The Castle Church Door

Martin said:Actually, whilst it may not be readily apparent, every man relies on a warrant to believe - although since, no man fully grasps all the implications and nuances of the gospel when they first believe, the details of the warrant may vary from person to person. But every person who puts their faith in Christ, must have reason to believe that God would show them mercy else ...

JNorm said:The E.O. view is very similar to the Arminian one. Yes, we know. Another reason Arminians should reconsider their theological position.LFW is free will.LFW = Free WILLSays who? Other than demonstrating that he can capitalize and press the "Enter" key, JNorm has done nothing to make his case. His original complaint was that Calvinists do not affirm "free will." No, we don't ...

Revelation 20 gives us some answers:8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.v. 8 forgot, "and all infants." What's that!?, you say.Well, in discussions between Arminians and Calvinists, the Arminian likes to rail against compatibilism. "If an act ...

Reppert re-published an old post where he argues that Calvinism can't solve the problem of evil. There's not much to respond to since I already undercut or rebut his major premises. There's been no response as of yet. In any event, I'll offer a couple quick comments to some of his other complaints:"Now a lot of responses to the problem of evil employ two themes. One of those ...

Some LFWers (and some atheists) here raised the objection of theological fatalism for the Calvinist (though we escape that by denyingt eh LFW premise).We raised the objection that exhaustive, traditionally conceived views of God's foreknowledge actually puts the LFWer in the predicament.They danced around that with the Boethian shuffle.We shoot back with the Dr. Sudduth bazooka."It seems that divine timelessness, rather than providing a way to reconcile foreknowledge ...