mystery - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org Not willing that any should perish Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:57:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://evangelicalarminians.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/footer-logo-60x60.png mystery - Society of Evangelical Arminians https://evangelicalarminians.org 32 32 224740200 Richard Coords, “1 Samuel 23:9-13” https://evangelicalarminians.org/richard-coords-1-samuel-239-13/ Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:57:48 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=28957 “Now David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; so he said to Abiathar the priest, ‘Bring the ephod here.’ Then David said, ‘O LORD God of Israel, Your servant has heard for certain…

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]]> 28957 Richard Coords, “Deuteronomy 29:29” https://evangelicalarminians.org/richard-coords-deuteronomy-2929/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:45:17 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=28820 “The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law.” The context is in…

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]]> 28820 Roger Olson, “A Mysterious Topic: Mystery, Paradox, Contradiction” https://evangelicalarminians.org/roger-olson-a-mysterious-topic-mystery-paradox-contradiction/ Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:00:47 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=28639 One way in which some well-meaning but misguided persons have attempted to resolve the seemingly intractable differences between divine determinism, including evil as part of God’s plan rendered certain by God, and creaturely free will…

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]]> 28639 Mark K. Olson, “Luther & Wesley on The Theologia Germanica” https://evangelicalarminians.org/mark-k-olson-luther-wesley-on-the-theologia-germanica/ Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:00:19 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=28623 The Christian mystics were devotional writers of the Reformation and post-Reformation eras. They stressed union with God through inner purification and illumination. Many of them were Roman Catholic. Their influence was enormous among Catholics and…

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]]> 28623 Richard Coords, “Mystery” https://evangelicalarminians.org/richard-coords-mystery/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:44:06 +0000 https://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=26599 The general perspective of Calvinists is that since we know that God is sovereign, who determines whatsoever comes to pass, and since we know that man is free, we must simply accept the mystery in…

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]]> 26599 Accepting/Rejecting Calvinism (Pt. 2: Defending Calvinism) https://evangelicalarminians.org/acceptingrejecting-calvinism-pt-2-defending-calvinism/ Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:56:57 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=16701 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:…

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]]> 16701 Dr. Jerry Walls, “Clive (C.S.) Lewis and the Pious Calvinist Confusions of John Piper” https://evangelicalarminians.org/dr-jerry-walls-clive-c-s-lewis-and-the-pious-calvinist-confusions-of-john-piper/ Thu, 08 May 2014 11:00:07 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=9534 Dr. Jerry Walls speaks about John Piper’s recent book, Does God Desire All to Be Saved?. From the video’s YouTube page: Dr. Jerry Walls gives his critique of Calvinism, and more specifically, John Piper’s written…

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]]> 9534 Calvinism on the Horns: The Problem of Divine Foreknowledge in Calvinism and Why You Should Be an Arminian https://evangelicalarminians.org/calvinism-on-the-horns-the-problem-of-divine-foreknowledge-in-calvinism-and-why-you-should-be-an-arminian/ https://evangelicalarminians.org/calvinism-on-the-horns-the-problem-of-divine-foreknowledge-in-calvinism-and-why-you-should-be-an-arminian/#comments Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:01:22 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=8758 Calvinists often lead the charge against Open Theism and traditional Arminians agree that Open Theism is Biblically problematic.  However, Calvinists often seem to hide the unfortunate implications of their own view of foreknowledge. Open Calvinism?…

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]]> https://evangelicalarminians.org/calvinism-on-the-horns-the-problem-of-divine-foreknowledge-in-calvinism-and-why-you-should-be-an-arminian/feed/ 1 8758 A Conversation between a Calvinist and an Arminian about God’s Sovereignty https://evangelicalarminians.org/a-conversation-between-a-calvinist-and-an-arminian-about-gods-sovereignty/ Fri, 23 Aug 2013 07:00:14 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=8027 written by Roger E Olson, PhD Calvinist to Arminian: “You Arminians don’t really believe in God’s sovereignty.” Arminian: “You Calvinists don’t really believe in God’s love.” Calvinist: “Oh, but we do. You’re so wrong! The…

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]]> 8027 An Arminian Response to C. Michael Patton’s “The Irrationality of Calvinism” Part 5: Taking The Mystery Out of Mr. Patton’s Strange Arguments https://evangelicalarminians.org/an-arminian-response-to-c-michael-pattons-the-irrationality-of-calvinism-part-5-taking-the-mystery-out-of-mr-pattons-strange-arguments/ Fri, 17 May 2013 07:00:21 +0000 http://evangelicalarminians.org/?p=5460 Part 5: Taking the Mystery Out of Mr. Patton’s Strange Arguments

Patton: These two issues, human freedom and sovereign election, are not contradictory when put together, but they are a mystery.

This is the same claim Mr. Patton made in his first post called “Why Calvinism is the Least Rational Option.” We have already begun to highlight the problems with this claim.

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