From the show description: On today’s episode we welcome special guest Dr. Robert Picirilli, former Dean and Professor at Welch College and former Freewill Baptist minister who has written extensively on how Calvinist doctrine is…
Free Will
Richard Coords, “God’s Will”
Is it true that every time we sin, we thwart God’s Will for our life? Yes, of course. However, we can never thwart God’s overall purpose for creation and mankind. Hence, it is necessary to…
Video interview with Dr. Robert E. Picirilli: Free Will Revisited: A Respectful Response to Luther, Calvin, and Edwards
In this video, Dr. Robert E. Picirilli (author of Free Will Revisited: A Respectful Response to Luther, Calvin, and Edwards and Grace, Faith, Free Will: Contrasting Views of Salvation Calvinism & Arminianism) and Nicholas Noyola…
Richard Coords, “Free-Will”
God gives man free-will, and man chooses to believe in determinism, instead. That is the sad irony that Calvinists introduce into Christianity. So, is “freewill” a pagan term? No, it is a biblical term: Philemon…
An Appraisal of Prevenient Grace in John Wesley’s Soteriology – P.V. Joseph
This paper seeks to provide a fairly balanced and comprehensive discussion on Wesley’s concept of prevenient grace within the context of Wesleyan soteriology, taking into consideration the issues of human depravity, human freedom, and divine…
Richard Coords, “Determinism”
It is common for Calvinists to accuse non-Calvinists of misrepresenting Calvinism whenever we speak of it as “too deterministic.” For instance, Calvinistic apologist Matt Slick, stated in an online debate with Leighton Flowers that he…
C. Marion Brown, “Restitution”
While scanning both book lists and library shelves, I was rather startled at the absence of material on restitution. Many volumes have been written on various subjects and many have been “beaten to death” by…
Richard Coords, “Choice Principles”
If there was a decree by which every thought, word and deed for all humanity was predetermined, then all of our choices would not be independently our own, and without independent choices, you could have…
Did God Seal the Fate of the Damned by His Own Foreknowledge of Their Damnation?
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…
How Do You Explain the Radical Diversity of Beliefs Between Well Intentioned, Thoughtful People Who See the Same Evidence?
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…
Why Would God Create People He Knows Will Go to Hell and Why Does Simple Foreknowledge Deny that God Can Know What Someone Who Never Exists Would Do?
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…
Why Do Some Choose God and Others Reject Him?
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…
Richard Coords and Leighton Flowers, “ReReformed”
Subject: Accountability
The following is an excerpt for a book written by Arminian Richard Coords and Traditionalist Leighton Flowers, “ReReformed”. Accountability Calvinists hold humanity accountable for whether or not they accept the gospel, even though Calvinists don’t…
Robert Picirilli, “Can Arminians Be Molinists? (Part 2)”
[Please Note that SEA does not take an official stance on Molinism. Members can hold to Molinism or reject it. We do have some members who hold to Molinism and many who do not. Our…
Robert Picirilli, “Can Arminians Be Molinists? (Part 1)”
[Please Note that SEA does not take an official stance on Molinism. Members can hold to Molinism or reject it. We do have some members who hold to Molinism and many who do not. Our…
An Arminian Response to John Hendryx on the Meaning and Implications of Spiritual Death Part 3: John Hendryx Concedes That it is a Plain “Fact” that Faith Precedes Regeneration
[You can find part one of this series here, and part two here] John Hendryx continues his response to the “synergist” visitor: Finally, your attempt to overturn the doctrine of total depravity relies entirely too…
An Arminian Response to John Hendryx on the Meaning and Implications of Spiritual Death Part 2: Dead Reckoning
Continuing from Part 1… Hendryx begins his response to the visitor: (John) Dear Brother …You say, “monergists take the ‘dead in sin’ phrase too far” but, I would turn that around to say that you…
An Arminian Response to John Hendryx on the Meaning and Implications of Spiritual Death Part 1: What Does it Mean to be “Dead in Sin?”
Calvinist John Hendryx takes a “synergist” to task in an article entitled Can We Make an Exact Analogy Between Unbelievers’ who are “Dead in Sin” and Believers who are “Dead to Sin”?(Excerpts From Debate in…
Roy Ingle, “When Calvinists Get It Wrong”
Very often I enjoy browsing various blogs ranging from sports blogs to other Arminian blogs to many Calvinist blogs. Some are better than others, of course, but what often bothers me about any blog is…
Dr. William Lane Craig, “Doctrine of Man (Part 28): Freedom of the Will and Romans 10”
Molinist Dr. William Lane Craig shares his lastest thought about Free will, especially in how it pertains to Romans 9-11. Craig doesn’t talk about Arminianism, but he does address common Calvinist exegesis of the text.…
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