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,…
God’s Love
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”?’
An Objection To Premise 3 Of The Maximally Great Argument For Arminianism
[All links are in the following post are external] Recently, I posted an argument for Arminianism that combined philosophy and scripture to support its premises called “A Maximally Great Argument For Arminianism”. (MGA). The premise got to…
A Maximally Great Argument For Arminianism
Does God love all people? Does He desire that all people be saved? Did He die on the cross to atone for the sins of all people? I would answer “Yes” to all of the…
A CALVINIST DAD HAS “THE TALK”
A CALVINIST DAD HAS “THE TALK” DAD: Kids, Daddy wants to talk to you about God’s glory. KIDS: OK. DAD: You know God is glorified in all things, right? KIDS: Um, yeah. DAD: Everything…
Accepting/Rejecting Calvinism (Pt. 2: Defending Calvinism)
This is from a series of posts which was copied with permission from Jordan Apodaca’s blog, “Thoughts & Anti-Thoughts,” which can be accessed here: https://jordanapodaca.wordpress.com/ This particular post, which allows comments, can be accessed here:…
Roger Olson’s– ‘Arminian Theology’– Part Sixteen (Final)
BEN: When the Gospel of Matthew presents us with Jesus saying that he is submitting to baptism to ‘fulfill all righteousness’ he is of course talking about the righteousness that comes from obedience to the…
A Response to “A Few Of The Worst Arminian Arguments”
This article came from JC_Freak: The Irish Protestant. The original post can be found here. Richard Bushey has produced another article about Arminianism, and I felt that as a friend I should give it…
Jerry Walls: Calvinism & The God Of Love
Dr. Jerry Walls speaks about logical argument which exposes Calvinism’s inherit contradiction regarding God’s loving nature. From the video’s YouTube page: “Published on Nov 14, 2016 In this edition of the Evangel University Guest Lecture…
Ben Witherington and Roger Olson, “Roger Olson’s Arminian Theology – Part 7”
BEN: I take it as given that you have established both that there are some strong incompatibilities between Calvinism and Arminianism, but at the same time there are some strong agreements between the two theological…
Ben Witherington and Roger Olson, “Roger Olson’s Arminian Theology – Part 4”
BEN: On p. 55, you talk about Wesley’s treatise on divine sovereignty compared to Calvin’s view. Would you say that while Wesley agrees with Calvin that God is sovereign, absolutely so, and could do what…
