Category: Steve Hays

  • Steve Hays Explains Perspicuity

    Steve Hays has provided some insightful comments on the perspicuity of Scripture by analogy to street signs (link). To God be the Glory!

  • Steve Hays Responds to Francis Beckwith

    I enjoyed this article (link) from Steve Hays on Francis Beckwith and his (Francis’) peeve about the label “Roman Catholic.” To God be the Glory!

  • Hays on the Atonement

    Steve Hays at Triablogue has a succinct response to a commonly heard Wesleyan argument against limited atonement (link). To God be the Glory!

  • 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?…

  • Calvi-minians – Fatalism, Luck, and Superstition

    I’ve pointed out before that most people accept a number of Calvinistic principles in their everyday life. Young men intuitively know that wooing young ladies works and that the decisions young women make about how they will spend their time (particularly with whom) can be influenced. Young women too know that they can influence the…

  • Steve Hays Almost Blows My Cover!

    The juicy details can be found here (link). To God be the Glory!

  • Steve Hays on "Pelagian Calvinism"

    Steve Hays has provided an in-depth response to Perry Robinson’s mischaracterization of Calvinism as “Pelagian.” (link) -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!

  • Shocked, I Tell Ya

    Steve Hays reports on shocking information about yours truly (link). Tongue-in-cheek warning. -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!

  • Pharisees and Jesus – A Study in "Arminian" Logic

    First Caveat: I’m using “Arminian” here to refer to a broad range of non-Calvinists – and specifically to refer to those representative of the population of non-Calvinists that regularly criticize Calvinism. I realize that there are Arminians out there who take a very different approach. This is not directed to them. Spurred on by Triablogue’s…

  • Responses to Response to Twilight/Molinism Post

    Both Steve Hayes and TheoJunkie (TJ) have responded to my previous post (link) on the movie Twilight and Molinism. TJ wrote: But what would Joe the Plumber think? You gave a basic premise statement regarding Molinism… can you provide a corresponding direct basic premise statement regarding Calvinism? Your post hints at it, but does not…