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Sovereignty of God
Meditate on the Power of God
By Stacy J. Ross, from https://stacyjross.wordpress.com/2017/09/13/meditate-on-the-power-of-god/ There will be many times in life where the circumstances of our lives are out of our control but they are never out of God’s control. So instead of focusing…
Resisting God’s calling—Exodus 4:1-17
By Dr. Craig Keener
When God calls Moses to confront Pharaoh, God not only promises to be with Moses; he also gives Moses a sign to confirm that God is with him. Unfortunately, this first-offered sign will be obvious…
Early Arminian Baptist Thomas Grantham on God’s Permission vs Decree (1678)
Here is early English Arminian Baptist church planter and preacher Thomas Grantham on God’s providence and permission, from his 1678 work Christianismus Primitivus: Sect. XIII. Nothing can be done without God’s Providence, though contrary to…
Richard E. Clark, “An Arminian’s Review of *Anyone Can Be Saved*”
From General/Arminian to Particular/Calvinist, Baptists have struggled to locate themselves along the theological spectrum. Some have unsuccessfully tried to avoid the debate, labeling themselves Calminians.[1] Others, however, have attempted to escape the paradigm altogether and articulate…
Accepting/Rejecting Calvinism (Pt. 11: Molinism Defended)
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:…
Accepting/Rejecting Calvinism (Pt. 10: Molinism)
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:…
Accepting/Rejecting Calvinism (Pt. 7b: WLC and the Problem of Evil)
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:…
Is Everything that Happens God’s Will? – Michael Brown
If you have trouble seeing the video, you can follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsr89DDV0ww&app=desktop
Great Quotes: Daniel Whedon on Foreknowledge and Free Will
“Whether there is any foreknowledge or not, it is certain that there will be one particular course of future events and no other. On the most absolute doctrine of freedom there will be, as we…
Andrew Hnatiuk, “On Assurance of Salvation and Calvin’s ‘Evanescent Grace’”
Calvinist blogger C Michael Patton from Credo House writes (Link): It may surprise you to know that just about every contact I have had with people who are doubting their salvation are Calvinistic in their…
Great Quotes: Thomas Ralston on Calvinist Arguments Against Free Will Based on Greatest Motive Force
Let us now contemplate these motives which are said to act upon the mind so as necessarily to influence the will. Let us look them full in the face, and ask the question, What are…
Highlighting an Important Series Critiquing The Calvinist Interpretation of Romans 9
Back in 2010 J.C. Thibodaux started what would eventually become a four part series on Romans 9, with special focus on the problems inherent in the typical Calvinist interpretation of Romans 9. This short series…
Andrew Hnatiuk, “From Cage-stage to ‘Arminian Calvinist or a Calvinistic Arminian’: Charles Spurgeon’s theological journey”
On Twitter, I recently got into an exchange with someone who posted Spurgeon’s troubling statement: I do not serve the god of the Arminians at all! I have nothing to do with him and I…
So What Is the Atonement Debate Really About?
All footnote links lead back to the original post. In the Arminian/Calvinism debate, the most aggravating topic for me has been the Atonement debate. Calvinists will argue that Christ died only for the elect…
Greg Boyd – Calvinism Explained in 10 Minutes
The video may also be accessed on YouTube here. Greg Boyd is an Open Theist, which is a position SEA disagrees with. However, this video clip is not about Open Theism, but Calvinism. And it has…
Calvinism And The Fall: The Problem Ignored Again
Just saw this post called “Man’s Will: Before And After the Fall” which opens with these words: Augustine and the Calvinistic tradition in general define the will’s freedom, or lack thereof, in relation to sin.…
Debate: Roger and Faith Forster vs. James White
From the video’s YouTube page, which may be accessed here: Unbelievable? with Justin Brierley, August 1, 2009. Calvinist, James White of Alpha & Omega Ministries debates ex-Calvinist Arminians, Roger and Faith Forster of ICHTHUS Christian…
Paul Copan, “Divine Exasperation”
Part of proper hermeneutics is not simply seeing what any individual passage means, but also looking for themes and styles of expression throughout the Bible and understanding what they mean for our relationship with God.…
A. W. Tozer Sermon: Calvinism & Divine Sovereignty
From the sermon’s YouTube page, which can be accessed here: A. W. Tozer preaches a powerful sermon on the sovereignty of God and the false doctrine of Calvinism. Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897 – 1963) was…
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