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The Reality of Choice and the Testimony of Scripture

April 1, 2009March 22, 2013 / kangaroodort / 75 Comments

What is Free Will? It may seem strange to some that there even is a debate as to what constitutes free will. The average person believes that he has free will. Whenever he is confronted with a choice he believes that he can either choose this way or that, and that either choice is a … Continue reading The Reality of Choice and the Testimony of Scripture

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"If my understanding of predestination is not correct, then my sin is compounded, since I would be slandering the saints who by opposing my view are fighting for the angels." (RC Sproul, Chosen by God, pg. 14)

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John Wesley

"Answer all [the Calvinists'] objections, as occasion offers, both in public and private. But take care to do this with all possible sweetness both of look and of accent...Make it a matter of constant and earnest prayer, that God would stop the plague."

God’s Sovereignty

"God sovereignly decreed that man should be free to exercise moral choice, and man from the beginning has fulfilled that decree by making his choice between good and evil. When he chooses to do evil, he does not thereby countervail the sovereign will of God but fulfills it, inasmuch as the eternal decree decided not which choice the man should make but that he should be free to make it. If in His absolute freedom God has willed to give man limited freedom, who is there to stay His hand or say, 'What doest thou?' Man’s will is free because God is sovereign. A God less than sovereign could not bestow moral freedom upon His creatures. He would be afraid to do so." A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy: The Attributes of God

James Arminius

"Besides, even true and living faith in Christ precedes regeneration strictly taken, and consisting of the mortification or death of the old man, and the vivification of the new man...For Christ becomes ours by faith, and we are engrafted into Christ, are made members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones, and, being thus planted with him, we coalesce or are united together, that we may draw from him the vivifying power of the Holy Spirit, by which power the old man is mortified and we rise again into a new life." [Works Vol.2 pg. 233, Wesleyan Heritage Collection].

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Arminian Websites and Resources

Arminian Magazine
Arminian Theology
Church of God Reformation
Daniel D. Whedon, *Commentary on the New Testament* (on-line)
Daniel D. Whedon, *The Freedom of the Will as a Basis of Human Responsibility and a Divine Government* (on-line)
Eternal Security
Examining Calvinism
Frédéric Louis Godet, *Commentary on Romans* (on-line)
God Rules
I. Howard Marshall, *A Pocket Guide to New Testament Theology* (on-line)
IMARC
In Death or Life
In Plain Site
John Goodwin, *Christian Theology*
PFRS
Randall House Publications
Richard Watson, *Theological Institutes* (on-line)
Schmul Publishing Co.
SEA (Society of Evangelical Arminians)
Thomas N. Ralston, *Elements of Divinity* (on-line)
Wesley Center For Applied Theology

Articles on Atonement

1 Timothy 2:1-7: Miscellaneous Comments on a Universal Atonement Passage
Brenda B. Colijn, “LET US APPROACH”: SOTERIOLOGY IN THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS”
Calvin’s Error of Limited Atonement (D.A. Waite)
Did Christ Die For All? (Samuel Telloyan)
Extent of the Atonement (Ware)
For All, For All My Savior Died (Marshall)
John Goodwin, *Redemption Redeemed*
Petrine Redemption: Its Meaning and Extent
Robert Lightner, “Problems with a Limited View of the Atonement”
Ron Rhodes: The Extent of the Atonement
Sola Paul (satire)
The Extent of the Atonement (Picirilli)
The Extent of the Atonement (Ryrie)
The Question, ‘What Is an Arminian?’ Answered by a Lover of Free Grace
The Theology of the Atonement (Marshall)
The Universality of Jesus' Drawing All to Him (John 12:32)
Toward a Definition of All Men (1 Tim 2)

