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Atonement Category Error
I am sure he means well, but Panta Dokimazete gives a less than ideal title to this post (link). The less than ideal title is “Unlimited/Limited Atonement.” The post correctly states the death of Christ has a general benefit for all mankind, in that it incidentally prevents their immediate destruction. However, the term “Unlimited/Limited Atonement”…
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Calvin and Limited Atonement – Impetration Argument
Calvin never heard of the acronym “TULIP” and never argued with an Arminian. The Arminian controversy and the “five points of Calvinism” that were presented by the Reformed folks against the Arminians came after Calvin’s death. After (and perhaps because of) the Arminian controversy, there arose a smaller controversy between the Calvinists and the Amyraldians.…
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Fellow Limited Atonement Advocate
Today I happened to spot the blog of a fellow advocate of Limited Atonement. Mr. Josh Walker of the Bring the Books blog has a number of interesting posts on the Atonement. 1. Demonstrates one (of several) problems with the theory that Calvin held universal atonement. 2. Demonstrates that Charles Hodge held to Limited Atonement.…
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Ponter’s Last Stand Part II
Continued from part I (link) … Before I continue, I should point out that I had mentioned in my last post that “It’s not really clear whether Ponter understands what non-speculative hypothetical universalism is.” The expression “hypothetical universalism” is a technical term of theology that has itself had a range of meanings. I had suspected…
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William Cunningham on Several Views of the Atonement
Having posted (and, I trust, refuted) a post from a theological opponent on the atonement, I thought I would post an article from one of my theological allies. In this case, that ally is William Cunningham. In Chapter XXIV, of Cunningham’s Historical Theology (in Volume 2, beginning at page 323 of the 1864 (2d) edition),…
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One of my Theological Opponents on the Atonement
The following is a passage on the atonement from one of my theological opponents. Can you, without doing an Internet search or looking for the answer below the quotation, discover who it is? Here is what he says: What you say concerning the virtue and efficacy of the price, paid by Christ, needs a more…
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Classifying Baxter and a Free Offer to my Theological Opponents
Classifying Baxter Phillip Johnson has an article (to which Trey Austin thoughtfully directed me) in which he provides a fairly helpful and quick guide to some distinctions among Evangelical views of the order of decrees, ranging from Supralapsarianism to Arminianism. In the section on what Johnson prefers to call Amyraldism (as opposed to Amyraldianism), Johnson…
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More of Trey Austin
Well, it seems that Mr. Austin does not like the correction he has received by those he considers his Christian brethren, so much that he has fired off a massive, multi-post response. I have addressed his multiple posts as a group. 1. Opening PostIn which Trey uses a colorful analogy involving dung, while falsely claiming,…
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Ponter’s Massive Calvin Quotations – A Quick Note
I’m in the process of carefully reviewing a recent massive post by David Ponter, full of quotations from English translations of John Calvin’s writings and preachings. My initial impression upon skimming through the post was that it was simply cherry-picked quotations designed to convey Ponter’s basic thesis. Having looked into the matter a bit deeper,…
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Another Quasi-Amyraldian Attack on Dr. White
Tony Byrne (aka Ynottony) comrade-in-arms of Trey Austin and another of David Ponter‘s band of Quasi-Amyraldians (who host the misleading “Calvin and Calvinism” website), has launched a fresh attack on Dr. White’s radio debate with Steve Gregg. (link to attack piece) (Update: To be clear [and particularly since Carrie Hunter – one of David’s friends…