Covenant Theology

Vic Reasoner, “An Arminian Covenant Theology”

August 17, 2021 , Jon Gossman , Comment Closed

Too many Arminians have pushed their tray through the theological cafeteria, accepting a helping of whatever sounded good. Before we accept all the popular theology of the celebrity teachers, we had better determine upon what…

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James Arminius on Original Sin: A Few Quotes

February 17, 2021 , AndrewH , Comment Closed

Did Arminius affirm “original sin?” What effect did Arminius think Adam’s sin had on later humankind? Here are a few excerpts from The Works of James Arminius: In Volume 2, Disputation 31 “On the Effects…

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How Do Calvinists Teach Unconditional Election Within a Conditional Covenant Like the New Covenant?

July 29, 2020 , SEA , Comment Closed

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. The following is a…

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Matthew McAffee, “Covenant and the Warnings of Hebrews: The Blessing and the Curse”

June 5, 2019 , SEA , Comment Closed

Please click on the link to view Matthew McAffee, “Covenant and the Warnings of Hebrews: The Blessing and the Curse,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 57.3 (2014) 537–53. The author’s summary: The above discussion…

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Ben Witherington and Roger Olson, “Roger Olson’s Arminian Theology – Part 3”

October 13, 2016 , SEA , Comment Closed

BEN: On p. 51 you quote the Westminister Confession about ‘the chief end of humans being to glorify God and enjoy him forever’. You go on to quote Arminius to that effect. But what that…

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