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• The Old Testament Takes On Determinism

  
  The Arminian — Authority: 115
  "I dont see how anyone could read the Old Testament and not conclude that Calvinism is right," was the assessment of one Calvinist professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary . By "Calvinism" he means the theory of God’s exhaustive predeterminism of all things by decree. 1 This professor was ...
  4 days ago

• Preach Reprobation and Preach it Hard!

  
  Arminian Perspectives — Authority: 89
  As I noted in my previous post , according to Jesus, far more will be lost than saved (Matt. 7:13, 14).  In Calvinism this can only mean that God has reprobated from eternity far more than He has elected to save.  According to Calvinism, God’s reprobation of most of humanity is “for His glory”.  From this it ...
  1 week ago

• Three debates on Calvinism, Molinism and middle knowledge

  
  Wintery Knight — Authority: 553
  Last month, I posted a philosophical debate on God and morality/purpose and a scientific/philosophical debate on God’s existence and a scientific/philosophical debate on abortion . This time it’s 3 debates featuring a Calvinist debater and a foreknowledge debater. These debates are incredibly good and very ...
  1 week ago

• Will Computers Ever Really Be Conscious and Intelligent?

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 114
  Philosopher John Searle thinks not. _____ And literary critic  Stanley Fish , writing in the New York Times , appears to agree with Searle, offering the following as a key distinction between himself and a computer: [I]ts procedures do not track my practice. I am not self-consciously generating a pattern ...
  2 weeks ago

• Challenging genetic determinism

  
  Solution Focused Change? Doing What Works — Authority: 405
  I have written a few posts before about how the old view of genetic and environmental influence on behavior isnt valid. In Bye bye genetic determinism I wrote about Chapter 2 of David Shenks The Genius in All of Us: Why Everything Youve Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Is Wrong . It said that the popular ...
  2 weeks ago

• Future of Learning Content

  
  Disparate — Authority: 92
  If indeed Apple plans to announce not just more affordable textbook options for students, but also more interactive, immersive ebook experiences… Forecasting next week’s Apple education event  (Dan Moren and Lex Friedman for Macworld) I’m still in catchup mode (was sick during the break), but it’s hard to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mark A. Rathel on the Calvinist-Arminian divide in the Southern Baptist Convention by Peter Lumpkins

  
  SBC Tomorrow — Authority: 456
  Dr. Mark Rathel is Associate Professor of Theology and Philosophy at The Baptist College of Florida. Rathel is a graduate of William Carey (B.A.), New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div, Ph.D), and Biola University (M.A.) >>> The Florida Baptist Witness plans to publish a 12 Part series by Dr. Rathel ...
  2 weeks ago

• Quantum Ethics

  
  A Myth in Creation: Awais Aftab's Blog — Authority: 106
  Emanuel Derman in his post To me you’re a wave, but to myself I’m sometimes a particle compares moral behavior with the wave/particle duality in Quantum Mechanics. Just as behavior of matter can simultaneously be viewed as being a wave or a particle, he says that behavior of humans can simultaneously be viewed ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Calvinism that Grows in Elfland

  
  The Arminian — Authority: 115
  In a recent post, Calvinist John Piper admitted that he is convinced G.K. Chestertons conception of Calvinism was deficient (also found on Justin Taylors blog Between Two Worlds ). Chesterton, according to Piper, hated not Calvinism but rationalism. Piper believes that the "most fruitful tree that grows in Elfland is ...
  3 weeks ago

• Saturday Devotion: Arminius on Contingency

  
  The Arminian — Authority: 115
  Arminius was charged as holding that all things without qualification are contingent -- even God and His actions. Contingency may be defined or conceptualized as an event that is dependent upon conditions or occurrences that are not yet established (thus conditional); an event being liable to occur but not with ...
  4 weeks ago

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