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Ben Henshaw, “Addressing the Calvinist Claim That Being Dead in Sin Necessarily Implies That Regeneration Precedes Faith”

February 14, 2024 , SEA , Comments Off on Ben Henshaw, “Addressing the Calvinist Claim That Being Dead in Sin Necessarily Implies That Regeneration Precedes Faith”

We have a lot of material addressing and refuting this oft repeated Calvinist claim on the site, so I thought it would be good to archive them into a single post for easy reference:

An Arminian Response to John Hendryx on the Meaning and Implications of Spiritual Death Part 1: What Does it Mean to be “Dead in Sin?”

An Arminian Response to John Hendryx on the Meaning and Implications of Spiritual Death Part 2: Dead Reckoning

An Arminian Response to John Hendryx on the Meaning and Implications of Spiritual Death Part 3: John Hendryx Concedes That it is a Plain “Fact” that Faith Precedes Regeneration

Jesus Says The Dead Will Hear Unto Spiritual Life

Paul Washer’s – “Doctrine” of Election: An Arminian Critique (While Washer is talking about election, his main argument for election is rooted in the idea that those who are dead in sin cannot respond to the Gospel without regeneration. This is why this idea is so important to Calvinists because if regeneration precedes faith it necessarily implies unconditional election)

What Can The Dead In Sin Do?

John Fletcher on Being “Dead in Sin”

Fletcher on Being “Dead in Sin” Part 2

“Saved by Grace”- Through Faith (A lengthy interaction with someone who took issue with my post on Paul Washer above. It contains a lot of importent exegesis of key passages that Calvinists typically appeal to in order to support their claims)

A.W. Tozer on “Dead in Sin” Meaning Regeneration Must Precede Faith

Resistible Grace or Sinless Perfection? A Call For Theological Precision in The Calvinist Accounting of Monergistic Conversion

Some Excellent and Concise Comments on Free Will, the Bondage of Sin, and Prevenient Grace

The Bronze Serpent Explained: A Monergist View of Divine Healing (A satirical but powerful look at a passage Jesus directly referenced in John 3)

Some posts and articles more directly related to the topic of the priority of regeneration in the Calvinist ordo salutis:

The Arminian and Calvinist Ordo Salutis: A Brief Comparative Study

Does Jesus Teach That Regeneration Precedes Faith In John 3:3, 6?

Is the “New Heart” of Ezekiel 36:26-27 a Reference to Regeneration Preceding Faith?

Brian Abasciano: Does Regeneration Precede Faith. The Use of 1 John 5.1 as a Proof Text (offsite scholarly refutation of the Calvinist use of 1 John 5:1 as a proof text for regeneration preceding faith)

Sanctification by Works?

Addressing Dominic’s Response to the Purpose of Regeneration in Calvinism

Responding To Dominic’s Second Rebuttal on Regeneration Preceding Faith