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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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Responses to Three Common Objections to Calvinism
The following is a response to three common objections to Calvinism that are made by non-Calvinists. As mentioned below, these are not objections that everyone could make (for example, one calls into question the doctrine of original sin), but they are objections that frequently are made, and to which an answer should be ready. There…
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Challenge to J.C. Thibodaux
Those who have been following along at Triablogue may be aware of a non-Reformed writer who has presented what he calls a challenge to Reformed theology. To summarize the challenge, he believes that these three passages pose a problem for Reformed theology: Matthew 5:27-30;Hebrews 4:9-11; andRevelation 22:18-19. His reasoning is that Reformed theology denies that…
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Reconciling Arminian Decrees – Continued
My first post was here. Dan’s first response was here.My second post was here. Now, Dan has responded (full response here). I address his new comments below. I had written: since the first decree [that Christ should die, making men savable] does not include any decree for application of the benefit of Christ’s death, it…
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Calvinist Free Will at Work
This interesting video, which I found thanks to the JollyBlogger, provides an excellent illustration of the fact that man’s will chooses according to reasons, which call “causes.” We would not say that the men in this video were forced to choose the advertising scheme they selected, nevertheless, their choices were clearly not free in a…
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Calvinistic Prayer and Combined Bets
I enjoy reading philosophical articles, and this one (link) about combining bets happened to crosspolinate with some thoughts I had been having regarding prayer. There are certainly differences, but there are some interesting similarities. You see, before something occurs, we – like David when his son was dying – may pray passionately for a particular…
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Another Calvinistic Jewel in the Apostolic Fathers
CAVEAT: “Calvinistic” is an anachronism. Calvin wasn’t born yet. The proper chronological way to describe the situation is to say that Calvin was being Ignatian — or (better yet) that both Calvin and Ignatius were being Scriptural. As I was concluding my reading of one book of selections the apostolic fathers, I read through the…
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Gems of Calvinism from the Early Church: Ignatius
CAVEAT: “Calvinistic” is an anachronism. Calvin wasn’t born yet. The proper chronological way to describe the situation is to say that Calvin was being Ignatian — or (better yet) that both Calvin and Ignatius were being Scriptural. In my reading of the Apostolic Fathers, another gem from the Apostolic Fathers caught my eye, this one…
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Miscellaneous Responses to Orthodox
A while back (this post has been three months, thirteen days in the making), Orthodox offered a set of comments that I never fully responded to. I take this opportunity to do so. Legend: MP (Me, i.e. TurretinFan, Previously); O (Orthodox); G (Gene Bridges) and TF (TurretinFan)MP: A command is not an offer. The imperative…
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Monergism vs. Synergism Discussion
In the video below, Dr. James White discusses monergist salvation with a synergist. http://www.youtube.com/v/iZYKJPfSXAY&rel=1 I mostly agree with Dr. White’s answers. However, as to the answer regarding the burning house, I’d have something else to say. The analogy about the burning house is inaccurate, because the synergist does not assert that total passivity is the…