Are Christians hypocritical to support the death penalty?
Posted on Monday, April 22, 2013 under presentations • 14 comments • read it ⇒When Christians oppose abortion because it is murder, how can they then legitimately support capital punishment?
What to do when skeptics attack libertarian free will—become a Calvinist
Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2010 under presentations • 7 comments • read it ⇒This is a continuation of the discussion started with Stuart McEwing in his article ‘Openness Theology (Part Two)’, exploring the ramifications of libertarian free will, the principle of alternative possibilities; and how an Arminian theology ultimately collapses into either a Reformed or Open theology, depending on how you push it.
Determinism and the authorship of sin in Calvinism and Arminianism
Posted on Friday, August 28, 2009 under presentations • 23 comments • read it ⇒Arminians object to determinism because it makes God the “author of evil”—but does their own system avoid it? In this post, I argue that although they disagree with Calvinists about the nature of God’s sovereignty, their own theology commits them to an equally deterministic view.
On the distinction between saving and non-saving faith
Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 under presentations • no comments • read it ⇒A clarification of my previous comments regarding the difference between the belief of a saved Christian, and the belief of an unsaved reprobate.
What purpose does regeneration serve?
Posted on Friday, March 20, 2009 under presentations • 6 comments • read it ⇒What is the purpose of regeneration, if God can direct the will of man in any direction he chooses? Why must God regenerate a sinner to create faith in him—could he not just control his will so that he believes? A question from Ben at Arminian Perspectives, answered.
A simple argument for sola fide
Posted on Friday, October 24, 2008 under presentations • 2 comments • read it ⇒A brief argument which reasons from the definition of sin to the conclusion that justification can only be by faith alone, and that our works necessarily have no part in it.
The parable of the wedding feast
Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 under presentations • no comments • read it ⇒An exposition of Matthew 22:1–14: the parable of the wedding feast. This exposition focuses especially on the interpretation of the man with no wedding garment, who is bound and thrown out into the darkness, as a response to a request for such by a Roman Catholic correspondent.