Calvinist Prayer (and many other things) Explained

Application 2: God ordains means as well as ends. God is the Author. This is his story. We are his characters. Therefore, Be a faithful character in God’s story.* Taken from a sermon by Joe Rigney defending the purpose of prayer in a world exhaustively pre-determined by eternal divine decree [you can find a link [...]

Where Calvinism Gets Romans 9 Wrong: Proof-Texting From a Translation Choice

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. (Romans 9:16 ESV) Romans 9:16 is often cited by Calvinists to prove that who is saved is in no way connected with free will or any kind of “human effort.” The problem with this claim is that the wording [...]

Where Calvinism Gets Romans 9 Wrong: “Not of Works” means “No Conditions”

10 And not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac 11 (for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls), 12 it was [...]

Abasciano on the Calvinist Appeal to Acts 27 in Order to Support the Claim That it is Reasonable to Warn Believers Against Impossibilites

Calvinists like Schreiner and Caneday have made the argument that while believers can never forsake the faith, it is still reasonable to warn true believers against forsaking the faith since such warnings serve as a supposed “means” to keep believers from forsaking the faith, even though forsaking the faith is impossible and these believers would likewise know it [...]