Glorification

A. J. Derxsen, “Breaking the Golden Chain”

September 21, 2020, posted by Steven Wolf

BREAKING THE GOLDEN CHAIN I don’t find the infamous (from an Arminian standpoint) “Golden Chain” very threatening. (1) Calvinistic “irresistible” conversion of unsaved individuals is nowhere in view, for three reasons. a) It’s the already-converted…

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If Believers Can Forsake Faith and Not End Up Glorified, How Is Romans 8:30 to Be Understood?

August 17, 2020, posted by SEA

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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Why Does One Person Believe and Another Does Not?

June 4, 2019, posted by SEA

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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Brian Abasciano, “Addressing the Calvinist Challenge, ‘Why Did You Believe and Your Neighbor Did Not?'”

March 27, 2017, posted by SEA

For many Calvinists, the best argument for Calvinism and against Arminianism may be implicitly conveyed by questions like, “What is the difference between the one who believes in Christ and the one who rejects Christ?…

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

October 13, 2016, posted by SEA

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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Charles Edward White, “Is There Something that God Values More Highly than Human Salvation?”

March 15, 2016, posted by SEA

A common argument of Calvinists is that both they and Arminians think that there is something which God values more highly than universal salvation.  They say that God values his own glory in damning the…

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Roy Ingle, “Arminianism And The Glory of God”

February 9, 2016, posted by SEA

The Church today seems to be caught up with self. Visit your local Christian bookstore and you will find entire sections entitled, “Self Help” filled with books but visit the “Theology” section and you will…

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Charles Gutenson, “John Wesley’s Order of Salvation: Seven Minute Seminary”

October 24, 2014, posted by SEA

From the video’s YouTube page: “Dr. Charles Gutenson here outlines John Wesley’s order of salvation—that work of God which begins with prevenient grace and ends with glorifying grace.” A brief bio from Seedbed on Dr….

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Chrysostom and Accounting for Differences

April 29, 2011, posted by Godismyjudge

Calvinists sometimes argue that the fact that some people are good and others bad is evidence that God predetermines all things. The Calvinist arguments run down two distinct tracts: 1) a forking maneuver and 2)…

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