Articles on Calvinism/Arminianism

“Union with Christ,” by R. David Rightmire
11 Questions on Calvinism & the Calvinist's Worldview
Academic Orthodoxy and the Arminianizing of American Theology
Arminius, the Scapegoat of Calvinism
Arminius- Hero or Heretic?
C.S. Lewis: Calvinist or Classical Arminian?
Calvinism — Ten Little Caveats (Bob Moore)
CALVINISM DEFINED
Calvinism Versus Arminianism (Picirilli)
Calvinism: Contrary to God’s Word and Man’s Moral Nature
Calvinists Deny Reality
CHARACTERISTICS OF WESLEY’S ARMINIANISM
Church History and Calvinism
Daniel Gracely, “Divine Sovereignty”
Daniel Gracely, “Proverbs 21:1”
Daniel Whitby, Discourses on the 5 Points
Does Arminianism Diminish God's Glory? by Robert Hamilton
Does Arminianism Diminish God’s Glory?
Does Arminianism Diminish God’s Glory?
Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Arminian (Olson)
Dr. Thomas McCall Takes On John Piper and the Calvinistic View of God's Sovereignty
Frederick Calder, *Memoirs of Simon Episcopius*
Helwys' Declaration of Faith–The First Baptist Confession
Hermeneutical Model for the Wesleyan Ordo Salutis
Hoodwinked and Happy? (online book by Daniel Gracely)
Is the "New Heart" of Ezekiel 36:26-27 a Reference to Regeneration Preceding Faith?
Jabez Burns, “The Universal Love of God and Responsibility of Man”
James Arminius, “A Declaration of the Sentiments of Arminius”
John Fletcher’s Methodology in the Antinomian Controversy of 1770-76
John Goodwin, *Redemption Redeemed*
JOHN WESLEY AND JONATHAN EDWARDS ON RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
John Wesley On the Origins of Evil
John Wesley, *The Doctrine of Original Sin*
JOHN WESLEY: PRACTICAL THEOLOGIAN?
Laurence Womack, An Examination and Defense of the Five Articles of Arminianism
Objections To Calvinism As It Is
On Calvinism and Baptists (Estep)
Paul Copan, "Taking Calvinism Too Far: R.C. Sproul Jr.’s Evil-Creating Deity"
Paul Copan, "Taking Calvinism Too Far: R.C. Sproul Jr.’s Evil-Creating Deity"
Phillip M. Way, A Five Point Calvinist Speaks Out Against Requiring Calvinism for Salvation
Pinson, J. Matthew. “Review of *Arminian Theology: Myths and Realities* by Roger E. Olson”
Refuting Edwards and Calvinist Compatibilism and Arguments against Genuine Free Will
Review of “Why I Am Not A Calvinist [Arminian]” by Vic Reasoner
Review of Olson’s “Arminian Theology” by Vic Reasoner
Roger Olson, "My Biggest Problem with Calvin/Calvinism"
Simon Episcopius and Thomas Taylor, *The Confession of the Remonstrants*
The Early Church and Calvinism
The Five Points of Calvinism: “Weighed and Found Wanting”
The Jealousy of God and Calvinism
The Nature of Wesleyan Theology
The Opinions of the Remonstrants (1618)
Two Wills in God?
Vance, Laurence M. “A CRITIQUE OF THE POTTER’S FREEDOM BY JAMES WHITE”
Where Calvinism Leads
Who Are Free Will Baptists?

Articles on Election/Predestination

A Concise Summary of the Corporate View of Election and Predestination
A. Philip Brown, II, "ELECTION IN THE OLD TESTAMENT"
Arminius, James. “ANALYSIS OF THE NINTH CHAPTER OF THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS”
Brian Abasciano, "Paul's Use of the Old Testament in Romans 9:1-9: An Intertextual and Theological Exegesis"
Brian J. Abasciano, "Corporate Election in Romans 9: A Reply to Thomas Schreiner"
Calvinism & John 6: Response to Dr. James White – Part II
Calvinism & John 6: Response to Dr. James White – Part III
Calvinism & John 6: Response to Dr. James White’s Rebuttal – Part I
Calvinism: John 6
Corporate Election (Resources)
Dennis McCallum Exegetes Romans 9 on YouTube
Does Arminianism Diminish God's Glory? by Robert Hamilton
Dr. Brian Abasciano: "Clearing Up Misconceptions About Corporate Election"
Dr. Thomas McCall Takes On John Piper and the Calvinistic View of God's Sovereignty
Edward Bird on The Horrible Decree of Unconditional Election
Election in Romans Chapter Nine (Hamilton)
Ephesians 1:4
Essays on Predestination by John Plaifere, Christopher Potter, Laurence Womock, Thomas Goad, and Louis Chéron (A.D. 1719)
Exposition of Romans 9 (Goodwin)
Frédéric Louis Godet, *Commentary on Romans* (on-line)
GOLDEN CHAIN or IRON PADLOCK?
Is the "New Heart" of Ezekiel 36:26-27 a Reference to Regeneration Preceding Faith?
James Morison, *Commentary on Romans 9-10*
John 6:37
John Goodwin, *Redemption Redeemed*
Joshua Ratliff, "Ephesians 1:3-4: An Explanation of the Corporate and Christocentric Nature of Election"
Nicholas Liguori, “Divine Election and Predestination in Ephesians 1”
On Predestination (Wesley)
Paul Copan, "Taking Calvinism Too Far: R.C. Sproul Jr.’s Evil-Creating Deity"
Paul’s Use of Kalein: A Proposal
Predestination Calmly Considered (Wesley)
Roger Olson, "My Biggest Problem with Calvin/Calvinism"
Romans 9 (Adam Clarke)
Romans 9: An Arminian/New Perspective Reading
Skinner, Christopher. “Predestined for Hell?”
Some Good Comments from Robert Shank on Rom 8:28-29
Some Great Comments on Corporate Election, Apostasy/Perseverance, and Rom 8:28-39
The Order of Faith and Election in John’s Gospel: You Do Not Believe Because You Are Not My Sheep (Robert Hamilton)
William Lane Craig on Romans 9
William W. Klein, “Is Corporate Election Merely Virtual Election?”

