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C. S. Lewis on How Good Can Come from Suffering

May 5, 2020 , SEA , Comment Closed

There is a paradox about tribulation in Christianity. Blessed are the poor, but by “judgement” (i.e., social justice) and alms we are to remove poverty wherever possible. Blessed are we when persecuted, but we may…

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Brian Abasciano, “Answering the Problem of Evil from an Arminian Perspective”

December 27, 2017 , SEA , Comment Closed

Someone contacted me to ask me questions about the problem of evil for a research essay. There are five questions. I will paste in each question followed by my answer to it. Some Christians would…

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Micah Currado, “Using Humor to Maintain Humble Joy in the Lord (with C.S. Lewis)”

May 12, 2016 , Vincentian , Comment Closed

Some Calvinists ask with perturbation, “Isn’t it so, that freely chosen faith and freely surrendered humility would be a source of pride in us?” The question is probably an indication of the sort of ironic self-absorption we…

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C.S. Lewis on Free Will

December 22, 2015 , drwayman , Comment Closed

“God created things which had free will. That means creatures which can go wrong or right. Some people think they can imagine a creature which was free but had no possibility of going wrong, but…

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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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Dr. Jerry Walls, “Clive (C.S.) Lewis and the Pious Calvinist Confusions of John Piper”

May 8, 2014 , Martin Glynn , Comment Closed

Dr. Jerry Walls speaks about John Piper’s recent book, Does God Desire All to Be Saved?. From the video’s YouTube page: Dr. Jerry Walls gives his critique of Calvinism, and more specifically, John Piper’s written…

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The Arminian Theology of C.S. Lewis

September 19, 2013 , Kevin Jackson , Comment Closed

C.S. Lewis is one of the most widely read Christian writers of the last 100 years. Although he doesn’t seem to have ever directly referenced Arminius or Wesley in his writings, his theology is nonetheless…

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C.S. Lewis: Calvinist or Classical Arminian?

January 29, 2009 , Kevin Jackson , 2 Comments

Please click on the link to view Zach Dawes, “C. S. Lewis: Calvinist or Classical Arminian?” In this essay, Rev. Zach Dawes argues that the theology of C.S. Lewis was essentially Arminian. Dawes also maintains a blog,…

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