Please click on the link to view “The Equivocal Doctrine of the Love of God: A Critique of D. A. Carson’s The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God” by Arminius Redivivus.
God’s Love
Brian Abasciano, “If God Loves All, How Can the Bible Say That He Hates Sinners?”
If God loves all, how can the Bible say that he hates sinners? I believe that the basic answer is that God both loves and hates sinners, but he loves them more than he hates…
Roy Ingle, “The Power of God’s Love”
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. – Romans 5:8 (NKJV) The following is a true story that I was a part of.…
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…
Jim Boucher Responds To The Maximally Great Argument Against Calvinism
The Maximally Great Argument Against Calvinism (here on abbreviated a MGAAC) attempts to show that the Arminian tenet of God’s universal salvific will and unlimited atonement logically flow out of Perfect Being Theology (i.e that…
Addressing Ed Dingess’ Critique Of My Prevenient Grace Article
I recently was contacted by a theologian named Ed Dingess who runs the website www.reformedreasons.com letting me know that he had wrote a “refutation” of my Maximally Great Argument against Calvinism, and if you’ve been…
Ben Witherington III, “The Paradox of God’s Love”
The God of the Bible is wholly other, a creator and redeemer God who does not take his cues from human beings or their behavior but rather creates them and redeems them into his very…
Roy Ingle, “The Character of God”
The debate over Calvinism and Arminianism often turns into a battle over the sovereignty of God. Many Calvinists assume that Arminians do not believe in the sovereignty of God nor in the doctrines of election…
“Can a Calvinist Honestly Say ‘God Loves You’ to Everyone?”
by Dr. Roger Olson
While it is true that most Calvinists can say, “God Loves You” to everyone honestly, the question the Dr. Olson addresses here is whether or not a consistent Calvinist can. This distinction makes for all…
Addressing Calvinist Responses To 2 Peter 3:9
One of the most popular passages stating God’s universal salvific will (i.e that God desires every human individual to be saved) is 2 Peter 3:9. 2 Peter 3:9 states that God “is not willing that any should perish,…
Roy Ingle, “Did God Cause The Fall of Man?”
The debate over the sovereignty of God often takes a strange turn whenever you begin to discuss the issue as it concerns the fall of humanity into sin. No one in the entire Christian world…
When I Introduce People to Calvinism…
I’m a theology nerd. Most of the Christians I interact with, aren’t. So sometimes I have to explain to people what I mean by “Arminians” and “Calvinists.” I tend to do it thisaway. It’s very…
Rich Davis, “‘Whoever’ (of the Elect) Believes: A Reply to Bignon and Gibson”
Consider 3:16 (a) God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that (b) whoeverbelieves in him shall not perish but have eternal life. On his Dividing Line podcast of March 27, 2018, James White, Director of Alpha and Omega Ministries,…
Brian Abasciano Responds to James White Regarding John 3:16 on the Free Thinking Ministries Podcast
You can access the Free Thinking Ministries podcast of Brian Abasciano responding to James White on John 3:16 at Free Thinking Ministries’ website here.
Rich Davis, “James White and John 3:16: Rhetoric and Red Herrings”
In “Calvinism’s Gospel Tautology,” I argued that there are two possible Calvinist renderings of Jesus’ words in John 3:16. The first puts these words in Jesus’ mouth: “whoever (of those who cannot believe) does believe: those…
Cur Deus Homo
“God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things” (Colossians 1:19-20, NIV). “Cur Deus homo?” was the great question that challenged the Church for centuries. “Why…
Roy Ingle, Arminianism Begins With God’s Goodness
One of the main assertions by Calvinist is that Arminians begin with man’s free will while Calvinism begins with the sovereignty of God and the doctrines of grace. In fact, most Calvinist web sites will…
It’s Not About Justice but Love: Brief Video Clip of a Telling Exchange between Roger Olson and Michael Horton
This video can also be accessed on YouTube through this link. Context for this clip: Arminian scholar Roger Olson asked the question as to why God does not ordain everyone to freely believe. Why only…
Very Brief video clip of William Mounce Discussing “Whoever” in John 3:16
We published an link to an article by William Mounce on the Greek for John 3:16 and the word “Whoever”. Here is a very brief video on the same topic. Please click on the link…
William D. Mounce, ‘Does “Whoever” Mean “Whoever”?’
Please click on the link to view William D. Mounce, ‘Does “Whoever” Mean “Whoever”?’
