On his website, Arminian Perspectives, Ben Henshaw has a questions page at which he answers questions about Arminianism and Calvinism that visitors to his site pose in the comment section of the page. Here is a summarized…
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How Do You Understand the Radical Diversity of Beliefs from Some Well Intentioned People Who Want to Believe but Can’t Bring Themselves to Commit to Belief?
On his website, Arminian Perspectives, Ben Henshaw has a questions page at which he answers questions about Arminianism and Calvinism that visitors to his site pose in the comment section of the page. Here is a question…
Why Does John 10:26 Say “You Do Not Believe Because You Are Not My Sheep” Instead of “You Are Not My Sheep Because You Do Not Believe?”
On his website, Arminian Perspectives, Ben Henshaw has a questions page at which he answers questions about Arminianism and Calvinism that visitors to his site pose in the comment section of the page. Here is a question…
Ben Henshaw, “Q & A on The Calvinist Claim That Salvation Conditioned on Faith Necessarily Implies Some Sort of Merited Contribution to Salvation”
Here is the question as originally posed along with a break down interaction below: Full Question: “So, let me reason this way, If prevenient grace is given to everyone, and my neighbors resist it, so they…
Ben Henshaw, “Perseverance of the Saints: Thirteen Part Series”
I thought it would be good to catalogue my series on perseverance into a single post for easy reference. After nearly sixteen years I think it still holds up pretty well. The only part I…
Ben Henshaw, “An Arminian Response to the Calvinist Claim That Acts 4:27-28 Proves Compatibilism”
Another passage Piper makes use of to demonstrate that God decrees sin is Acts 4:27, 28. He quotes Edwards to make his point. The death of Jesus offers another example of how God’s sovereign will…
Ben Henshaw, “An Arminian Response to the Calvinist Use of Genesis 50:20 as a Prooftext for Compatibilism”
[This post is an excerpt from John Piper on God Ordaining All Sin And Evil Part 1: An Arminian Response to Piper’s First “Question”] “Piper quotes numerous passages of Scripture that he believes support his…
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…
Ben Henshaw, “An Arminian Response to C. Michael Patton’s ‘The Ultimate Balanced Guide to Arminianism (From a Calvinist)’: The Good, the Bad, and the [Very] Ugly”
You can find Patton’s original post here I was referred to this recent post by C. Michel Patton and thought I would respond to it. My comments can be found in-between sections of his post below:…
Ben Henshaw, “Does Revelation 17:17 Teach That God Irresistibly Controls The Wills of Men to Evil?”
Revelation 17:17: “For God has put it in their hearts to execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be fulfilled.”…
Ben Henshaw, “Does Arminianism Imply That we Can Boast in Our Salvation Over Those Who do Not Believe?”
Out of all the arguments for Calvinism, this is the one that I probably hear the most. It comes in a variety of forms but usually imagines two people under the influence of prevenient grace,…
Ben Henshaw, “An Arminian Response to the Calvinist Use of Isaiah 10:5-16 as a Proof Text for Compatibilism”
From an interaction with a Calvinist: Calvinist: Most Calvinists believe in a soft determinism called compatiblism [sic.]. This is clearly taught in Gen 50:20: “But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God…
Could You Explain an Arminian Perspective of Regeneration and How It Can Be “Undone” If a Believer Forsakes the Faith?
On his website, Arminian Perspectives, Ben Henshaw has a questions page at which he answers questions about Arminianism and Calvinism that visitors to his site pose in the comment section of the page. Here is a question…
How Do You Explain the Radical Diversity of Beliefs Between Well Intentioned, Thoughtful People Who See the Same Evidence?
On his website, Arminian Perspectives, Ben Henshaw has a questions page at which he answers questions about Arminianism and Calvinism that visitors to his site pose in the comment section of the page. Here is a question…
Why Would God Create People He Knows Will Go to Hell and Why Does Simple Foreknowledge Deny that God Can Know What Someone Who Never Exists Would Do?
On his website, Arminian Perspectives, Ben Henshaw has a questions page at which he answers questions about Arminianism and Calvinism that visitors to his site pose in the comment section of the page. Here is a question…
Why Do Some Choose God and Others Reject Him?
On his website, Arminian Perspectives, Ben Henshaw has a questions page at which he answers questions about Arminianism and Calvinism that visitors to his site pose in the comment section of the page. Here is a question…
How Come John 10:26 Says, “You Don’t Believe Because You Are Not My Sheep,” Instead of, “You Are Not My Sheep Because You Do Not Believe?”
On his website, Arminian Perspectives, Ben Henshaw has a questions page at which he answers questions about Arminianism and Calvinism that visitors to his site pose in the comment section of the page. Here is a question…
What Does Regeneration Entail?
On his website, Arminian Perspectives, Ben Henshaw has a questions page at which he answers questions about Arminianism and Calvinism that visitors to his site pose in the comment section of the page. The following is a…
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
[You can find part one of this series here, and part two here] John Hendryx continues his response to the “synergist” visitor: Finally, your attempt to overturn the doctrine of total depravity relies entirely too…
An Arminian Response to John Hendryx on the Meaning and Implications of Spiritual Death Part 2: Dead Reckoning
Continuing from Part 1… Hendryx begins his response to the visitor: (John) Dear Brother …You say, “monergists take the ‘dead in sin’ phrase too far” but, I would turn that around to say that you…
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