June 15, 2012
Category: Universalism and Calvinism
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…
“Jacob I Loved-Esau I Hated” by George Sarris
God blessed me with good parents, and I will be forever grateful to Him for that. They were certainly not perfect – they had the…
“ALL Worship, ALL Glory to God!”
Sometimes the truth is so close we can’t see it. Paul says in Romans 10:8 that, ” ‘The word is near you; it is in…
The Purpose and Plan of the Divine Marriage by “Kate MacDonald”
As I reflect on the role of the elect in God’s plan of redemption for the world I am astounded by how it is ever…
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…
