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How Should We Respond to the Claim That the Calvinistic View of Predestination and Election Is Central to the Gospel?

November 21, 2024 , SEA , Comment Closed

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. Here is a question…

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Richard Coords, “God-Centered”

October 18, 2021 , Martin Glynn , Comment Closed

Calvinists believe that non-Calvinism is necessarily man-centered, rather than God-centered, if the choice of salvation is left up to the sinner’s own decision to humble themselves, confess their sins and ask God for forgiveness, rather…

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Causal vs Social Centered Part VI: Security

August 29, 2016 , Martin Glynn , Comment Closed

So what is the debate about security really about? Well, there are two realms within which this debate takes place: pastoral and theological. So instead of looking at the two positions in succession, we’ll be…

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Causal vs Social Centered Part V: Grace

August 17, 2016 , Martin Glynn , Comment Closed

The fourth point immediately follows from the doctrine of depravity. If we are born depraved, separated from God, and incapable of coming to Christ on our own, then God is the one that needs to…

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Causal vs Social Centered Part IV: Depravity

August 10, 2016 , Martin Glynn , Comment Closed

The differences in Depravity between Calvinists and Arminians are perhaps the most interesting for our topic since both Calvinists and Arminians agree on the basic concept. However, I do think we think about Total Depravity…

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Causal vs Social Centered — Part III: Atonement

August 3, 2016 , Martin Glynn , Comment Closed

The atonement debate is really interesting to me because to some degree it is a red herring. Both sides seem to think that the issue has to do with the nature of the Atonement. However…

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Causal vs. Social Centered — Part II: Election

July 26, 2016 , Martin Glynn , Comment Closed

The question of election isn’t whether or not God chooses who to save, but whether or not He does so unconditionally. The question is whether or not our differences on this question are grounded in…

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Causal vs Social Centered — Part I: Glory

July 19, 2016 , Martin Glynn , Comment Closed

What Is Centeredness I have often heard it said by Calvinists that they are God centered while we are man centered. Now as far as I have seen, they’ve never really given a definition about…

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