Concurrence - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org Not willing that any should perish Thu, 06 Apr 2017 16:07:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://evangelicalarminians.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/footer-logo-60x60.png Concurrence - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org 32 32 224740200 Ben Witherington and Roger Olson, “Roger Olson’s Arminian Theology – Part 10” https://evangelicalarminians.org/ben-witherington-and-roger-olson-roger-olsons-arminian-theology-part-10/ Thu, 08 Dec 2016 15:31:06 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=15267 BEN: How would you distinguish the Calvinist notion of God’s providence from the Arminian one? It is interesting to me that if one reads Wesley’s Journal, one finds the phrase ‘a singular providence of God’…

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]]> 15267 Can One Be Both a Calvinist and a Molinist? https://evangelicalarminians.org/can-one-be-both-a-calvinist-and-a-molinist/ Tue, 25 Oct 2016 15:37:57 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=14973 Can one be both a Calvinist and a Molinist? Many Reformed Christians have deemed this an impossibility, while some prominent Reformed philosophers like Alvin Plantinga and Del Ratzsch profess to be simultaneously Calvinists and Molinists.…

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]]> 14973 The Practical Implications of Free Will https://evangelicalarminians.org/the-practical-implications-of-free-will/ Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:18:20 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=14456 In the follow-up post to “A Beginner’s Guide to ‘Free Will’,” entitled “Six Practical Reasons ‘Free Will’ Matters,” John Piper expounds upon the practicality of Free Will. After all, he states, “It is a great…

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]]> 14456 A Beginner’s Guide to Free Will https://evangelicalarminians.org/a-beginners-guide-to-free-will/ Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:38:38 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=14454 Free Will regards the ability to make choices — choices that were not necessitated and brought into reality by a proactive and eternal decree of God — choices that lead to belief systems resulting in…

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]]> 14454 Roger Olson, “A Dip into the Depths of the Doctrine of God: Discussion of the Non-Competitive View of Divine and Human Agencies” https://evangelicalarminians.org/roger-olson-a-dip-into-the-depths-of-the-doctrine-of-god-discussion-of-the-non-competitive-view-of-divine-and-human-agencies/ Mon, 14 Oct 2013 11:36:48 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=8145 [Taken from here, where comments can be made.] Recently I posted here an imaginary conversation between a Calvinist and an Arminian—about God’s sovereignty. At one point I inserted a common comment made by especially intellectually…

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]]> 8145 John Mark Hicks, “Classic Arminianism and Open Theism: A Substantial Difference in Their Theologies of Providence” https://evangelicalarminians.org/john-mark-hicks-classic-arminianism-and-open-theism-a-substantial-difference-in-their-theologies-of-providence/ Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:58:22 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=7996 A version of this article has appeared in Trinity Journal 33 (2012) 3-18. Please click on the link to view John Mark Hicks, “Classic Arminianism and Open Theism: A Substantial Difference in Their Theologies of Providence”.

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]]> 7996 The Arminian’s Doctrine of Divine Concurrence https://evangelicalarminians.org/the-arminians-doctrine-of-divine-concurrence/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/the-arminians-doctrine-of-divine-concurrence/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:54:43 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/the-arminians-doctrine-of-divine-concurrence/ Concurrence is the cooperation of agents or causes ~ a combined action or effort. When we speak of the doctrine of concurrence, we mean the cooperation of God and a person in a combined effort…

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Hodge argues that unless grace is resistible, the ultimate reason some believe and not others is found in us and not in God. Hodge says this would make believers better, more impressible or less obstinate than others.1

Problem Non-Unique

Personally, I find this one of the most powerful Calvinistic arguments. The idea that I can take credit for my salvation is intolerable, as is the idea that I am better than someone else. But the Calvinistic solution is no solution, and it creates more problems than it resolves.

Let’s take the argument that believers can take credit for their faith. But Calvinists also say that people believe. Therefore Calvinism entails that people can take credit for their faith.

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