Breaking free from any views we hold is often very difficult for us. Few Democrats ever become Republicans without years of thought. Few Baptists ever become Presbyterians without something or someone influencing them in such…
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Friday Files: Book Reviews
Been a long time since the last Friday Files, but it’s back! If you’re new to our website, it’s SEA’s weekly dig through the archives—because if you haven’t explored the website very far, you may…
X-Calvinist Corner Files: Testimony # 15
The X-Calvinist Corner is a page on this website that shares the stories of people who were once Calvinist but have left Calvinism for a more Arminian theology. This series (The X-Calvinist Corner Files) highlights one of…
X-Calvinist Corner Files: Testimony # 13
The X-Calvinist Corner is a page on this website that shares the stories of people who were once Calvinist but have left Calvinism for a more Arminian theology. This series (The X-Calvinist Corner Files) highlights one of…
Friday Files: Jacob Arminius Himself
Presenting the Friday Files, SEA’s regular look though our archives, ’cause we have a lot of cool things in there. And now we’re gonna do it a little differently: Topically. Starting with Jacob Harmenszoon, “Jacobus/James…
Romans 8:28-30 and Its Relevance to Romans 9
This is part of a series of posts on Romans. The main focus of this series will be chapters 9-11 of the letter. These chapters, particularly chapter 9, have been interpreted in various different ways.…
Romans 9:10-13 – “Not Based on Works” – Jacob and Esau
This is part of a series of posts on Romans. The main focus of this series will be chapters 9-11 of the letter. These chapters, particularly chapter 9, have been interpreted in various different ways.…
Romans 9:24-29 – Whom Has God “Called”? What Does “Called” Mean?
This is part of a series of posts on Romans. The main focus of this series will be chapters 9-11 of the letter. These chapters, particularly chapter 9, have been interpreted in various different ways.…
Kingswood Hart, “Introduction to Romans 9:6-29”
This is part of a series of posts on Romans. The main focus of this series will be chapters 9-11 of the letter. These chapters, particularly chapter 9, have been interpreted in various different ways.…
Calvinists and The Fallacy Of Illegitimate Totality Transfer
You may remember my blog post series on logical fallacies way back in 2016 when Cerebral Faith was still on a Blogspot platform. There were 28 posts each examining a formal or informal fallacy that often…
Addressing Ed Dingess’ Critique Of My Prevenient Grace Article
I recently was contacted by a theologian named Ed Dingess who runs the website www.reformedreasons.com letting me know that he had wrote a “refutation” of my Maximally Great Argument against Calvinism, and if you’ve been…
Ed Dingess Responds To The Maximally Great Argument Against Calvinism
It seems that more Calvinists are becoming aware of my Maximally Great Argument Against Calvinism. The argument was formulated on my part out of a frustration to convince Calvinists that God loves all people, wants…
X-Calvinist Corner Files: A New Addition (Testimony # 50)
The X-Calvinist Corner is a page on this website that shares the stories of people who were once Calvinist but have left Calvinism for a more Arminian theology. This series (The X-Calvinist Corner Files) highlights one of…
Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield: Slaveholding and Calvinism
Asking someone to define Jonathan Edwards’ historical and theological legacy can vary from person to person. There is no denying that Edwards was a towering force of intellectual influence in his day. Sadly our…
John Wesley on Dying Well
Death is a topic that few of us care to think about, but in my current study of John Wesley’s theology of death, I find myself contemplating the subject on a daily basis. Some people…
Arminian Essentials: Prevenient Grace
Calvinists sometimes argue that prevenient grace is not grounded in scripture. In this video, Dr. Matt O’Reilly explains how prevenient grace is clearly seen in two 1 Thessalonians 1:4-5 and Acts 2:37-38. Matt O’Reilly (PhD,…
Paradise Deserted: Can a True Christian Renounce Their Faith? (Apostasy, Part 1)
What is “REO?” The reader may want to know. Perhaps Gowdy should not abbreviate? I do not know what REO is. “(God) wills that they, who believe and persevere in faith, shall be saved,…
Friday Files, 21 February 2020
It’s the St. Felix of Hadrumentum Day edition of the Friday Files, SEA’s weekly visit to our archives. Because not everybody goes rooting around in there for fun, and there’s a lot worth rereading! Articles…
God’s Sovereignty: Three Common Mistakes
The following is a conversation that recently took place in my daughter’s middle school church group. The conversation does a good job highlighting three mistakes that we often make when we talk about the sovereignty…
John Calvin: Heresy Hunter with an Axe to Grind
“Does a fountain send forth at the same place both sweet and bitter water?” (James 3:11, KJV) Did you know that John Calvin staunchly believed that executing unrepentant heretics was justified? Did you know that…
