Enjoying The Good News Of Christ’s Birth From An Arminian Perspective

Below is a re-post of an older Christmas post.  I will be away from the computer till Dec. 28th.  If you leave a comment and have never posted here before I will not be able to approve it until I come back.  Likewise, I won’t be able to respond to any new comments until I [...]

Full Text of John Goodwin’s Puritan Defense of Arminianism and Polemic Against Calvinism Available at SEA

Big thanks to SEA member John Wagner!
John Goodwin (Redemption Redeemed)

An Excellent and Concise Answer to the Calvinist “God is a Failure” Argument

The post can be found at SEA:
Is God a Miserable Failure?

Much of Christian History at Odds With Calvinism

Great article at SEA documenting this:
Prereformation Church History & The Calvinist/Arminian Debate
Of course, the earliest Christian writers prior to Augustine (the ante-Nicene fathers) rejected all of the basic features of what is now known as Calvinism (e.g. exhaustive determinism, inevitable perseverance, limited atonement, unconditional election and predestination, etc.), while affirming the central features of what would [...]

Karate Expert Dan Phillips Gets Body Slammed on 1 John 2:2

Calvinist Dan Phillips posted on Karate Exegesis, using 1 John 2:2 as an example, trying to use the old John Owen Trilemma argument to make his point.  He was then body slammed through the mat (in his meta) by what appears to be a  four point Calvinist:
Karate Dan writes in a portion of his post (please see the post [...]

Calvinist and Arminian Witnessing

Here are a few YouTube cartoon videos taking a humorous stab at witnessing from the Arminian or Calvinist perspective.  The Calvinist one was done first and the Arminian ones were done in response.  Of course, I think the Arminian ones are better and more accurate.  I also found the Calvinist one a little annoying because of [...]

The Five Dilemmas of Calvinism Part 3: Who’s Really Holding the Daisy?

We will now begin to explore chapter 2 in Craig Brown’s book which he titles The Tulip and the Daisy.  In this chapter we will be treated to many mischaracterizations of Arminian theology in order to paint it as unbiblical heresy while holding up Calvinism as pure gospel truth.  Mr. Brown states his goals for the [...]

Provisional Atonement Part 2: Provision is Consistent With Foreknowledge

As we noted in our last post [Part 1] Arminians see the atonement of Jesus Christ as being provisional in nature.  Not only is the atonement provisional but it is more specifically provisional in Christ Jesus.  Only those who come to partake of Christ partake also of the atonement available through union with Him.  Since we [...]

Consistent Calvinism FAQ (Satire)

Consitent Calvinism FAQ (Satire)

Great Quotes: Robert Picirilli

Calvinists typically argue that “all”-in those passages that say that Jesus died for all-doesn’t really mean each and every person in the history of the world. Instead, they mean that God wills for the elect among all peoples and classes and ethnic groups in society be saved: God loves and saves the elect whether Jew [...]