Calvinist Polemics - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org Not willing that any should perish Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:35:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://evangelicalarminians.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/footer-logo-60x60.png Calvinist Polemics - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org 32 32 224740200 Ben Henshaw, “Refuting Social Media Calvinism #3: Faith in Christ Means We Depend on Ourselves?” https://evangelicalarminians.org/ben-henshaw-refuting-social-media-calvinism-3-faith-in-christ-means-we-depend-on-ourselves/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:35:18 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=33576 Not even close: Does Arminian Theology Suggest That We Depend on Ourselves Instead of Christ for Salvation? Also: Perseverance of the Saints: Thirteen Part Series [Link to the original post and comments on Ben Henshaw’s website]

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]]> 33576 Ben Henshaw, “Refuting Social Media Calvinism #2: The Usual Prooftexts” https://evangelicalarminians.org/ben-henshaw-refuting-social-media-calvinism-2-the-usual-prooftexts/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:30:07 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=33566 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…

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]]> 33566 Simon Peter Sutherland, “A 20th century revival of 17th century Tulip Mania” https://evangelicalarminians.org/simon-peter-sutherland-a-20th-century-revival-of-17th-century-tulip-mania/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:15:11 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=29840 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”.…

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]]> 29840 How Do You Respond to Calvinists’ Use of John 17 as Support for Unconditional Election and Limited Atonement? https://evangelicalarminians.org/how-do-you-respond-to-calvinists-use-of-john-17-as-support-for-unconditional-election-and-limited-atonement/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:20:40 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=28997 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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]]> 28997 What Causes Some to Make Good on the Prevenient Grace Given to Them? Part 2 https://evangelicalarminians.org/what-causes-some-to-make-good-on-the-prevenient-grace-given-to-them-part-2/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:43:17 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=28867 On his website, Arminian Perspectives, Ben Henshaw has a questions page where he answers questions about Arminianism and Calvinism that visitors to his site pose in the comment section of the page. Here is further interaction from…

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]]> 28867 What Causes Some to Make Good on the Prevenient Grace Given to Them, and Others Not, and Where Does faith Come From? https://evangelicalarminians.org/what-causes-some-to-make-good-on-the-prevenient-grace-given-to-them-and-others-not-and-where-does-faith-come-from/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:54:35 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=28785 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 are some questions…

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]]> 28785 Some Calvinist Scholars Admit That Arminianism Is Neither Pelagian Nor Semi-Pelagian https://evangelicalarminians.org/some-calvinist-scholars-admit-that-arminianism-is-neither-pelagian-nor-semi-pelagian/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:36:17 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=28668 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…

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]]> 28668 Richard Coords, “World Arguments” https://evangelicalarminians.org/richard-coords-world-arguments/ Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:35:28 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=27602 One of the most difficult theological challenges for Calvinists is in having to answer the “all men” and “world” arguments frequently raised by non-Calvinists. The term “world” implies a meaning of everyone indiscriminately, as an…

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]]> 27602 Richard Coords, “Strawman Argument” https://evangelicalarminians.org/richard-coords-strawman-argument/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:00:40 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=27558 [Editor’s note: This article gets aggressive towards the end. It does not necessarily represent SEA’s viewpoint, which should go without saying because our standing policy is to publish a variety of Arminian viewpoints without publication…

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]]> 27558 Isn’t God Doing Everything He Can to Save People, Making Prayer for the Lost Pointless? https://evangelicalarminians.org/isnt-god-doing-everything-he-can-to-save-people-making-prayer-for-the-lost-pointless/ Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=27555 In the comment section of Ben Henshaw’s article, “Do Arminians Really Pray Like Calvinists?” which argues that intercessory prayer does  not cohere well with Calvinism but does with Arminianism, Calvinist theologian Terrance (Terry”) Tiessen challenged…

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