“‘Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the…
Election
Video: Election in the Bible Is Not Deterministic Featuring Dr. Chad Thornhill
The video below can also be accessed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/QJpR2stgR8w. From the video’s YouTube page: What did early Jews and Christians believe about election? Dr. Chad Thornhill, author of The Chosen People, unpacks how…
Can You Recommend Articles on Romans 8:29-30, Especially in Light of Corporate Election?
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…
Gordon Fee on Election
These quotes are all from Gordon D. Fee, The Kingdom of God is Among You: Lectures to My Students on New Testament Theology (Cascade Books, 2025), p. 270: “The biblical teaching about God’s holy people…
Richard Coords, “Worship”
If Calvinism causes us to worship God better, then why wouldn’t God elect for all Christians to be Calvinists? In other words, if it really was all about giving God glory and honor, then why…
William Burt Pope’s Discussion of the History of Controversy Over Calling and Election
Please click on the link to view William Burt Pope’s Discussion of the History of Controversy Over Vocation/Calling and Election from pp. 348-357 of the second volume of his 3-volume systematic theology, A Compendium of Christian…
“Calvinism Seems to Be Falling Apart at the Seams”: A Wavering Calvinist Discovers Illogical Comments in Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology
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. This excerpt from that…
Gordon Fee Quotations on Calling and Election
These quotations are from Gordon Fee, Offer Yourselves to God: Vocation, Work and Ministry in Paul’s Epistles. Eugene, Oregon, 2019. “[T]his is about God’s divine calling—it’s not us choosing God because we heard a sermon…
William Burt Pope’s Treatment of the Gospel Vocation/Call
Please click on the link to view William Burt Pope’s Treatment of the Gospel Vocation/Call from pp. 335-347 of the second volume of his 3-volume systematic theology, A Compendium of Christian Theology. The full 3 volume…
Brian Abasciano, Sermon on John 6:35-47 — “Jesus the Bread of Life Part 2”
The below video can also be accessed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/lNipkvikmFI?t=976. The link goes to the timestamp in the video when the sermon starts. The video itself contains more than just the sermon; it is…
Video: William Lane Craig, “What Does Romans 9 Actually Teach?”
The video below may also be accessed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/GOA1p3NaJ1c.
Isn’t God Doing Everything He Can to Save People, Making Prayer for the Lost Pointless?
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…
Roy Ingle, “The Oft Error Made by Calvinists”
I make no secret about it that I enjoy Charles Spurgeon. I enjoy reading Spurgeon’s sermons and I enjoy studying this great saint’s life. I even named my second child after him, Haddon Spurgeon Ingle…
Richard Coords, “Special”
I’m not special. I didn’t get a special grace to believe in Christ which others were denied. Instead, I have to come to the Cross to receive God’s grace, just like every other regular person.…
Video: “A Reformed Arminian View of Predestination,” with Dr. J. Matthew Pinson
Youtube: https://youtu.be/W6zaF-tnNOE?si=jSTNSPXTqb_m2McV From the video description: In May of 2024, Free Will Baptist theologian, Dr. J. Matthew Pinson, joined Dr. Tom Nettles (Reformed Baptist), and Dr. Ben Witherington III, (Methodist) for a dialogue on predestination…
Video: “A Wesleyan-Arminian View of Election,” with Dr. Ben Witherington III
The video below can also be accessed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/tCl2zeMWiXg?si=r-xOgVN6jyntW8C1. From the Video description: In May of 2024, Methodist theologian, Dr. Ben Witherington III, joined Dr. Tom Nettles (Reformed Baptist), and Dr. J. Matthew…
Richard Coords, “Sheep”
The Calvinist perspective is that God chooses His own sheep, selected from eternity past as a special class of humanity, meaning that everyone who will ever believe in Christ has already been fixed and decided…
Ben Henshaw, “Q&A: Exploring the Horrific Implications of Calvinist Determinism With Regards to God’s Desire to Save (or Not)”
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…
Video: Joseph Hellerman, “When the Church Was a Family” (On the Corporate Orientation of NT Culture)
The video below may also be accessed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/n3pPtigcL9I. While not focused on Arminian/Calvinist issues, we include this lecture on our sight because it elucidates the corporate/collectivist perspective of the culture of the…
Video: William Lane Craig, “Charting the Course of Salvation”
The video below can also be accessed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/XqGplrIpbaY.
