Tag Archives: Soteriology
- June 27, 2008
- I Do Not Permit a Calvinist to Use “Permit” Language– also tagged Arminianism, Calvinism, Calvinist, Calvinists, Cause God, Christ Shine, compatibilistic freedom, Confession Of Faith, Desire, determinism, Divine Justice, Eternity, Evil Mind, Evils, Free will, Glory Of Christ, God Didn, Holy Counsel, John Calvin, John Piper, libertarian freedom, Rhetoric, Scripture, Suggestion, Theology, Westminster Confession Of Faith, Wise God
Often when discussing Calvinism with my Reformed friends, I hear them use language like “God allowed/permitted sin.” This kind of rhetoric seems strange, though, coming from a group of people who believe, as the Westminster Confession of Faith says, that “God from all eternity did by the most wise and holy counsel of his own [...]
- November 25, 2007
- Question of the Day: Christians and Government– also tagged Christians, Distributive Justice, Domination, Faith, Focus, Freedom, Imperative, Interact, Kingdom Of God, Participation In Government, Participatory Government, People, Question Of The Day, Rejection, Sacred Texts, Vote
If we accept, which I do, Tom’s rejection of the soteriology of the State, how should Christians interact with the government? I don’t see a scriptural imperative, as the situation of a participatory government as we Americans have currently did not exist during the writing of our set of sacred texts. Given that [...]
- November 6, 2007
- The Peace of Christ and the Soteriology of the State– also tagged American Way Of Life, Caesar, Christians, Circumstances, Consumerism, Democracy, Desires, Goa, God, Jesus, Justification, Peace, Possibilities, Republican, State Violence, Submission, Terrorism, War Rhetoric, Way Of Life
Violence is the default reality of our society. We assume violence. We consume violence. We trust violence. It is our default reality because we can see no other alternative to defeating evil in many circumstances. We run to it before considering other possibilities. We flee to violence because it offers us protection and preservation. Indeed, [...]
- July 21, 2007
- Objections to Calvinism Part 4 of 5– also tagged 1 Corinthians 1, Arrogance, Bethsaida, Capernaum, Evangelism, Five Point Calvinism, Heaven And Earth, Heaven Earth, Holiness, Holy Spirit, Kingdom Of God, Luke Records, Obedience, Objection, Prayer Of Jesus, Romans 9, Two Witnesses, Unbelief, Woes
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 12, 2007
- Objections to Calvinism Part 2 of 5– also tagged 1 Corinthians 1, Adverse Effect, Arrogance, Calvinist, Doctrines Of Grace, God Man, Marvel, Missing The Point, Objection, Objections, Passages, Pedestal, Pride, Reprobate, Romans 9, Scripture, Unconditional Election, Website Help
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 [...]