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On Freedom In Choices – Response to "Orthodox"
I had written: The fact that men do make choices, and that some of those decisions are free, does not mean that they are free in the sense required by Arminian, Molinist, or Open Theist interpreters. “Orthodox” responded: If you admit that some decisions are free, you have a lot of work to do to…
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Semi-Pelagianism According to Schaff
Occasionally people will complain that the term “semi-pelagianism” gets thrown around too freely. As an antidote, here are some comments from noted historian Philip Schaff: Semi-Pelagianism is a somewhat vague and indefinite attempt at reconciliation, hovering midway between the sharply marked systems of Pelagius and Augustine, taking off the edge of each, and inclining now…
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Thoughts on Free Will
Dear Non-Calvinist Reader, As you think about your views on free will, here is something to consider: There is a future, one future, and only one future. What that future is, is already known to God and to those to whom God has revealed it. Their knowledge of the future cannot (present tense) be otherwise,…
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Truth in Labeling: Aminianism, Amyraldianism, and Hyper-Calvinism
It’s no secret that the present generation of young Christians in America have an increased interest in the doctrines of grace, commonly referred to as Calvinism. These doctrines generally teach the absolute sovereignty of God. They reject man’s absolute autonomy, in favor of an autonomy that is compatibly with absolute sovereignty. They declare monergism: the…