Mike Barlotta, of Dead Heroes Don’t Save, posts: “I Find Your Definition of Faith Disturbing.” Evan Minton, of Cerebral Faith, asks and answers the question: “What Biblical Evidence is There for Prevenient Grace?“ James Leonard,…
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Chad Thornhill, “Five Corrections about Election”
Election is an idea and a doctrine that confuses many, delights others, and divides the church. For some it is the ultimate expression of God’s sovereignty while for others it is the ultimate expression of…
J. Matthew Pinson, “Individual Election, Corporate Election, and Arminianism”
There is a flurry of activity at present from quarters in the Arminian theological community on the doctrine of corporate election. The exponents of this view are able and must be reckoned with, both by…
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Dr. Craig Keener, of Bible Background, posts: “Why Paul Referred to an Altar of an Unknown God.” Matt O’Reilly, of Orthodoxy for Everyone, is “Preaching Holiness.” Pastor Larry McCallister offers his sermon: “The King on…
How Is Arminianism Different From Pelagianism?
Introduction When asked the difference between Arminianism and Pelagainism, I always have trouble knowing exactly where to start. It is a bit like being asked about the difference between Republicanism and Monarchy: the simple answer…
Joshua Thibodaux, The Fallacies of Calvinist Apologetics – Fallacy #10: Wait, Now Faith is a “Work?”
Related Fallacies: Equivocation Category Mistake “[Arminianism] denies sola fide (faith alone) by changing the character of faith so that it is basically a work.” (Rev. Richard Phillips [Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals], Is Arminianism a Biblical…
Charles Edward White, “Is There Something that God Values More Highly than Human Salvation?”
A common argument of Calvinists is that both they and Arminians think that there is something which God values more highly than universal salvation. They say that God values his own glory in damning the…
THIRTY QUESTIONS: A Short Catechism on the Christian Faith
From Seedbed: The word “catechism” comes from an ancient Greek word, and it means literally, “to echo.” Though catechism is an old word, we believe it’s time to reclaim it with renewed meaning. The work…
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Ben Henshaw, of Arminian Perspectives, posts: “Addressing the Calvinist Claim That God Can Irresistibly Cause (Make) People to ‘Freely’ Love Him.” William Birch blogs: “How Jesus Disproves Trinitarianism … and Other Such Nonsense,” “The Foreknowledge…
Joshua Thibodaux, The Fallacies of Calvinist Apologetics – Fallacy #9: Faith is Some Reason to Boast?
Related fallacies: Pettifoggery Category Mistake A charge typically leveled by Calvinists is that Christians who don’t believe in irresistible grace would have some reason to boast in their faith. John Hendryx concisely expresses this fallacious…
Ben Henshaw, “Exposing the Falsity of the Calvinist Claim that Irresistible Grace Is Compatible with the Elect Coming to Christ Freely”
A conversation between Ben Henshaw and a Calvinist in which Ben addresses the oft repeated Calvinist claim that while God works in the elect irresistibly, the elect still freely come to Christ in such a…
God Is Not Impassive
It is sometimes said of God, that, being infinite and perfect, he is beyond the reach of emotionality; in other words, is an “impassive” existence, a being without feeling. The truth seems to us to…
Chad Thornhill, On William Klein’s Revised and Expanded Book on Corporate Election, Part 3
[This post was taken from Scot McKnight’s Blog, where comments can be made.] Klein’s Conclusions and Questions on Election, by Chad Thornhill In The New Chosen People, William Klein challenges the view that “election” in…
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Gene Brode, of The Grace Apparatus, is working through a series to be published in book form: “Essential Meditations for Backsliders.” Pastor Steven L. Winters, of Thunder Sounds, presents: “A Moment in the Mind of…
Joshua Thibodaux, The Fallacies of Calvinist Apologetics – Fallacy #8: “Calvinism Doesn’t Charge God With the Authorship of Sin”
Related Fallacies: Red Herring Equivocation “All I have tried to do here is show how clearly, succinctly and simply that Calvinism does NOT charge God with the authorship of sin and so (to employ the…
Video: David Allen Sermon on 1 John 2:1-2
This video is of the entire 11:20 am church service at First Baptist Church, Irving, TX on February 14, 2016. It can be viewed here. The sermon begins at the 22:45 mark. Allen begins to deal…
Lion-Hearted Arminius in a Fist Fight
Arminius’ mild-mannered temperament is noted in the pages of history from both his friends as well as his foes: The personal character of Arminius was irreproachable; and he attracted the esteem and applause of his…
Kevin Timpe, “Truth-making and Divine Eternity” (A Defense of the Compatibility of Divine Foreknowledge and Libertarian Human Freedom)
Please click on the link to view Kevin Timpe, “Truth-making and Divine Eternity,” Religious Studies 43 (2007) 299–315. Here is the author’s abstract of the article: According to a widespread tradition in philosophical theology, God is necessarily…
This Week in Arminianism
Nelson Banuchi, of By the Tree, posts on the Greek word κόσμος, World, at John 3:16 — a word that does not lexically refer to “the unconditionally elect.” William Birch offers: “Calvinism Does Not ‘Line…
Does Prevenient Grace Make Total Depravity Only Hypothetical and Not Actual?
Ben Henshaw has a page at his blog for questions, and he was recently asked this: I have a question about the prevenient grace. According to this doctrine, God enables the dead in sins so…
