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You Were Not Willing To Come To Me
But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. - John 5:40 (NKJV) There is no doubt that Arminianism holds that mankind cannot just choose in their own power to come to Christ. They...
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Evangelism and the Arminian/Calvinist Debate
Can Arminians and Calvinists unite to preach the gospel to the lost? My answer: yes! And why you ask? Simple: we both believe that salvation is a divine work of God wherein the enslaved person must,...
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How Misunderstandings about Arminianism Spread
Below is how false ideas about Arminianism spread. From where does this man get his information? Notice he states with his cartoon that Arminius said he helped God out with his salvation. Is that...
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Is Belief in Personal Apostasy Akin to Heresy?
I recently had a discussion with a Calvinist blogger and he stated that belief in personal apostasy is akin to heresy. I asked this man if he believed John Wesley was saved. He said he didn’t know...
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Double Jeopardy and the Atonement
This morning I was listening to some Reformed brothers speak in a panel discussion on the vicarious atonement of Christ. One of the brothers began to talk about what he called “the Pelagian view” and...
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Calvinists: Read Arminius!
There are a few Calvinists on Twitter who like to create tweets aimed at Arminians. They hash tag the comments with #Arminianism in them. Nearly all the posts are aimed at “self-righteousness” or...
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The Twin Towers of Sovereignty and Responsibility
I was listening to Dr. John MacArthur teaching through John 3:9-21 and he preached on the twin towers of divine sovereignty and personal responsibility. It was a great sermon. While I have a few...
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Arminius on God’s Permission For Sin
Arminius makes the following interesting comments concerning sin and the fact that God permits evil. Arminius is clear that God does not cause evil nor does He create evil but He does permit evil in...
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Common, Saving, and Prevenient Grace
Both Arminianism and Calvinism hold that they believe in salvation by God’s grace. Grace is not merely taught as an abstract concept of theology. Both systems affirm that grace is more than just...
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Prevenient Grace and Romans 9:19-23
John Goodwin wrote about Romans 9:19 and was quoted by Adam Clark as follows: I scarce (says he) know any passage of the Scripture more frequently abused than this. When men, in the great questions of...
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Arminius and the Sin of David
King David sinned against God. He committed adultery and murder (2 Samuel 11). 2 Samuel 11:27 ends with the saddest words perhaps in all of Scripture: “But the thing that David had done was evil in...
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Three Views of Lance
Lance was my friend. He and I use to go to eat together every Tuesday while we were in college. We both loved God, love His Word, love teenagers (we were both youth pastors at the time) and both had...
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A Quick Note on Romans 14:4
Some believe that Romans 14:4 clearly teaches eternal security. The passage reads: Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he...
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What’s Wrong with Calvinism by Jerry Walls
Here is a video of Dr. Jerry Walls teaching on what is wrong with Calvinism from an Arminian-Wesleyan perspective.
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Does God Truly Offer the Gospel To All?
Arminians such as myself are thankful that Jesus told us to go and make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19) and that the gospel is to be preached to all (Mark 16:15). I am thankful that God calls...
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The Order of Salvation in Ephesians 1:13
Ephesians 1:13 says, In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit. Let us work through this text to...
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Richard Watson on the Extent of the Atonement
Editors Note: Wise words from Dr. Richard Watson, one of the greatest Arminian theologians ever, about the extent of the atonement of Christ. The question before us, put into its most simple form, is,...
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The Main Reason We Reject Calvinism
I have seen a few posts lately from Calvinist blogs about why people reject Calvinism. One Calvinist blogger stated that the real reason that people reject Calvinism is because we are prideful and...
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Does Arminianism Deny the Providence of God?
Here is an excellent article from the Examining Calvinism blog on the Arminian view of the providence of God. Arminius wrote the following about divine providence: I consider Divine Providence to be...
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Dr. Michael Brown vs. Dr. James White
Here is the debate between Dr. Michael Brown (Arminian) and Dr. James White (Calvinist) at Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, NC.
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