Calling - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org Not willing that any should perish Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:50:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://evangelicalarminians.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/footer-logo-60x60.png Calling - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org 32 32 224740200 Brian Abasciano, “A Brief Explanation of the Arminian View of Calling” https://evangelicalarminians.org/brian-abasciano-a-brief-explanation-of-the-arminian-view-of-calling/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:34:17 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=34024 A Calvinist asked me about the Arminian view of calling so that he would not misrepresent it in a sermon he would be giving. I was aiming to be brief yet give an adequate explanation.…

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]]> 34024 Roy Ingle, “Whom Did Jesus Come to Call?” https://evangelicalarminians.org/roy-ingle-whom-did-jesus-come-to-call/ Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:47:10 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=33907 “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” – Luke 5:32 NKJV   Much is often made about the call of God within the Arminian and Calvinist frameworks. The Calvinist insists…

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]]> 33907 Ben Henshaw, “Was God’s Choice of His People Through Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Unconditional and Arbitrary?” https://evangelicalarminians.org/ben-henshaw-was-gods-choice-of-his-people-through-abraham-isaac-and-jacob-unconditional-and-arbitrary/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:04:37 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=33590 Question: Was He helpless to save them? God chose Abraham and Israel not because of anything wonderful about them, but because He determined to be gracious to them and not to the rest of mankind. Answer: Actually,…

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]]> 33590 Does Foreknowledge in Romans 8:29-30 Support Calvinism? https://evangelicalarminians.org/does-foreknowledge-in-romans-829-30-support-calvinism/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 16:06:46 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=28948 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 discussion…

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]]> 28948 William Burt Pope’s Discussion of the History of Controversy Over Calling and Election https://evangelicalarminians.org/william-burt-popes-discussion-of-the-history-of-controversy-over-calling-and-election/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 13:00:09 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=27609 Please click on the link to view William Burt Pope’s Discussion of the History of Controversy Over Vocation/Calling and Election from pp. 348-357 of the second volume of his 3-volume systematic theology, A Compendium of Christian…

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]]> 27609 Gordon Fee Quotations on Calling and Election https://evangelicalarminians.org/gordon-fee-quotations-on-calling-and-election/ Fri, 11 Apr 2025 13:59:08 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=27599 These quotations are from Gordon Fee, Offer Yourselves to God: Vocation, Work and Ministry in Paul’s Epistles. Eugene, Oregon, 2019. “[T]his is about God’s divine calling—it’s not us choosing God because we heard a sermon…

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]]> 27599 William Burt Pope’s Treatment of the Gospel Vocation/Call https://evangelicalarminians.org/william-burt-popes-treatment-of-the-gospel-vocation-call/ Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:06:44 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=27596 Please click on the link to view William Burt Pope’s Treatment of the Gospel Vocation/Call from pp. 335-347 of the second volume of his 3-volume systematic theology, A Compendium of Christian Theology. The full 3 volume…

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]]> 27596 Steve Lemke on How Jesus’ Encounter with the Rich Young Ruler Implies Grace Is Resistible https://evangelicalarminians.org/steve-lemke-on-how-jesus-encounter-with-the-rich-young-ruler-implies-grace-is-resistible/ Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:00:54 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=27575 “What is generalized in Jesus’s lament over Jerusalem is personalized in the incident with the rich young ruler (Luke 18:18–23). The ruler asked, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” (v. 18 HCSB). If…

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]]> 27575 Steve Lemke on Irresistible Grace and Jesus’ Lament Over Jerusalem https://evangelicalarminians.org/steve-lemke-on-irresistible-grace-and-jesus-lament-over-jerusalem/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:00:35 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=27321 Steve Lemke: “For example, hear again Jesus’s lament over Jerusalem: ‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem! [The city] who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together,…

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]]> 27321 What About the “Two Calls” and “Two Wills” Arguments of Calvinists? https://evangelicalarminians.org/what-about-the-two-calls-and-two-wills-arguments-of-calvinists/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:07:22 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=26894 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…

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