Tag Archive for Arminianism

The Incoherence of Liberation Free Will

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I do not believe the concept of Libertarian Free Will has any philosophical or theological coherence. My purpose in this article is to lay out the contrast between Libertarian Free Will and the Biblical view often referred to as Compatibilist Free Will.

I want to ensure, especially when discussing this particular topic, that the terms I use are well defined up front. This will hopefully prevent the reader from falling into the danger of assuming his own definitions and therefore miss the impact of what is being said or develop a misconception of what is being communicated. Human beings, due to their fallen state (1 Corinthians 2:14, Romans 8:7-8), will invariably bring their own assumptions of their own abilities to a discussion of the will and therefore already have preconceived notions of what it means to “will” something. Clearly defining these terms as used in this article will hopefully allow me to more quickly get to the root of the issues addressed and the reader gains more benefit.

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LBM Podcast 0052 – Book recommendations. upcoming debate and two articles reviewed

FacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailIn this episode Jason discusses some books that he recommends all Christians read. He discussed the upcoming debate with Paul Pavao on the doctrine of Perseverance of the Saints. Jason reviews an article by Conrad Murrell on Christian Government. Conrad’s makes many of the same mistakes that New Covenant theologians and Anabaptists make when it comes to the law of God. After that he goes into an article by Jeff Robinson entitled Meet a Reformed Arminian.

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Christian Government – Conrad Murrell

Meet a Reformed Arminian – Jeff Robinson

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LBM Podcast 0039 – Does Regeneration Precede Faith and Is God the Author of Evil?

FacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailJason first goes through the Bible and demonstrates that regeneration precedes faith. Faith and believing in Jesus is the result of being born again. Jason then discusses whether God is the author of evil in reformed theology.

 

 

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Does Regeneration Precede Faith?

Is God the Author of Evil?

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LBM Podcast 0033 – The Calvinist and Arminian debate that never happened and Kent Hovind’s KJV-onlyism

FacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailIn this episode Jason discusses a recent interaction he had with an Arminian by the name of Andy who posted some disparaging comments about Calvinism on the logicalbelief.org blog. Jason challenged Andy to defend his comments on the Podcast. The ensuing email conversation is both educational and entertaining. The show is closed out with a brief discussion on Kent Hovind’s video response to an email written by Jason challenging his KJV-Onlyism position.

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Kent Hovind’s response to my email

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Is Calvinism Biblical?

FacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailWhat is Calvinism? Calvinism is the term that has taken on the meaning that God is sovereign in salvation. Sometimes it is referred to as Reformed Theology, the Doctrines of Grace, Augustinianism, Wyclifism, Pauline Theology, etc. Throughout the history of the Christian Church, one form or another of these doctrines has been taught. There have been slight nuances between the different perspectives but the primary tenets of the doctrines have been consistent. Calvinism is named after the Geneva, Switzerland Reformer John Calvin (1509-1564). This is unfortunate as those who have read Calvin know that were he alive today he would be opposed to having these doctrines named after him. He was much too humble of a man to have accepted such an honor. Most of those that impugn the character of Calvin have not read any of what he has written.

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