This article continues McCall’s critique of a popular Calvinistic view of God’s sovereignty as represented by John Piper, which can be applied to the standard view of Calvinism, i.e., exhaustive determinism, which includes God’s unconditional…
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This article continues McCall’s critique of a popular Calvinistic view of God’s sovereignty as represented by John Piper, which can be applied to the standard view of Calvinism, i.e., exhaustive determinism, which includes God’s unconditional…
Mr. Hamilton discusses whether a believer can accidentally commit the unpardonable sin. “In Matthew chapter twelve Jesus gave one of his most unusual and most misunderstood teachings, concerning what is commonly referred to as the…
This article critiques a popular Calvinistic view of God’s sovereignty as represented by John Piper and can be applied to the standard view of Calvinism, i.e., exhaustive determinism, which includes God’s unconditional decree of all sin and evil.
Please click on the attachment to view Thomas McCall, “I Believe in Divine Sovereignty”, Trinity Journal 29/2 (Fall 2008) 205-226.
Please click on the attachment below to view Marshall, I. Howard. “The Theology of the Atonement.” This paper was given at a joint Evangelical Alliance/London School of Theology Symposium on the Atonement held at the…
Please click on the attachment to view I. Howard Marshall, “The Problem of Apostasy in New Tesament Theology”, published as an epilogue to I. Howard Marshall, Kept by the Power of God: A Study of Perseverance…
Please click on the attachment to view I. Howard Marshall, “For All, for All My Saviour Died,” published in Semper Reformanda: Studies in Honour of Clark H. Pinnock (ed. Stanley E. Porter and Anthony R.…
With the exception of the ninth chapter of Romans, few passages in the Bible are thought to teach the doctrine of predestination as convincingly as the first chapter of Ephesians. Perhaps equally persuasive are the…
The sixth chapter of John’s Gospel is either a monster text in support of Calvinistic predestination, or else a fountain of revelation on some other spiritual truth. Admittedly, exegesis of this chapter by Arminian scholars…
Please click on the attachment to view Klein, William W. “PAUL’S USE OF KALEIN: A PROPOSAL” (published in JETS 27/1 [March 1984] 53-64). Klein. Paul’s Use of Kalein
This article can be viewed below on this page and is also contained in this pdf attachment (the pdf file retains the author’s formatting and uses footnotes while this page uses endnote style and has…
Please click on the attachment to view Richard Watson, On Omniscience, which is an excerpt from his Theological Institutes. This treatment of God’s omniscience contains an important discussion of the concepts of necessity, contingency, and…
Hamilton presents a short summary of Arminian theology. You may find his explanation below and also in the attachment as a pdf file.
What is Arminianism?
Here’s a little theological humor in the form of a cartoon that can be related to the Calvinist doctrine of irresistible grace.
Mr. Hamilton discusses the necessity of Perseverance. “There are many churches in the United States that, like the imaginary health clinic in the scenario above, are unwittingly administering “sugar-water” immunizations to their members. These churches…
The following is a response to James White’s critique of Dr. Olson’s book Against Calvinism. The Author, Nelson Banuchi, is a respected member of SEA.
Click on the link to view Josh Ratliff, Apostasy in the Wilderness: Examining the Theology in the Use of the Wilderness Narratives in 1 Cor 10:1-13 and Heb 3:7-4:13.
John Wesley (Perseverance)
This article is posted with the permission of Trinity Theological Journal and the author. Please click on the attachment to view Gordon C. I. Wong, “Make Their Ears Dull: Irony in Isaiah 6:9-10” Trinity Theological Journal 16 (2008) 24-34.
Here is the author’s abstract:
In Isaiah 6:9-10, the prophet appears to be commissioned by God to make the ears of the people dull in order to prevent them from repenting. This article begins by proposing that these verses are better understood as rhetorical irony designed to persuade the people to (and not prevent them from) repentance. An alternative rhetorical interpretation and three literal interpretations are also discussed and rejected in favour of the view that assumes the use of irony.
Check out a little theological humor in the attached chart of how different Christian denominations see each other. Given our theological bent, the way that evangelicals and charismatics are depicted as viewing the Reformed are…
Please click one of the attachments* to view Bruce Hollenbach, “Lest They Should Turn and Be Forgiven: Irony”, Bible Translator 34.3 (July 1983) 312-21. The ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials provides the following abstract of…