Please click on the link to view Braxton Hunter, “Answering Tom Hicks on the Free Will of Man”.
Author/Scholar Index: Arminian
Roger Olson, “The ‘Chief End of Man’…God’s Glory…Yes and Amen (But…)”
Recently I re-read Jonathan Edwards “Dissertation on the End for Which God Created the World.” And I watched and listened to John Piper’s address about why the evangelical church needs Edwards’ “God-entranced vision” today. (It’s…
Shane Blackshear Interview of Austin Fischer about His Book *Young, Restless, No Longer Reformed*
Shane Blackshear’s interview with Austin Fischer about Fischer’s book, Young, Restless, No Longer Reformed: Black Holes, Love, and a Journey In and Out of Calvinism, may be found here.
John Frye, Review of *Young, Restless and No Longer Reformed*
[The following review appeared on Scot McKnight’s blog “Jesus Creed” in 2 parts: Part 1 and Part 2.] Young, Restless, and no longer Reformed: Black Holes, Love, and a Journey in and out of Calvinism caught…
Ronnie Rogers, “Calvinism Diminishes God”
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Why the Resurrection Matters (Resurrection is Everything)
By Matt O’Reilly “Why celebrate Easter?” That’s an honest question that was put to me recently by a man who is deeply interested in religion, though intentionally not part of any orthodox Christian tradition. His…
Easter And The Resurrection:
7 Minute Seminary (video)
This video is from Seedbed.com by Ben Witherington III. See here for original post.
A Good Friday
Let me rephrase what Jesus said to the rich young ruler: why do we call today good? I love Jesus. He comforts me, He takes care of me, and He defines my very existence. Yet…
Daily Scripture Commentary: Gentle and Riding on a Donkey
As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey…
Roger Olson, “What Attracts People into the Young, Restless, Reformed Movement?”
That is probably the question I’m asked most often when I talk about the “new Calvinism” that has swept up thousands of Christian young people in the last twenty to thirty years. There’s no doubt…
Illegitimate Insistence on Arminius’ Thought Being Semi-Pelagian in W. Robert Godfrey’s Review of *Jacob Arminius, Theologian of Grace*
W. Robert Godfrey, President and Professor of Church History at Westminster Seminary California, has reviewed Keith D. Stanglin and Thomas H. McCall, Jacob Arminius: Theologian of Grace (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012). In his review,…
Ronnie Rogers, “Is Libertarian Free Will Eternal?”
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Jonathan Andersen, “Book Review: Young, Restless, No Longer Reformed by Austin Fischer”
Austin Fischer, Young, Restless, No Longer Reformed (Cascade Books, 2014). Many young Christians throughout the last decade have been on a similar journey. They have faith in Jesus Christ, a passion to share God’s love with the…
St. Justin on Pre-determinism
[This post was taken from http://gloria-deo.blogspot.com/2014/03/st-justin-on-pre-determinism.html ] For me, one great attraction of the theology of the Wesleys (and indeed other Anglicans like C.S. Lewis) is their strong assertion that we humans really are responsible agents,…
Roger Olson, “Is the ‘Arminian God’ Good?”
Several times I have argued here that a main reason high Calvinism (double predestinarianism) must be wrong is that if it were true God would not be good in any meaningful sense. If it were…
Roger Olson, “Follow Up to Why (High) Calvinism Is Impossible”
Suppose someone said “God is sovereign but God’s sovereignty is different from our ideas of sovereignty. God is sovereign but possesses only the power of persuasion.” Someone else objects saying “But wait. There is no…
New Site Feature: Daily Scripture Commentary
We are starting up something new on the site. We normally post one new post a day Monday through Friday. But now, on most days, including weekend days, we plan to be put up an…
Roger Olson, “Why (High) Calvinism Is Impossible”
By “impossible” I don’t mean, of course, “doesn’t exist.” I mean “exists but doesn’t work.” By “doesn’t work” I mean “cannot be believed consistently and coherently.” In brief, my argument is that belief in the…
Daily Scripture Commentary, Sunday April 6: Gal 3:21-29
Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. But Scripture has…
Saturday April 5 Daily Scripture Commentary: Gal 3:1-6
You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the…
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