When it comes to the doctrine of election, I believe the strength or weakness of the arguments for unconditional election lies in the doctrine of the atonement of Christ. If Jesus did in fact die…
Atonement
An Article from Our Archives on Good Friday: “For All, for All My Saviour Died”
An article from our archives on this Good Friday. Please click on the link to view the article’s page on our website: I. Howard Marshall, “For All, for All My Saviour Died.”
Richard Coords, “Love”
Omni-benevolence is the basis for a universal atonement, which is also the basis for asserting a universal salvific will, which is then the basis for giving a universal offer of the gospel. However, before Calvinists…
Video: Lucas Curcio and Dan Chapa, Defending Arminianism Episode 2: Unlimited Atonement
This video may be found at this link on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7EnC7iSaWF0 Defending Arminianism is a mini series in which Lucas Curcio and Dan Chapa defend and give a positive case for the essential Arminian doctrines…
Allen Tennison, “What We Believe About … Salvation”
This article is part of a series on the Assembly of God Statement of Fundamental Truths. Please click on the link to view Allen Tennison, “What We Believe About … Salvation.”
Ben Witherington, “William Lane Craig’s Atonement and the Death of Jesus– Part One”
Please click on the link to read part one of Dr. Ben Witherington’s discussion of Dr. William Lane Craig’s new book Atonement and the Death of Christ, available online at the author’s blog: William Lane…
Video interview with Dr. David Allen: Did Jesus Die for Everyone?
In this video, Dr. David Allen (author of The Extent of the Atonement: A Historical and Critical Review and co-editor with Dr. Lemke of Whosoever Will: A Biblical-Theological Critique of Five-Point Calvinism) and Nicholas Noyola…
Holy Joys Podcast: “Prevenient Grace, Part 2: Recapitulation; Christ’s Atonement for Humanity”
Please follow the links below to listen to Holy Joys Podcast: “Prevenient Grace in Pope, Recapitulation (Part 2)“: Apple Podcasts Stitcher Show description: In this episode, Johnathan Arnold and David Fry continue to discuss prevenient…
Vic Reasoner, “The Misconception of Unconditional Love”
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…
Johnathan Arnold, “All Men Can Be Saved: Penal Substitution and Wesleyan-Arminian Theology”
An appeal for men to be saved is near to the heart of Wesleyan Methodism. W.B. Fitzgerald summarized Methodism with for “alls”: All need to be saved. All can be saved. All can know they…
The Complete List of Dr David Allen’s Chapter-by-Chapter Review of From Heaven He Came and Sought Her
Below is the Complete List of links to Dr David Allen’s Chapter-by-Chapter Review of From Heaven He Came and Sought Her (2013), a book which has been touted by some as the “definitive” scholarly word…
Robert L. Brush, “A Biblical Concept of a Just God”
In studying the attributes of God, we conclude that God has natural and moral attributes. Besides being omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, He is also holy, good, and just. A just God! God always does what…
Richard Coords, “The Atonement”
Atonement The reason why Jesus Christ is the only way to God, as per John 14:6, as it relates to the New Covenant, is the fact that there is no solution to human sin apart…
Double Payment and Penal Satisfaction Atonement – Dr James Leonard answers in SEA outreach group
Someone asked the perennial question of double payment and penal satisfaction atonement. Here’s my reply: “The point is that one must be “in Christ” in order for the payment to be of any value to…
William Lane Craig, “If Christ Died for All, Why Isn’t There Universal Salvation?”
If Jesus Made Atonement for All Sins, Doesn’t That Mean That Some Sins (Sins That Are Not Forgiven) Are Paid for Twice, Once by the Death of Jesus and Second by the Death of the Sinner?
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…
Addressing Ed Dingess’ Critique Of My Prevenient Grace Article
I recently was contacted by a theologian named Ed Dingess who runs the website www.reformedreasons.com letting me know that he had wrote a “refutation” of my Maximally Great Argument against Calvinism, and if you’ve been…
Ed Dingess Responds To The Maximally Great Argument Against Calvinism
It seems that more Calvinists are becoming aware of my Maximally Great Argument Against Calvinism. The argument was formulated on my part out of a frustration to convince Calvinists that God loves all people, wants…
Response to the Argument that Both Arminians and Calvinists Limit the Atonement
The difference between Arminianism and Calvinism on the atonement is traditionally summed up by calling the Arminian position Unlimited Atonement and the Calvinist position Limited Atonement. That is because at base, the Arminian position holds…
Ben Witherington III, “The Paradox of God’s Love”
The God of the Bible is wholly other, a creator and redeemer God who does not take his cues from human beings or their behavior but rather creates them and redeems them into his very…
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