Arbitrariness

Vic Reasoner, “An Arminian Covenant Theology”

August 17, 2021 , Jon Gossman , Comment Closed

Too many Arminians have pushed their tray through the theological cafeteria, accepting a helping of whatever sounded good. Before we accept all the popular theology of the celebrity teachers, we had better determine upon what…

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Leighton C. Flowers with Richard Coords, “Arbitrary”

December 14, 2020 , SEA , Comment Closed

Calvinistic scholars often insist that God is not arbitrary (“without reason”) in His judgments (or His selection of those who will or will not be saved), but insist God has secret reasons that are simply…

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Rich Davis, “Carter’s Calvinism — Once More”

December 8, 2015 , SEA , Comment Closed

[Editor’s note: Dr. Rich Davis, professor of philosophy at Tyndale University College & Seminary and chair of its philosophy department, wrote “A Demonstration Against Calvinism,” to which his colleague, Professor Craig Carter, replied with a piece “In…

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Rich Davis, “On Carter’s Calvinism”

December 7, 2015 , SEA , Comment Closed

[Editor’s note: Dr. Rich Davis, professor of philosophy at Tyndale University College & Seminary and chair of its philosophy department, wrote “A Demonstration Against Calvinism,” to which his colleague, Professor Craig Carter, replied with a piece “In…

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Roger Olson, “C. S. Lewis Said It: God’s ‘Goodness’ Cannot Be Wholly Other”

March 26, 2015 , SEA , Comment Closed

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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Helpful Conversation between Austin Fischer and an Interlocutor

May 14, 2014 , SEA , Comment Closed

In the comments on Austin Fischer’s reply to John Piper’s criticism of his book,Young, Restless, and No Longer Reformed, a Calvinist named Clayton Hutchins got into a discussion with Fischer that is helpful for laying out…

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Austin Fischer, “Conversations with the Damned”

March 31, 2014 , SEA , Comment Closed

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be responding, directly and indirectly, to some questions and thoughts surrounding the book [ed. note: the author’s book, Young, Restless, No Longer Reformed]. In the next couple of posts,…

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Why I Am An Arminian
Part IV: Theology

December 18, 2013 , Martin Glynn , 1 Comment

I do not know whether or not you have noticed, but as I’ve been going, I am moving from my least relevant reasons to my most relevant reasons as to why I am an Arminian…

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A Demonstration Against Calvinism

July 11, 2013 , SEA , Comment Closed

[Taken from: http://tyndalephilosophy.com/2013/04/25/a-demonstration-against-calvinism-2/] With the recent publication of Michael Horton’s For Calvinism, along with Roger Olson’s reply Against Calvinism—both with Zondervan (2011)—the Calvinism/Arminianism debate has once again been vaulted front and center in evangelical circles. Horton and Olson are…

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God’s Sovereignty by the Rules

May 5, 2011 , , No Comment

by Roger Olson Some comments here are so good that I want to make them posts. I hope “Robert” won’t mind if I do that with his recent comment about God abiding by rules in…

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Chrysostom and Accounting for Differences

April 29, 2011 , Godismyjudge , No Comment

Calvinists sometimes argue that the fact that some people are good and others bad is evidence that God predetermines all things. The Calvinist arguments run down two distinct tracts: 1) a forking maneuver and 2)…

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