A contentious debate, which has been dubbed “Baalgate,” recently erupted online over the doctrine of infant damnation. Calvinist are upset with non-Calvinist, non-Calvinist are upset with Calvinist. People are bashing people with name calling. Taking…
“The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach to-day, or else be false to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth;…
This book, as far as I know, is the very first translation into English of an old 1571 document written by a Christian father who, in the midst of the turmoil of war and exile,…
Many people misunderstand the teachings of James Arminius and fail to draw distinctions between his teachings and those of other later influential people such as Charles Finney. Finney is often called Arminian but his teachings,…
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…
The Christian counseling movement often uses the phrase “unconditional love.” They say that God’s love is unconditional. What exactly is meant by this phrase? God warned in Genesis 6:3 that His Spirit will not strive…
As leaders within the conservative holiness movement pronounce divine judgment upon each other over secondary issues, the younger generation continues to leave the movement disillusioned. If we have a future we must learn to speak…
The grace of God that comes to a person before the new birth to awaken and arrest him to unseen realities and causes him to see his sinfulness and helpless estate is sometimes call prevenient…
Our Scripture lesson is found in Ephesians 5. I am reading only one sentence, but it goes through four verses. Beginning with 5:18, “And be ye not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be…
Some writings are just meant to be read over and over. And it was through The Society of Evangelical Arminians (SEA) that I first encountered an English translation of this old Dutch Reformation document translated…
Very often I enjoy browsing various blogs ranging from sports blogs to other Arminian blogs to many Calvinist blogs. Some are better than others, of course, but what often bothers me about any blog is…
The Scriptures make it clear that the Church is to be one body (1 Corinthians 12:27; Ephesians 4:4-6). When we become children of God through faith in the finished work of Christ, we become part…
Famed Calvinist theologian J. I. Packer passed away on Friday July 17, 2020. Here is a roundup of tributes to him mostly compiled in a post at Triablogue: Leland Ryken (Christianity Today; our addition to…
Please click on the link to view J.D. Walsh, “Wesley Vs. Whitefield.” Please note that at one point the article says that the Wesleys denied predestination, but it is important to understand that they denied…
There are those who believe that Christians (nor anyone else) should never debate one another. I once contacted a large church in my area about debating the pastoral staff on a Sunday night over doctrinal…
The X-Calvinist Corner is a page on this website that shares the stories of people who were once Calvinist but have left Calvinism for a more Arminian theology. This series (The X-Calvinist Corner Files) highlights one of…
Dr MIchael Pasquarello III of Seedbed, tells us about the meaning of Christmas. Merry Christmas. Well see you in Thursday:
MANY CHRISTIANS TACKLE THE SOTERIOLOGICAL DEBATE I do not find myself as an island, having gone through a journey of soteriology. I’ve investigated and read up on the dominating Protestant theories on the matter. The…
A Calvinist recently posted these comments in our outreach Facebook discussion group: I’m a Calvinist and I want to say thank you to this group. While my entire upbringing and education has been hard…
How is it that both Calvinist and Arminians can read from the same Bible and yet come to different conclusions? How is that premillenialist and amillenialist can come to the book of Revelation and yet…