Articles on Faith/Perseverance

“Righteousness of Saving Faith: Arminian Versus Remonstrant Grace”
AN ARMINIAN COVENANT THEOLOGY
Arminian Responses to Key Scriptures Used to Support Perseverance of the Saints
Assurance: How Can I Know That I Am Saved?
Ben Witherington – “Christian Apostasy and Hebrews 6”
Brenda B. Colijn, “LET US APPROACH”: SOTERIOLOGY IN THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS”
Can A Christian Fall From Grace?
Can a Person Accidentally Commit the Unpardonable Sin?
David A. deSilva, “Hebrews 6:4-8: A Socio-rhetorical Investigation (Part 1)”
David A. deSilva, “Hebrews 6:4-8: A Socio-rhetorical Investigation (Part 2)”
Deliberate Sin Erodes Faith
Does God Have An Eraser?
Does Hebrews 6:6 Teach that Apostasy is Without Remedy?
Eternal Security and Exegetical Overview of Hebrews
Eternal Security Examined Historically: Did the Apostles Teach Eternal Security to the Early Church?
Faith and Works
GOLDEN CHAIN or IRON PADLOCK?
HEBREWS: To Be or Not To Be HYPOTHETICAL
HOLD ON? What Does it Mean?
IS FAITH A GIFT FROM GOD OR A HUMAN EXERCISE?
Is Perseverance in Faith Necessary to Obtain Final Salvation?
J.C. Thibodaux, "The Calvinist Mitigation of the Divine Warnings Given to the Saints"
John Fletcher’s Methodology in the Antinomian Controversy of 1770-76
John Goodwin, *Redemption Redeemed*
John Jefferson Davis, "The Perseverance of the Saints: A History of the Doctrine"
Messianic Jew David Stern and the Security of the Believer
PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS (Wesley)
Petrine Redemption: Its Meaning and Extent
Pinnock, Clark H. “From Augustine to Arminius: A Pilgrimage in Theology”
Post-Calvinism (McKnight)
RALSTON ON FAITH
Salvation by Faith, Applied (Picirilli)
Saving Faith (Act of a Moment or Attitude of a Life)
Saving Faith in the Greek NT
Saving Faith is the Attitude of a Life (Scholarly Evidence)
SOLD OUT AT ROMANS 7
Some Good Comments from Robert Shank on Rom 8:28-29
Some Great Comments on Corporate Election, Apostasy/Perseverance, and Rom 8:28-39
Steve Witzki, “James Arminius–The Security of the Believer and the Possibility of Apostasy”
Steve Witzki, "James Arminius–The Security of the Believer and the Possibility of Apostasy"
THE ANTINOMIANISM OF “ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED”
THE ANTITHESIS OF LAW IS NOT GRACE, BUT LAWLESSNESS
The Early Church and Calvinism
The Faith Factor
THE FAITH THAT SAVES
The Inadequate Historical Precedent for “Once Saved, Always Saved”
The Meaning of Eternal Life and Who Possesses It
THE MISCONCEPTION OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
THE MYTH OF THE “CARNAL” CHRISTIAN
The Possibility of Apostasy (Picirilli)
THE POSSIBILITY OF TOTAL APOSTASY (Wakefield)
The Problem of Apostasy in NT Theology (Marshall)
The Warning Passages In Hebrews (McKnight)
Thoughts on Apostasy from I. Howard Marshall and Robert Picirilli
When an Immunization Becomes Fatal: Thoughts on Perseverance in Faith

