10 Oct 2018 07:11:11 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=18810 Editor’s Note: Mako Nagasawa does not formally identify as Arminian, but his essay is a good representation of the narrative understanding of election shared by many Arminians.  Romans 9 – 11 is sometimes taken as…

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]]> 18810 Sin and Guilt in John 9 https://evangelicalarminians.org/sin-and-guilt-in-john-9/ Wed, 08 Aug 2018 07:35:56 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=17717 The story of the blind man in John 9 is a study in guilt. What makes us guilty, and what’s the relation between guilt and our ability to obey and believe God? Let’s do a…

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