“The doctrine of the unconditional election of a part, necessarily implies the unconditional reprobation of the rest. I know some who hold to the former, seem to deny the latter; for they represent God as…
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Denying Double Predestination
Steve Sewell, “Get God’s Character Right, You’ll Get His Sovereignty Right”
Get God’s character right, and you’ll get His sovereignty right. God’s character defines His sovereignty, not the other way around. What separates Calvinists and Arminians, primarily, is our view of God. Calvinists are determinists. There…
The Five Points of Arminianism
If not for the early Dutch Reformed Arminians rejecting five tenets of Calvinistic ideology, there would be no TULIP today, as TULIP is merely a reaction to Arminian theology. After the death of Arminius, in…
This Week in Arminianism
Amazon.com is now selling Rustin E. Brian’s Jacob Arminius: The Man from Oudewater at a very nice price! Also, you can get a new copy of Grace for All: The Arminian Dynamics of Salvation, edited…
What if God Were the Only One Who Loved You?
Is that an odd question: What if God were the only one who loved you? If you have ever experienced the feeling of being unloved, even if from a cognitive distortion, you more fully identify…
Leah E. Hartman, “God’s Sovereignty Doesn’t Mean What You Think it Means”
My husband, Caleb, and I met in college and the rest, as they say, is history. Except that’s not what happened. After college graduation and before the engagement, we decided to take one of those…
Ben Henshaw, “Grace For All: The Arminian Dynamics of Salvation (Book Review)”
John D. Wagner has produced an updated and expanded version of “Grace Unlimited”, originally edited by the late Clark H. Pinnock. This updated version is called “Grace For All: The Arminian Dynamics of Salvation.” This…
Reward and Punishment Necessitate Libertarian Freedom
As is stated in previous posts on this site, libertarian free will is assumed throughout the tenor of the entire Bible, and determinism is exposed as not merely flawed but erroneous and damaging to the…
This Week in Arminianism
Kevin Jackson, of Wesleyan Arminian, posts “The Ghost at Epworth,” a true-to-life haunting ghost story in the life and household of John Wesley. Asbury’s Seedbed offers Ken Collins’ “John Wesley: Satan’s Devices,” and Leah E.…
Steve Sewell, “If Christ Died Only for “The Elect” …
… then faith only applies to “The Elect.” Jesus said, “Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the…
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,…
Matt O’Reilly, “Common Grace vs. Prevenient Grace: What’s the Difference?”
The question was put to me over lunch earlier this week and not for the first time. So I thought it worthwhile to post here a few reflections on the difference between the Reformed doctrine…
Video: William Lane Craig, “Evaluating Views of Appropriating God’s Grace and Salvation”
Defenders is Dr. William Lane Craig’s weekly Sunday school class on Christian doctrine and apologetics. This video is part 17 of his material on the doctrine of man. His is a link to the video…
This Week in Arminianism
The Arminian Magazine highlights Vic Reasoner’s “Counterfeit Grace,” Joseph D. McPherson’s “Scriptural Holiness in History,” and Roy Ingles’ book review of Grace for All: The Arminian Dynamics of Salvation. Kangaroodort, of Arminian Perspectives, also reviews…
Roy Ingle, “Preaching Perseverance”
Is it wrong to preach on perseverance? This seems like a logical question to ask if you come from a Calvinist perspective. For many Calvinists, it would not be wrong to preach on perseverance and…
Compatibilism and Wireless Technology, Part 2: The Wireless Transmitter Analogy
In this post I hope to show by way of analogy the incompatibility of soft determinism with human freedom. I will first lay out the technological terms and give a brief explanation of how they work. I…
Compatibilism and Wireless Technology, Part 1: Why Calvinism’s Explanation for Human Freedom and Responsibility Doesn’t Satisfy Me
In this post I will discuss why Compatibilistic Calvinism really offers no satisfactory explanation of how genuine human choice (in the common understanding of the word) is possible within the scheme of divine determinism. William Birch…
Book Review: Grace for All: The Arminian Dynamics of Salvation
John D. Wagner assembled inputs from a wide range of authors to put together Grace for All: The Arminian Dynamics of Salvation. The book starts off with Roger Olson defending Arminianism from the charge of…
This Week in Arminianism
Mike Barlotta, of Dead Heroes Don’t Save, continues his review of Grace for All: The Arminian Dynamics of Salvation with “Grace for All: Paul, the Potter, and Perspective? (Romans 9).” Leighton Flowers, of Soteriology 101,…
Mildred Bangs Wynkoop, *A Theology of Love: The Dynamic of Wesleyanism*
Please click on the link to view Mildred Bangs Wynkoop, A Theology of Love: The Dynamic of Wesleyanism (Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 1972). A modern classic of Arminian theology.
