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The Good Electrician: An Illustrated look at Soteriology
Both Calvinists and Arminians hold that forgiveness of sins and eternal life come through faith in Jesus Christ. However they offer very different descriptions of how God’s grace works in salvation and...
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Blogging through Grace for All: Defining your Terms
We are reading and blogging through the book Grace for All: The Arminian Dynamics of Salvation (Amazon). Originally the plan was to start with chapter 1, but some SEA members suggested that we start...
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Blogging through Grace for All: The God at the Center
The first article in Grace For All is written by Roger Olson (blog), one of the most vocal theologians representing an Arminian view of God’s sovereignty and soteriology. Arminian Theology: Myths and...
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8 of the Best Features of Calvinism (or Christianity)?
Tim Challies, noted author and blogger, wrote a post called “8 Features of the Best Kind of Calvinism“. In this post he examines Ian Hamilton’s new short booklet What Is Experiential Calvinism?...
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Blogging through Grace for All: Universal Grace
The second article in Grace For All is written by Vernon C. Grounds, the former president of Denver Seminary (cf. Olson’s tribute). In his essay, Grounds explores God’s universal grace that offers...
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Blogging through Grace for All: Evil is a tough pill to swallow when one...
Glen Shellrude, Professor of New Testament at Alliance Theological Seminary (link, blog) offers us, what may be the longest titled article in Grace For All, “Calvinistic and Problematic Readings of the...
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Grace for All: The Wideness of God’s Mercy
Nothing in human history testifies to the wideness of God’s mercy or the breadth of his love like the atoning death of Christ. So begins chapter 4 of Grace for All, in which we are presented with both...
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Grace for All: Conditional Election
Despite the terms “predestination” and “election” being quite controversial today in theological circles, Jack Cottrell (blog), Professor of Theology at Cincinnati Christian University, starts off his...
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Grace for All: Grace is Personal
The essay … The Spirit of Grace, was originally written by William G. MacDonald (link) and was edited by John D. Wagner. The authors present a challenge to any theologian, one that is probably not...
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Choosing a name for your view of Soteriology (Infographic)
Filed under: Church History, Theology Tagged: Arminianism, Calvinism, faith, Grace, Infographic, soteriology
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Grace for All: Predestination in the New Testament (Is it one big script?)
In the last post blogging through the book, Grace for All, we saw David Clines present to us the big picture of how one might understand predestination in the Old Testament. In this post I. Howard...
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Grace for All: John Wesley challenges Reformers on Reprobation
Just as Pinson examined the theology of Arminius Grace for All, Vic Reasoner explores the theology of John Wesley. Reasoner is the president of Southern Methodist College (link) and an author, having...
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Grace for All: The Problem is Proof Texting and the Solution is…
“Exegetical Notes on Calvinist Texts” is the next essay in Grace for All. It is written by Grant R. Osborne, professor of New Testament at TEDS (link). Osborne is also a prolific author, having written...
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Free Grace for All (Seussical)
What if Dr. Seuss entered the debate on Calvinism & Arminianism? It might go something like this… Grace for all Grace for all That grace for all! That grace for all! I do not like that grace at...
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Grace for All: Paul, the Potter, and Perspective? (Romans 9)
This post is a part of a series that is examining each essay in the recently published book Grace for All. Dr. James D. Strauss, who passed in 2014, was Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Lincoln...
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Does God want all to be saved? A response to Dr. Kruger.
Dr. Kruger is the President and Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS). His interests in the formation of the NT canon and the early history of the...
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Is Faith a Gift?
Faith, we all know that without it we can’t please God, nor can we have eternal life. It is through faith that we are placed in Christ and it is in Him that we receive every spiritual blessing. But...
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Why doesn’t God present the Gospel so all will believe?
Came across an old post (2006) by Sam Storms today as I was drinking my coffee. Storms, a Calvinist and contributor to Parchment & Pen, notes that the two traditions – Calvinism and Arminianism –...
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Measure of Faith
Does God's distributing a measure of faith in Romans 12 mean that saving faith is a gift? Continue reading →
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What is the Full Gospel according to Calvinism?
In an interview, posted in October on the Desiring God site, John Piper was asked: Can an Arminian preach the gospel effectively — Christ and him crucified? This question was prompted by Charles...
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