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GodIsMyJudge on Sola Scriptura
I’m not sure he actually disagrees with me, but William Birch has posted an article by GodIsMyJudge on Sola Scriptura, in which GodIsMyJudge distinguishes his explanation from mine. Enjoy! -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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Arminius’ Supposed Impact on Calvinism
Dan (aka GodIsMyJudge) has provided a post alleging another impact of Arminius on Calvinism (link to his post). The first part of his post I’ll pass over, since I feel my previous post (link to my previous post) has adequately addressed that issue. However, Dan states: TF notes well the WCF is open to supra,…
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Dan on Pluperfects Again
I had previously pointed out how Dan was misunderstanding the pluperfect tense as applied to Acts 13:48 (link). Unfortunately, Dan does not listen to me and has chosen instead to prove by his actions how a little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing (link). Dan thinks I’m mistaken and provides the following evidence:…
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Arminius’ Impact on Calvinism
Dan (“GodIsMyJudge”) has an interesting post in honor of the 400th anniversary of Arminius’ death (link). One criticism I have, is that I think he overstates the significance of the infralapsarian wording of Dordt’s discussion of election. In fact, one could walk away from GodIsMyJudge’s post thinking that Arminius was an infralapsarian Calvinist who prevailed…
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Common Man Argument for Libertarian Free Will (rebutted)
Paul Manata has an interesting, if somewhat philosophical, post that seems to sum up most of the major arguments responsive to the “Common Man” Libertarian Free Will (LFW) argument (link). It’s a good article, and I encourage folks who think that there is some merit to the “common man” argument for LFW to read it…
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The Potter or the Carpenter
God is the potter and we are the clay. He sovereignly determines who to form as vessels of wrath and whom to form as vessels of mercy. Both in some sense show forth the love of God: while the former show his patience and longsuffering, the latter show the forth the full richness of his…
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Springboarding off of Hays Against Molinism
Background:Steve Hays (Calvinist) wrote: God’s freedom is sui generis. It doesn’t fall into either model of human agent theory, whether libertarian or determinist. GodIsMyJudge (Molinist) wrote: Determinate and indeterminate seem like mutually exclusive and exhaustive categories. Are you suggesting there is some third category we don’t know about or perhaps this is a logical paradox?…
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More Response to Godismyjudge
Godismyjudge (GIMJ) has responded again (link). My reply, for the few still interested, follows. *** I previously wrote: That we are not the reason God chooses us has nothing to do with determinism. GIMJ responded: “I think most folks would disagree with this statement, but I will let them decide that and won’t argue this…
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More on Calvinism and Determinism – Disambiguated
Godismyjudge (GIMJ) has provided a new entry in our on-going discussion on Calvinism, Molinism, and “determinism.” (link) For those interested in that discussion (perhaps only GIMJ), I’ve responded below. GIMJ wrote: Turretinfan responded to my post on Calvinism and Determinism. (link) The purpose of my post was to point out that Calvinists are determinists and…
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Calvinism and Determinism: a Response
Godismyjudge (GIMJ) has provided a post with the title “Calvinism and Determinism,” in which his thesis is: “It seems Calvinism is simply determinism in the context of soteriology.” (source) I have a number of reactions to this sort of comment: 1) Let’s suppose the thesis is correct. Then what? Applying the label “determinism” to Calvinism…