June 29, 2012
Category: Universalism and Arminianism
Dr. Tim Keller Answers Like An Arminian Regarding Eternal Hell
The following 6 minute video (although you get the point in about 2 minutes) exposes the difficulty that Calvinists have in defending an eternal hell…
Have You Considered the Power of Divine Romance?
Does God “force” His salvation on people and make them love Him like a “Stepford Wife”? Or does He just provide all that He can…
Roger Olson: “Calvinism Leads to Universalism”
Okay, maybe Calvinism doesn’t lead to universalism inexorably–as if every Calvinist must become a universalist. However, many leading universalist theologians are/were Reformed and believed that…
D. A. Carson’s “Blessed Conundrum”
CONUNDRUM: “a confusing and difficult problem or question.” D. A. Carson as a neo-Calvinist reflects a theology in the tradition of Dutch theologian and Prime…
Roger Olson: “Universalism is Leap of Optimism”
“I would have to wonder how a God of love can enjoy love from creatures that is not given freely. Of course, someone might…
Does “Unlimited Atonement” Make You a Universalist?
The doctrine most contested within Calvinism is that of the “Limited Atonement” or “Particular Redemption.” This has produced the myriad of “four-point Calvinists” or the…
J. I. Packer’s Intro to John Owen’s Death of Death in the Death of Christ
I read J. I. Packer’s Introduction to John Owen’s Death of Death in the Death of Christ as I was being challenged out of my…
The “All Without Distinction vs. Exception” Argument
I was asked recently about the reformed explanation of the word “all”. Calvinists maintain that the word “all” rarely means every human being that ever…
