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Manhattan Declaration – Partial Roundup
Much has been said on the ‘net regarding the Manhattan Declaration. This is a partial roundup, with my brief thoughts on the thoughts of others, in no particular order (though, perhaps, there is a generally newest-to-oldest bias): 1. William Watson Birch (Arminian) Birch unsurprisingly signed. He oddly wrote: By holding hands with other followers of…
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Does God Blind the Blind?
The title of this post is the title of a post by William Watson (“Billy”) Birch who thinks that he has found a weakness in Calvinism (though, as he admits, he’s not actually responding to a Calvinist)(link to his post). His essential argument is this (I am paraphrasing): “Reformed theology says God blinds the reprobate.…
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Who is that on the Atonement? With Some Answers to Universalist Objections
(Note the term “Universalist” in the title is being used to refer to those who think died for all men universally, [like the way that B.B. Warfield uses the term] not those who believe that all men will be saved.) Today, in fact only a few minutes ago, I found this interesting discussion, from which…