election

Bring questions and objections to the doctrine of election in Calvinism. Livestream starts at 5 pm EST. Rick is my friend and I'm very interested in people, especially Arminians (i'm neutral and do not hold a strong opinion of soteriology), to show up with questions/comments/objections to the...

In the thread "what is God's criterion for election?" the consensual answer basically was "we don't know". In discussions with Calvinists, Romans 9 is probably the #1 reference. When I read Paul's conclusion in Romans 9, he thrice states that the criterion is faith: Rom 9:30 What shall we say...

"reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them", (Jeremiah 6:30). 1 Samuel 15:26, "And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel." 1 Samuel 10:24...

The Pulpit of the Reformers From the above link one may download The Pulpit of the Reformation, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, originally published in 1834 and 1835, containing some sermons of reformers. I thought I'd post an excerpt on election by Hugh Latimer, one of the Oxford martyers who paid the...

Hello to all: I thought you might like to hear a paper given at the Founders Conference a few years back on, "How the Doctrine of Election Affected the Pastoral Ministry of John A. Broadus." It can be heard here: I hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think. rd

Hello to all, I thought you might like to hear a paper presented at the Founders Conference on: "How John Broadus Embrace the Doctrine of Election." You can see it here: I hope you enjoy it? rd

NOTE: I am placing this thread in the Calvinism & Arminian Debate forum because it will invariably turn that way. I am just saving time. With Mark Corbett's thread having been closed, I want to turn the attention on how to approach scripture when a single word or phrase seems to be the central...

With all of the hoopla on social media, the news, protests at state capitals around the nation, it looks like more electors will be faithless to Hillary than to Trump. 2 faithless Trump electors out of Texas, but 4 faithless Hilary electors out of Washington state, with NV, CA, and HI yet to...