Category Archives: Answers to TULIP

Hank’s attempt to answer some common questions to Calvinism

July 28, 2007
Objections to Calvinism Part 5 of 5– also posted in Calvinism vs Arminianism, Practices

This is probably not going to be the last post in this series, because I want to address the idea of “divine rape” in God’s effectual call and irresistible grace. This fifth post is going to be on Predestination and Prayer. In Part 4, I argued that Calvinism does not hinder prayer, but that God [...]

July 21, 2007
Objections to Calvinism Part 4 of 5– also posted in Calvinism vs Arminianism

Today I want to discuss the next objection on my list, Election and Evangelism. Let me review the series so far. In the first post, I tried to distinguish historic, five-point Calvinism from hyper-Calvinism. In the second post, I showed that election in a Reformed soteriology is not a source of pride and arrogance, but [...]

July 16, 2007
Objections to Calvinism Part 3 of 5– also posted in Calvinism vs Arminianism

I am moving ahead full steam in my series on “Objections to Calvinism.” The next three posts in this series will deal with objections that I have personally encountered, mostly at Theology for the Masses. In my previous post, I examined the objection that election is a source for pride. I argued that a person [...]

July 12, 2007
Objections to Calvinism Part 2 of 5– also posted in Calvinism vs Arminianism

The first objection that I want to tackle in my series on “Objections to Calvinism” is that of Election and Pride. Now this is not an objection that has personally been raised to me. No one has actually said to me, “I am not a Calvinist because it makes you prideful and arrogant.” But I [...]

July 11, 2007
Objections to Calvinism Part 1 of 5– also posted in Calvinism vs Arminianism

I want to begin a post series trying my best to answer some objections to the doctrines of Grace that I have encountered over the last two-plus years. The ones that I will attempt to answer are these: Election leads men to be proud and arrogant because they are “elect;” Why should I pray according [...]

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