Please click on the link to view Murray Vasser, “John Piper and Divine Schizophrenia: Has Piper Solved Calvinism’s Biggest Problem?” Firebrand (March 19, 2024) https://firebrandmag.com/articles/john-piper-and-divine-schizophrenia-has-piper-solved-calvinisms-biggest-problem.
The image of Jesus as the vine and believers in him as the branches poses a significant problem for those who contend that John affirms the categorical perseverance of the saints. For in this passage…
Another passage Piper makes use of to demonstrate that God decrees sin is Acts 4:27, 28. He quotes Edwards to make his point. The death of Jesus offers another example of how God’s sovereign will…
[This post is an excerpt from John Piper on God Ordaining All Sin And Evil Part 1: An Arminian Response to Piper’s First “Question”] “Piper quotes numerous passages of Scripture that he believes support his…
We have a lot of material addressing and refuting this oft repeated Calvinist claim on the site, so I thought it would be good to archive them into a single post for easy reference: An…
You can find Patton’s original post here I was referred to this recent post by C. Michel Patton and thought I would respond to it. My comments can be found in-between sections of his post below:…
“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;…
Please click on the link to view “The Equivocal Doctrine of the Love of God: A Critique of D. A. Carson’s The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God” by Arminius Redivivus.
Back in February, 2022, recording artist Flame (Marcus Gray) shared a few short posts on Facebook and Twitter about his journey out of Calvinism. (Here at SEA we have had a few past posts mentioning…
Please click on the link to read Chris Bounds, “Four Views of Salvation, Part 3: Other Views on Salvation on the Spectrum,” available online from Holy Joys. Chris Bounds is Dean and Professor of the…
Please click on the link to read Chris Bounds, “Four Views of Salvation, Part 2: Semi-Augustinianism and Augustinianism,” available online from Holy Joys. Chris Bounds is Dean and Professor of the School of Theology &…
Please click on the link to read F. Stuart Clarke, “Arminius’s Understanding of Calvin”, Evangelical Quarterly 54.1 (Jan.-Feb. 1982): 25-35, available online in PDF from Biblical Studies.org.uk: Arminius’s Understanding of Calvin Related posts from…
Abstract: This second installment [you can see the first one here] examines how early Methodists understood Methodism as an eschatological movement, called to help usher in the millennium through the proclamation of salvation and holiness.…
[This post first appeared at gospelencounter.wordpress.com] I have started working through The New City Catechism (produced by the Calvinist organization The Gospel Coalition together with Tim Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church) with my children, and I have been…
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,…
Here is an absolutely chilling quote of John Calvin. It is hard to believe any Christian can believe such a thing: Wow.
Please click on the link to read Andrew Wilson, “Seven Point Armalvinism”, a discussion of the Five Articles of Remonstrance from someone who considers himself “as more Calvinist than Arminian”, available online at the author’s…
Urgently Needed: Book of Hebrews Project! Bart Ehrman had a born-again experience in high school through Youth for Christ. Driven to learn more about the Bible, he earned a diploma at the Moody Bible…
If God loves all, how can the Bible say that he hates sinners? I believe that the basic answer is that God both loves and hates sinners, but he loves them more than he hates…
Please click on the link to read Thomas A. Noble, “Grace and Election in the Theology of John Wesley and T.F. Torrance”, available in PDF online from Participatio: Journal of the T. F. Torrance Theological…
