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Born again prior to faith? John Piper says “Yes.” Scripture says, “No.”
Are sinners “born again” as regenerated people before they believe in Christ or even have a single, God-fearing thought? What about Cornelius, the God-fearing Gentile in Acts 10 who had developed a long-standing reputation for being a devout man who … 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
Posted in Critiquing Calvinism
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
Posted in Critiquing Calvinism
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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Charles Spurgeon: “Do something!” John Piper: “Worship is Lacking!”
In one of his sermons Charles Spurgeon gave the following charge to future preacher boys, “Brethren, do something; do something; DO SOMETHING. While Committees waste their time over resolutions, do something. While Societies and Unions are making constitutions, let us win … Continue reading
Posted in Critiquing Calvinism, Thought of the day
Tagged Calvinism, Charles Spurgeon, cognitive dissonance in Calvinism, inconsistency of Calvinism, inconsistency of Charles Spurgeon, inconsistency of John Piper, John Piper, Let the Nations be Glad! The Supremacy of God in Missions, Problems with Calvinism, problems with John Piper's theology
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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 →