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Arminianism
Friday Files, 16 August 2019
It’s the St. Simplician’s Day edition of the Friday Files, our weekly stroll through SEA’s archive garden. Pluck a flower or two. The views expressed in them aren’t always Arminian, so yep, some have thorns.…
Jeffrey Schwartz: You Are More than Your Brain – Science Uprising Extra Content
Friday Files, 9 August 2019
It’s the Sts. Secondianus, Marcellianus, and Verianus’s Day edition of the Friday Files, our weekly SEA retrospective. The articles and links weren’t always written by Arminians, so heads up. SEA members’ names are in blue.…
Mike Winger, Responding to Calvinist Arguments for Limited Atonement (A Response to James White)
Mike Winger, “Limited Atonement, Universalism, and Why I disagree with Both”
Roy Ingle, “Resting In The Almighty”
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom…
Friday Files, 2 August 2019
It’s the St. Eusebius of Vercelli’s Day edition of the Friday Files, SEA’s weekly dig through our archives. The views expressed in these articles and links aren’t always Arminian, and therefore aren’t always those of…
Arminius: ON THE DECREE OF GOD
1. The decrees of God are the extrinsic acts of God, though they are internal, and, therefore, made by the free will of God, without any absolute necessity. Yet one decree seems to require the…
Friday Files, 26 July 2019
Happy Jesus’s Grandparents Day. Tradition has it Mary’s parents were named Joachim and Anne, though of course we’ve no idea; and what they did to merit a saint’s day we also have no idea. But…
Arminius: ON GOD, CONSIDERED ACCORDING TO THE RELATION BETWEEN THE PERSONS IN THE TRINITY
1. The Son of God is not called by the ancient fathers “God from himself,” and this is a dangerous expression. For, Autoqeo” [as thus interpreted, God from himself,] properly signifies that the Son has…
Arminius on Apostasy
In reading two new books, Arminius on the Assurance of Salvation by Keith Stanglin and Jacob Arminius: Theologian of Grace by Keith Stanglin and Tom McCall, I found the follow- ing interesting facts. It is…
Friday Files, 19 July 2019
Happy Sts. Justa and Rufina Day… and now the Friday Files, your ordinarily-weekly look back at what SEA has posted and linked to. Not all of them were written by Arminians; not all their views…
Arminius: ON PREDESTINATION TO SALVATION, AND ON DAMNATION CONSIDERED IN THE HIGHEST DEGREE
1. The first in order of the divine decrees is not that of predestination, by which God foreordained to supernatural ends, and by which he resolved to save and to condemn, to declare his mercy…
Friday Files, 12 July 2019
Yep, it’s the St. Veronica’s Day edition of the Friday Files. Sorry about skipping St. Illidius’s Day last week; technical difficulties. (Meaning I’m technically inept at WordPress. I’m more of a Blogger guy. But hey,…
Arminius: ON GOD CONSIDERED ACCORDING TO HIS NATURE
1. GOD is good by a natural and internal necessity, not freely; which last word is stupidly explained by the terms “unconstrainedly” and “not slavishly.” 2. God foreknows future things through the infinity of his…
Roger Olson, “My Response to John Piper Regarding ‘The Heart of the Calvinist-Arminian Divide’”
Before reading this you should read and/or watch/listen to John Piper’s June 24, 2019 explanation of his perspective on the “heart of the Calvinist-Arminian Divide.” (You can locate it by using a search engine to…
Friday Files, 28 June 2019
It’s the St. Irenaeus’s Day edition of the Friday Files, your weekly substitute for a new SEA article: Read a bunch of the old ones instead! They’re still good. The views expressed therein aren’t always…
Brian Abasciano, “A Response to John Piper on the Heart of the Divide Between Arminianism and Calvinism”
On the 6/24/19 episode of the “Ask Pastor John” podcast, John Piper addressed what he considers to be the heart of the divide between Arminianism and Calvinism. In his mind, it has to do with…
Book Recommendation – Theology for Better Counseling: Trinitarian Reflections for Healing and Formation
At one time, Toddy Holeman thought being biblically literate was all she needed, but in her counseling she found that clients pressed her for more. They asked hard theological questions related to their suffering. As…
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