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Tag Archives: calvinism vs. arminianism
Was Paul unconditionally called? Paul did not think so and here is why.
Recently I saw something I never noticed before about Paul’s calling. Many Calvinists say Paul is an example of God’s unconditional salvation because he was a persecuting murdering. Moreover they say Paul’s call into ministry was likewise unconditonal and could … Continue reading
Romans 9-11 Part 3: The hardening and blinding of national Israel
Romans 9–11 Part 3: The Hardening and Blinding of National Israel By StriderMTB How should we understand the hardening and blinding of Romans 11:7-8? Romans 9-11 Part 1 can be found here. Romans 9-11 Part 2 can be found … Continue reading
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Tagged arminian election and predestination, Arminian free-will defended, Calvinism, Calvinism and evil, Calvinism and sovereignty, Calvinism incoherence, Calvinism Inconsistency, Calvinism ordaining sin, Calvinism refuted, calvinism vs. arminianism, Christianity, Paul and Romans 9, Romans 9
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Romans 9-11 Part 2: The Thriving of Arminianism
Romans 9-11 Part 2: The Thriving of Arminianism and Declining of Calvinism By StriderMTB Introduction: Why is the gospel “first to the Jew” if (according to Calvinism) God hardened Jews so that they would not believe the gospel? At the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arminian interpretation Romans 9, Arminian response to Calvinism Romans 9, Arminianism defended Romans 9-11, Arminianism Romans 9, Calvinism, Calvinism and sovereignty, Calvinism ordaining sin, Calvinism refuted, Calvinism Romans 9-11, calvinism vs. arminianism, Rebutting Calvinism, Romans 9
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The Folly of Doing Theology in an Echo Chamber: A Thorough Examination of Piper’s “Two-Wills of God” View
The Folly of Doing Theology in an Echo Chamber: A Thorough Examination of Piper’s “Two Wills of God” View By Strider MTB *Permission is freely granted to share this article in its entirety or in portions. My friends call me … Continue reading
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Tagged Arminian free-will defended, Biblical sovereignty, Calvinism, Calvinism and evil, Calvinism and sovereignty, Calvinism Inconsistency, Calvinism theodicy, calvinism vs. arminianism, Critiquing John Piper, Dark side of Calvinism, debate on Calvinism, Debating Arminian theology vs. Calvinism, debunking Calvinism, Does God have two wills?, God’s will of command and will of decree, John Piper, John Piper God has two wills, Rebutting John Piper’s two wills of God, Responding to John Piper’s God’s two wills, Why John Piper is wrong
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A Critique of John Piper’s Theodicy: Calvinism’s Cognitive Dissonance. Part 4
John Piper, a passionate preacher much to be admired in many ways, expends no small amount of effort zealously seeking to discredit Arminianism or any belief he feels threatens divine truth–or at least his version of it. Curiously no matter … Continue reading
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Tagged Calvinism and evil, Calvinism ordaining evil, Calvinism theodicy, calvinism vs. arminianism, Critiquing John Piper, Dark side of Calvinism, debunking Calvinism, debunking John Piper, defending arminianism, John Piper theodicy, Problems with Calvinism, Refuting Calvinism, refuting John Piper
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A Critique of John Piper’s Theodicy: Are We God’s Evil Contract Assassins? Part 3
In my last post I ended saying that the key error of the Piper Theodicy is assuming that all acts—including all acts of moral evil are intended acts by the divine will via God’s exhaustive decrees. Rather than stop at the biblical … Continue reading
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Tagged Arminian free-will defended, Calvinism and evil, Calvinism debunked, calvinism vs. arminianism, Calvinism's Inconsistency, Critiquing John Piper Theology, Dark side of Calvinism, Debating Arminian theology vs. Calvinism, Debunking John Piper Calvinism, Defending free-will against Calvinism, Jonathan Edwards theology
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A Critique of John Piper’s Theodicy: “Is God Morally Color-Blind?” Part 2
If anyone has read the works of John Piper, Jonathan Edwards or any mainstream Calvinist you know that they are committed to the view that God’s sovereignty means God has exhaustively decreed every act of men (and demons), such that … Continue reading
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Tagged Calvinism and evil, Calvinism debunked, Calvinism theodicy, calvinism vs. arminianism, Calvinism's Inconsistency, Critiquing John Piper, Dark side of Calvinism, Debating Arminian theology vs. Calvinism, defending arminianism, free-will, John Piper and Calvinism, John Piper quotes
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Debate on Calvinistic Compatibilism. Part 2 Matt Responds
Hi Derek, thanks for dropping by. You are right I won’t bother answering all your questions I think I counted 19. As the quotes highlight and basic logic dictats Calvinistic ordination collapses into causal determinism. A molinist like William Lane Craig … Continue reading
Debate on Calvinistic Compatibilism Part 1: Derek’s Challenge
After posting up a number of quotes from mainstream Calvinists (which can be found HERE) I entered into a dialogue/debate with a fellow brother in the Lord named Derek. Derek is a Calvinist and interpretes God’s sovereignty and man’s free-will … Continue reading
Posted in Debating Calvinistic Compatibilism
Tagged calvinism vs. arminianism, compatibilism, debate on Calvinism, debate on compatibilism, debate on free-will, debating Calvinism vs. Arminianism, debunking Calvinism compatibilism, defending Arminianism free-will, free-will vs. compatibilism
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A Theology in Tension 
1 John 5:10-11 The Death Knell of Calvinism
1 John 5:10-11 states: “Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. And this … Continue reading →