The Maximally Great Argument Against Calvinism (here on abbreviated a MGAAC) attempts to show that the Arminian tenet of God’s universal salvific will and unlimited atonement logically flow out of Perfect Being Theology (i.e that…
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Friday Files, 22 May 2020
The Friday Files is SEA’s weekly look back at our archives. Our members’ names are in blue. Not everything in them reflects SEA’s positions (including my summaries), but they’re considered of interest to Arminians. From…
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 # 51)
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, 24 April 2020
It’s the St. Salome’s Day edition of the Friday Files, our gotta-get-better-at-being-weekly look back at the articles and links in SEA’s archives. They’re of interest to SEA and its members, but the views expressed therein…
David L. Hatton, “Saving God from Philosophical Determinism”
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,…
Friday Files, 20 March 2020
It’s the St. Alexandra of Rome Day edition of the Friday Files, SEA’s look back at our previous years. It’s good stuff to read if you’re sitting at home, staying away from viruses… or riding…
The God Who Seeks
“Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as He was walking in the garden in the cool of the day. . .” (Genesis 3:8, NIV) “I revealed myself…
Friday Files, 3 January 2020
Happy tenth day of Christmas! It’s the St. Daniel of Padua’s Day edition of the Friday Files. It may be a new year (and new decade, for that matter) but we’re still gonna look back…
Friday Files, 20 December 2019
It’s the St. Katherine Luther Day edition of the Friday Files, SEA’s weekly look into the articles and links that fill our archives. The views expressed in them are frequently those of SEA, but not…
Friday Files, 25 October 2019
It’s the St. Dorcas/Tabitha’s Day edition of the Friday Files, in which we present previous SEA articles and links, and you decide whether they sound interesting enough to visit. Their views don’t necessarily reflect those…
Friday Files, 18 October 2019
It’s the St. Luke’s Day edition of the Friday Files, our weekly review of the links and articles SEA posted long, long ago. Well, a year ago, five years ago, and 10 years ago, so……
Friday Files, 12 October 2019
It’s the Friday Files!… a day late, on Saturday. Sorry about that. Where I live, we have electrical problems. So I guess this is now the St. Wilfrid’s Day edition. Once again, we look back…
Friday Files, 30 August 2019
It’s the St. Alexander of Constantinople’s Day edition of the Friday Files. Well unless you’re Roman Catholic, in which case you figure his feast day was two days ago. But one of the bonuses of…
Friday Files, 9 August 2019
It’s the Sts. Secondianus, Marcellianus, and Verianus’s Day edition of the Friday Files, our weekly SEA retrospective. The articles and links weren’t always written by Arminians, so heads up. SEA members’ names are in blue.…
Friday Files, 26 July 2019
Happy Jesus’s Grandparents Day. Tradition has it Mary’s parents were named Joachim and Anne, though of course we’ve no idea; and what they did to merit a saint’s day we also have no idea. But…
Friday Files, 19 July 2019
Happy Sts. Justa and Rufina Day… and now the Friday Files, your ordinarily-weekly look back at what SEA has posted and linked to. Not all of them were written by Arminians; not all their views…
Friday Files, 12 July 2019
Yep, it’s the St. Veronica’s Day edition of the Friday Files. Sorry about skipping St. Illidius’s Day last week; technical difficulties. (Meaning I’m technically inept at WordPress. I’m more of a Blogger guy. But hey,…
Brian Abasciano, “A Response to John Piper on the Heart of the Divide Between Arminianism and Calvinism”
On the 6/24/19 episode of the “Ask Pastor John” podcast, John Piper addressed what he considers to be the heart of the divide between Arminianism and Calvinism. In his mind, it has to do with…
Friday Files, 21 June 2019
It’s the summer or winter solstice, depending on where you live on the planet. Also the St. Alban of Mainz’s Day edition of the Friday Files, your weekly reading list of old SEA posts and…
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