In this episode, Sea member Dan Chapa and Calvinist TurretinFan discuss some early Christian writers and their comments germane to God’s foreknowledge and free will. The video below may also be accessed on YouTube at…
Author/Scholar Index: Calvinist
Video: Arminius on Predestination
In this prepisode, Arminian and SEA member Dan Chapa explains to Calvinist TurretinFan what Arminius taught on the topic of Predestination, in preparation for TurretinFan’s debate on Predestination with a non-Calvinist (and non-Arminian) opponent. The…
Ben Henshaw, “Refuting Social Media Calvinism #2: The Usual Prooftexts”
Total Depravity (Romans 3:10-12; Ephesians 2:1-3) As an Arminian I don’t have a problem with affirming total depravity. I likewise hold to the need for divine enabling in order to believe. But unlike Calvinists, Arminians…
Ben Henshaw, “Refuting Social Media Calvinism #1: The Calvinist 0.01% Canard”
God 100% saves those who trust in Him. We do the trusting, God does the saving. If we could save ourselves, we wouldn’t need to trust in Christ to save us, now would we? If…
Thomas McCall, Review of Shawn D. Wright, *40 Questions About Calvinism*
Please click on the link to view “Thomas McCall, “More Questions About Calvinism,” which is a selective review of Shawn D. Wright, 40 Questions About Calvinism. Wright replied to McCall with “Tangential Questions About Authority…
Mark K. Olson, “Early Methodists on the New Birth: George Whitefield, John Wesley, & John Fletcher”
The Evangelical Revival broke out in the 1730s with the central message, “You must be born again” (Jn 3:7). The two most famous evangelists of the new movement were George Whitefield (1714-1770) and John Wesley (1703-1791). They both…
Simon Peter Sutherland, “A 20th century revival of 17th century Tulip Mania”
The Tulip as a flower first came to England in 1578. The very same year the complete Geneva Bible was first printed in England. In those days there was such a thing as “Tulip Mania”.…
Evan Minton, “R. C. Sproul’s Failed Attempt To Explain Matthew 23:37-38”
Click on the link to view Evan Minton, “R. C. Sproul’s Failed Attempt To Explain Matthew 23:37-38.”
Video: Part 2 of Assessing the Theological Framework of William L. Hess’ Book, “Crushing the Great Serpent”
The video below may also be accessed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/mj5uF8JRA90.This episode is part 2 of a partial book review of Hess’s book, Crushing the Great Serpent, which asks the question: “Did God punish Jesus?”…
Video: Assessing the Theological Framework of William L. Hess’ Book, “Crushing the Great Serpent”
The video below may also be accessed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/IA-85J3kp8E. This episode is a partial book review of Hess’s Crushing the Great Serpent, which asks the question: “Did God punish Jesus?” In the video,…
Video: J. Matthew Pinson Interviewed on the Book, Jonathan Edwards: A Reformed Arminian Engagement
The video below may also be accessed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/ibE2gIWhxRM. Adapted from the video’s YouTube’s page: J. Matthew Pinson earned his a doctorate from Vanderbilt University and currently serves as president of Welch College…
Video: “Born of God” and “Believes” in 1 John 5:1
In this episode, SEA member Dan Chapa and Calvinist TurretinFan discuss 1 John 5:1 in view of a recent challenge to Provisionists (neither Dan nor TurretinFan is a Provisionist) by Calvinist James White. In particular,…
Thomas H. McCall, Book Review of Arminius and the Reformed Tradition by J. V. Fesko
Please click on the link to view Thomas H. McCall’s book review of Arminius and the Reformed Tradition by J. V. Fesko. Spoiler: McCall finds Fesko’s case that Arminius was Semi-Pelagian unconvincing.
Video: 1 John 5:1 and Whether Regeneration Precedes Faith
In this video, SEA member Dan Chapa addresses the challenge by James White on 1 John 5:1 contending that regeneration precedes faith and also responds to objections by Kevin Klosski. The video below can also…
Video: Examining the Case for Calvinistic Hermeneutics
In this episode, SEA member Dan Chapa and Calvinist TurretinFan review “The Case for Calvinistic Hermeneutics,” chapter 18 of “An Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics,” by Walter C. Kaiser and Moisés Silva. The vdeio below can…
Early Augustine on Foreknowledge Compared to Memory
[This post first appeared at Gospel Encounter where comments can be made] I do not remember where I first read Augustine’s comparison of foreknowledge to memory, but it stuck in my mind and I continue…
John MacArthur, “Is God Responsible for Evil?”
An article on SEA’s website by prominent Calvinist John MacArthur? That John MacArthur? Yes, that John MacArthur. In this article, he answers the question of God’s responsibility for evil in a way that is consistent…
Some Calvinist Scholars Admit That Arminianism Is Neither Pelagian Nor Semi-Pelagian
From Calvinist scholars Robert A. Peterson and Michael D. Williams, Why I Am Not An Arminian, p. 39: Does the antipathy between Calvinism and Arminianism suggest that Pelagius, the arch-opposite of Augustine, is the proper…
Richard Coords, “Exodus 21:28-32”
“If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall surely be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall go unpunished. If, however,…
Video: Recap of Another Limited Atonement Debate (Lucas Curcio vs. TurretinFan)
The video below can also be found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/i-yMT1bzgO4. In this episode, SEA member Dan Chapa and Calvinist TurretinFan discuss T-Fan’s recent debate with SEA member Lucas Curcio on whether Christ died only…
