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Tag: Calvinism

  • The Potter's Freedom (Cont'd)

    Earlier, I posted a response to some reviews of one of Dr. Geisler’s books. It has come to my attention that there are even more reviews of Geisler’s Chosen But Free, by a group of students who seem to be unaware of the rebuttal of this work in The Potter’s Freedom. 8. The Lovely Insights…

  • The Potter's Freedom: a Response to Chosen But Free

    I see that Ergun Caner has asked his Theology 202 class to provide on-line book reviews of Norman Geisler’s “Chosen but Free.” I’ve had a chance to read many of the reviews. Let me provide some thoughts in response. But before I do, let me say that I hope Dr. Caner has encouraged his student’s…

  • Men Only Gain Judgment By Opposing God's Will

    One of my fellow pseudonymous bloggers, “diglot,” has posted a response to one of my co-blogger’s articles. The response is titled: “Matt. 23:37 and the Calvinism/Arminian Debate,” and addresses Jamin Hubner’s article on the Team Apologian blog, “Matthew 23:37: Misquoted by Arminians (and Calvinists?)“ Diglot’s response to the article is to say, in effect, that…

  • Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart – Debate with Louis Ruggiero aka LouRugg

    The following is a transcript of a debate that took place in October 2009, between Louis Ruggiero and myself (TurretinFan) (link to WMA format recording of debate)(link to mp3 recording of debate). Mr. Ruggiero is a non-Calvinist, as is the moderator, kalmotzah (I’m not sure her real name). I took the Calvinist position. Matthew Lankford…

  • Resources: "This Week in Calvinism"

    Lee Shelton IV posts (generally weekly) an item he calls “This Week in Calvinism” (link to the series). It covers interesting posts on Calvinism, including criticisms of Calvinism. My understanding is that he uses “Calvinism” quite broadly; where or not I’m mistaken in my understanding, his round-up posts are enjoyable. To God be the Glory!

  • Curt Daniel's Thesis: Hyper-Calvinism and John Gill

    Fred Butler had asked for my opinion of Dr. Daniel’s doctoral thesis (March, 1983) on the topic of John Gill and Hyper-Calvinism (the title simply reads: “Hyper-Calvinism and John Gill”). As I mentioned to him immediately, I have a copy of the thesis, but I’m not read to give my full opinion of it. Nevertheless,…

  • 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…

  • Misunderstanding Calvin's Legacy

    I was disappointed to discover the linked article (link) in which the “Reformed leader” (so called in the article) identified wheat he saw as three important aspects of Calvin’s legacy: 1. Ecumenism 2. Social Justice 3. The Environment Now, I should point out that the “Reformed leader” did recognize that (for example), John Calvin could…

  • The Importance of Irenaeus

    An anonymous reader asked: Why are the witings of St. Irenaeus now so suddenly important[?] I thought that his relics were sacked by the Calvinists becaused he was alleged to be a heretic, ie., he is a proponent of Free Will and that his other writings do not support TULIP. The importance of Irenaeus is…

  • Further Response to Dyer

    Dyer has produced a further response (link) and my response to him is below. Dyer wrote: “1. Turretinfan is at it again, in an audio response to my audio response, found here. To begin with, he says I mischaracterize the reformed position according to Charles Hodge about Jesus suffering the wrath of God, which is…