Articles on Free Will/Determinism

“Does Granville-Sharp’s Rule Indicate That ‘Foreknowledge’ is Synonymous With ‘Determinate Counsel’?”
“If Our Actions Are Inevitable, Do We Really Have Free Will?”
A DISCOURSE ON THE FREEDOM OF THE WILL
A Problem for Open Theism
A.W. Tozer on the Sovereignty of God
Albert Taylor Bledsoe, *Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry Into the Freedom of the Will*
An Arminian Response to Open Theism
Andrew Telford, “Foreknowledge”
Brian P. Irwin, “Yahweh’s Suspension of Free Will in the Old Testament: Divine Immorality or Sign-Act?”
Calvinism: Free Will & the Early Church
Daniel D. Whedon, *The Freedom of the Will as a Basis of Human Responsibility and a Divine Government* (on-line)
David P. Hunt, "Contra Hasker: Why Simple Foreknowledge Is Still Useful"
Dennis McCallum Exegetes Romans 9 on YouTube
DIVINE ASEITY, DIVINE FREEDOM: A CONCEPTUAL PROBLEM FOR EDWARDSIAN-CALVINISM
Does Arminianism Diminish God's Glory? by Robert Hamilton
Does Arminianism Diminish God’s Glory?
DOES GOD DECEIVE? THE ‘DELUDING INFLUENCE’ OF SECOND THESSALONIANS 2:11
Does Proverbs 21:1 Teach Calvinistic Determinism?
Dorian G. Coover Cox, "The Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart in its Literary and Cultural Contexts"
Dr. Thomas McCall Takes On John Piper and the Calvinistic View of God's Sovereignty
Edgar, Thomas R. “THE MEANING OF PROGINWSKW (“FOREKNOWLEDGE”)”
Exposing Calvinist ‘Forgery’ in the Alleged Paper Trail of Prophesied Prayers
Foreknowledge, Freedom, and the Future (Picirilli)
Good Comments on Divine Hardening of the Human Heart by the NET Bible: Isaiah 6:10 and 63:17
Henry Philip Tappan, *A Review of Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will*
IS FAITH A GIFT FROM GOD OR A HUMAN EXERCISE?
Is God’s knowledge the cause of all things?
John Fletcher: “REPLY TO THE PRINCIPAL CALVINIST AND FATALIST ARGUMENTS FOR THE DOCTRINE OF ABSOLUTE NECESSITY”
John Goodwin, *Redemption Redeemed*
M. William Ury, Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology's Entry on "Will"
Magic Hand-waving in the Calvinist Cause
Molina, Arminus, Plaifere, Goad, and Wesley On Human Free-will, Divine Omniscience, and Middle Knowledge
Moral Agency and Accountability
Norman Geisler, Entry on “Free Will” in the Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics
Objections To Calvinism As It Is
Outcomes, Foreknowledge, and Free Will
Paul Copan, "Taking Calvinism Too Far: R.C. Sproul Jr.’s Evil-Creating Deity"
Paul Copan, "Taking Calvinism Too Far: R.C. Sproul Jr.’s Evil-Creating Deity"
Richard Watson, On Omniscience
Robert B. Chisholm Jr., “ANATOMY OF AN ANTHROPOMORPHISM: DOES GOD DISCOVER FACTS?”
Robert Hamilton, “Philosophical Reflections on Free Will”
Roger Olson, "My Biggest Problem with Calvin/Calvinism"
S. M. BAUGH AND THE MEANING OF FOREKNOWLEDGE: ANOTHER LOOK
Sovereignty and Free Will (Cottrell)
The Failure of God?
The Lazy Man's Guide to Refuting Edwards and Compatibilism
The Reality of Choice and the Testimony of Scripture
Two Wills in God?
Walter A. Elwell, Entry on “Hardening, Hardness of Heart” in *Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology*
What is Compatibilism?
Why I Reject Determinism and A Model of God’s Atemporal Perspective
William Lane Craig on Romans 9

