Decrees - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org Not willing that any should perish Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:45:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://evangelicalarminians.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/footer-logo-60x60.png Decrees - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org 32 32 224740200 Richard Coords, “Deuteronomy 29:29” https://evangelicalarminians.org/richard-coords-deuteronomy-2929/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:45:17 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=28820 “The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law.” The context is in…

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]]> 28820 Richard Coords, “Genesis 50:15-21” https://evangelicalarminians.org/richard-coords-genesis-5015-21/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:06:10 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=28601 “When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, ‘What if Joseph bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong which we did to him!’ So…

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]]> 28601 Richard Coords, “Genesis 20:1-7” https://evangelicalarminians.org/richard-coords-genesis-201-7/ Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:30:35 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=28427 “Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev, and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar. Abraham said of Sarah his wife, ‘She is my sister.’ So Abimelech king…

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]]> 28427 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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]]> 27555 Ben Henshaw, “Q&A: Exploring the Horrific Implications of Calvinist Determinism With Regards to God’s Desire to Save (or Not)” https://evangelicalarminians.org/ben-henshaw-qa-exploring-the-horrific-implications-of-calvinist-determinism-with-regards-to-gods-desire-to-save-or-not/ Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:35:29 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=27477 Question: What I think you, and many Arminians fail to realize is the depth of human depravity and their unloveliness. Answer: Actually, Arminians fully affirm our depravity. Question: Men by nature HATE their GOD (as He is the…

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]]> 27477 Roy Ingle, “And Speaking of Eternal Decrees” https://evangelicalarminians.org/roy-ingle-and-speaking-of-eternal-decrees/ Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:27:17 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=27399 Having been on the subject of Calvinism’s concept of omnicausality, Dr. Roger Olson challenged Calvinists over at the Society of Evangelical Arminians concerning the controversial book, The Shack. Olson points out that many Calvinists such as John…

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]]> 27399 Mark K. Olson: Famous Sermons of John Wesley 3: Free Grace https://evangelicalarminians.org/mark-k-olson-famous-sermons-of-john-wesley-3-free-grace/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:10:06 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=27229 It is estimated that John Wesley traveled around 250,000 miles and preached over 40,000 sermons in a span of 66 years. This series by Mark K. Olson, taken from his website Wesleyscholar.com, includes summaries and links…

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]]> 27229 Richard Coords, “Preterition” https://evangelicalarminians.org/richard-coords-preterition/ Thu, 12 Sep 2024 14:02:38 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=27109 Preterition is the Calvinist doctrine which addresses God’s relationship with the alleged “non-elect,” who are unconditionally omitted from God’s salvific will.440 These would be those who were not chosen to receive God’s “Irresistible Grace,” but…

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]]> 27109 Richard Coords, “Permission” https://evangelicalarminians.org/richard-coords-permission/ Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:37:44 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=26938 Knowing that evil would come to pass, why didn’t God prevent it? Calvinists use that question to infer determinism, meaning that God must have secretly wanted evil, or else otherwise He could have stopped it,…

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]]> 26938 Ben Henshaw, “An Arminian Response to the Calvinist Claim That Acts 4:27-28 Proves Compatibilism” https://evangelicalarminians.org/ben-henshaw-an-arminian-response-to-the-calvinist-claim-that-acts-427-28-proves-compatibilism/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 15:04:23 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=26462 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…

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