Post-Reformation Sunday Resources »

It’s after midnight, so I guess this is Post-Reformation Sunday. Well, anyway… After attending Providence Reformed Baptist Church of the Black Hills this morning, I went to the evening service at Black Hills Community Church where I heard a wonderful sermon on Titus 3 and the principles of the Reformation by Pastor “Wes” White. How [...]

God’s Sovereignty in Salvation and the Best Possible World »

“As a loving God, God wants as many people as possible to be freely saved and as few as possible to be lost. His goal, then, is to achieve an optimal balance between these, to create no more of the lost than are necessary to attain a certain number of the saved. It is possible [...]

2010 Calvinism for the 21st Century Conference Review »

The conference went well, as did my presentation “Calvin, Bavinck, and 21st Century views of Inerrancy” (audio is here, video and text are still processing). Though, I have much to learn in terms of being concise and effective during question and answer sessions (I’ve been telling myself a hundred times “I should have said _____!”). [...]

Clarifying Calvinism, and Introductory Materials »

“Why do Calvinists continually insist on calling me an Armenian? Are they really that poorly read that they don’t know that pretty much all of Christianity holds to the Biblical notion that man does in fact have libertarian freedom except for Calvinism?” This was posted today after this mornings debate invitation. The “Calvinists” in this [...]

The Arminian Engineereth, Speaketh »

Quite of bit of controversy (or at least online traffic) has stirred since Wes called in to AOmin’s Dividing Line Webcast a couple weeks ago. He was promoting molinism, or “middle knowledge,” as he continues to do on his website ReasontoStand.org. Wes has recently decided to switch gears and take aim at Reformed theology. He [...]

Creation Science, Genesis 1, and Calvin »

My former Biology Professor, Dr. Tony Jelsma, who also drives the BioTechnology program as the Chair of Biology at Dordt College, recently wrote a fabulous article entitled “Is Creation Science Reformed?” He’s done postdoctoral research in England and Montreal Canada before teaching at Atlantic Baptist University. Dr. Jelsma has one of the most experienced, insightful, [...]