Articles on Prevenient Grace

A BIBLICAL CONCEPT OF A JUST GOD
A PRELIMINARY DEFENSE OF PREVENIENT GRACE
Are Arminians Semi-Pelagian?
Daniel Whitby, "Arguments against Irresistible Grace (Part 2)"
Daniel Whitby, "Refuting Arguments for Irresistible Grace (Part 1): Grace – Defining the Question"
Daniel Whitby, "Refuting Arguments for Irresistible Grace (Part 3)"
FREE GRACE OR FORCED GRACE?
John Wesley as a Theologian of Grace
John Wesley’s View of Man: A Study in Free Grace Versus Free Will
John Wesley, *The Doctrine of Original Sin*
Lest They Should Turn and Be Forgiven: Irony
PREVENIENT GRACE (D.L. Hartman)
PREVENIENT GRACE (Robert L. Brush)
Prevenient Grace Explained
PREVENIENT GRACE IN THE BOOK OF ACTS
SOLD OUT AT ROMANS 7
The Failure of God?
The False Antithesis Between Monergism and Synergism: A Lesson from Historical Theology
The Question, ‘What Is an Arminian?’ Answered by a Lover of Free Grace
The Universality of Jesus' Drawing All to Him (John 12:32)

Atheism

Answering Infidels
Apologetics Press
Atheism Analyzed
Right Reason (Dr. Glenn Peoples)
Thinking Christian

Books Related to Arminianism

Arminian Theology: Myths and Realities
Arminius: A Study in the Dutch Reformation
Book of Romans (Picirilli)
Calvinism Calmly Considered Vol. 1 (Wesley)
Calvinism Calmly Considered Vol. 2 (Wesley)
Calvinistic Controversy by Wilbur Fisk (on-line)
Daniel D. Whedon, *Commentary on the New Testament* (on-line)
Daniel D. Whedon, *The Freedom of the Will as a Basis of Human Responsibility and a Divine Government* (on-line)
Elect in the Son
Foundations of Weslyan-Arminian Theology (Wynkoop)
Frédéric Louis Godet, *Commentary on Romans* (on-line)
Freedom of the Will: A Wesleyan Response to Jonathan Edwards (Daniel D. Whedon, ed. John Wagner)
God’s Strategy in Human History
Grace Unlimited
Grace, Faith, Free Will
Hoodwinked and Happy? Evangelicals, Calvinism, and Why No One’s Answering the Problem of Evil
I. Howard Marshall, *A Pocket Guide to New Testament Theology* (on-line)
John Goodwin, *Redemption Redeemed*
John McClintock, *Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature* (on-line)
Joseph Agar Beet, Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans (on-line)
Kept by the Power of God
Life in the Son
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary (Witherington III)
Redemption Redeemed
Richard Watson, *Theological Institutes* (on-line)
Romans (Achtemeier)
Romans (Forlines)
Romans (Osborne)
The Arminian Confession of 1621 (Ellis)
The Errors of Hopkinsianism by Nathan Bangs (on-line)
The Faith Once For All: Bible Doctrines For Today (Cottrell)
The Lying Promise
The New Chosen People
The Quest for Truth
The Transforming Power of Grace
The Works of James Arminius
Thomas N. Ralston, *Elements of Divinity* (on-line)
Troubling Questions for Calvinists…And All The Rest of Us
Understanding Assurance and Salvation
Wesleyan Heritage Collection CD
What The Bible Has to Say About God The Ruler
Why I Am Not A Calvinist
Works of John Fletcher (on-line)

Christian Apologetics

A Christian Thinktank
Alvin Plantinga
Answering Infidels
Answering Islam
Apologetics Index
Apologetics Press
Apologetics.com
Ben Witherington III
bethinking.org
Douglas Jacoby
Evidence For Christianity
Ex-Atheist
Paul Copan
Preventing Truth Decay
Reasonable Faith (Craig)
Right Reason (Dr. Glenn Peoples)
Tekton Apologetics
Thinking Christian
William Lane Craig

Creation/Evolution/Intelligent Design

Access Research Network
Answers In Genesis
Center For Science and Culture
Creation Ministries International
Darwin's God
Design Inference (Dembski)
Evidence For God From Science
Evolution Cruncher
Evolution News & Views
Old Earth Ministries
Reasons To Believe
True.Origin
Uncommon Descent
Y-Origins

Excellent Resource For Parents

CPYU

Football

NFL.com
Pittsburgh Steelers

Pentecostalism

AG Think Tank
Allan Heaton Anderson
Assemblies of God
azusa remixed
The Foundation For Pentecostal Scholarship

Some Calvinist Blogs Worth Reading

Between Two Worlds
Parchment and Pen
Team Pyro (Pyromaniacs)
Thoughts of Francis Turretin

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