Free Will - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org Not willing that any should perish Wed, 11 Nov 2026 14:55:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://evangelicalarminians.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/footer-logo-60x60.png Free Will - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org 32 32 224740200 Eric Landstrom, Grace and Responsibility: A Response to the Calvinist Question, “Why One and Not Another?” https://evangelicalarminians.org/eric-landstrom-grace-and-responsibility-a-response-to-the-calvinist-question-why-one-and-not-another/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 14:55:48 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=34135 To answer the classic Calvinist challenge—“Why one and not another?”—without falling into the trap of human merit or self-righteousness, I believe we must carefully examine the very premise of the question. The Calvinist assumes that…

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]]> 34135 What About Salvation vs Damnation for Those Who Sincerely Seek for God But Are Deceived by a False God/Faith? https://evangelicalarminians.org/what-about-salvation-vs-damnation-for-those-who-sincerely-seek-for-god-but-are-deceived-by-a-false-god-faith/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:55:18 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=34115 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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]]> 34115 Richard Coords, “Proverbs 4:23” https://evangelicalarminians.org/richard-coords-proverbs-423/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:43:46 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=34107 “Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life.” If you had never heard of Calvinism, and after having read Proverbs 4:23, would you naturally presume the existence of…

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]]> 34107 Eric Landstrom, “Provisionism: Forgetting What Shouldn’t Be Forgotten, Part II: A Defense of Inward Grace” https://evangelicalarminians.org/eric-landstrom-provisionism-forgetting-what-shouldnt-be-forgotten-part-ii-a-defense-of-inward-grace/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:20:11 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=34034 In my prior article, “Provisionism: Forgetting What Shouldn’t Be Forgotten,” [1] I sought to introduce an important theological course correction.” Writing from a classical Wesleyan-Arminian perspective, my goal was to reframe the debate away from…

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]]> 34034 Richard Coords, “Proverbs 1:24-30” https://evangelicalarminians.org/richard-coords-proverbs-124-30/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:15:29 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=34065 “‘Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention; and you neglected all my counsel and did not want my reproof; I will also laugh at your calamity;…

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]]> 34065 Richard Coords, “Psalm 150:6” https://evangelicalarminians.org/richard-coords-psalm-1506/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:57:09 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=34010 “Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.” Such “praise” is pleasing to God since it reciprocates God’s love for us. 1 Corinthians 16:22 adds: “If anyone does not love the Lord,…

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]]> 34010 J. Munch, “Does Prayer Change Things? Calvinism and Free Will Theism Perspectives” https://evangelicalarminians.org/j-munch-does-prayer-change-things-calvinism-and-free-will-theism-perspectives/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:43:03 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=33991 Prayer holds a central place in Christian spirituality, yet its meaning varies profoundly across theological traditions. This divergence raises a fundamental question: can prayer truly influence the course of events? This article examines two contrasting…

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]]> 33991 Richard Coords, “Psalm 141:3-4” https://evangelicalarminians.org/richard-coords-psalm-1413-4/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:41:43 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=33965 “Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips. Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who do iniquity;…

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]]> 33965 Eric Landstrom, “Why Foreknowledge Is Not Fate: A Classical Reply to Open Theism” https://evangelicalarminians.org/why-foreknowledge-is-not-fate-a-classical-reply-to-open-theism/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:00:32 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=33943 Open theists treat our Lord’s exhaustive divine knowledge and omnipotence as if these were the same as exhaustive determination: if God knows and sees every choice, He must have caused it. Classical Christians reject that…

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]]> 33943 Richard Coords, “Psalm 139:16” https://evangelicalarminians.org/richard-coords-psalm-13916/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:23:59 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=33919 “Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in Your book were all written the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them.” The King James Version translates:…

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