TULIP

Dana Steele, “Paths to Apostasy”

February 4, 2025 , Dana Steele , Comment Closed

When I began reconsidering Calvinism in 2016, by far the hardest doctrine to let go of for me was Perseverance and Preservation of the saints or Unconditional Eternal Security of the Believer. I know Baptist…

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Jonathan McLeod, “A Response to James White on 2 Peter 2:1”

April 18, 2024 , JMac127 , Comment Closed

Sometime ago James White, a well-known champion for Calvinists, addressed 2 Peter 2:1, offering an explanation of the text that would not undermine the doctrine of Limited/Particular Atonement. I will address each of the major…

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Andrew Hnatiuk, “Arminius on TULIP (The five points of Calvinism)”

February 9, 2022 , AndrewH , Comment Closed

[This post first appeared at gospelencounter.wordpress.com] Here are some quick, Scripture soaked quotes from James Arminius on each point of Calvinism’s TULIP (quotes from Declaration of Sentiments are from W. Stephen Gunter’s translation): Total depravity: yes. Without Divine assistance…

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David L. Hatton, “Saving God from Philosophical Determinism”

April 21, 2020 , Steven Wolf , Comment Closed

In Bible College, I took a philosophy course where a heated discussion erupted about the conflict between a Calvinistic view of predestination and the philosophical position of free will. I believe my professor, a Calvinist,…

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Addressing Calvinist Responses To 2 Peter 3:9

December 10, 2018 , Evan Minton , Comment Closed

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,…

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Reformed Theology
by Adrian Rogers

March 7, 2018 , Martin Glynn , Comment Closed

Sometimes, those of us who are steeped in theological discussions become so accustomed to the precise language that we use that we forget how to speak to the every day Christian. Below is a sermon…

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