Philosophy

Summary: In the movie “Calvinist” several interlocutors take the position of irresistible grace , which they take to mean that regeneration logically precedes faith in the process of salvation. In this article, I demonstrate that they commit several logical fallacies in their argumentation. I show that the text used to support irresistible grace does not fulfill the necessary conditions for irresistible grace. Moreover, I argue that the Calvinists misrepresent the Arminian po

is the latest book by Steven Kozak , Executive Director of Awana Youth Ministries and a fellow alum of the Christian Apologetics program at Biola University. He oversaw the creation of the fantastic Advocates apologetics curriculum and the forthcoming evangelism-focused Witnesses . Steve obviously has a passion for apologetics and bringing truth to the next generation, all of which has culminated in this book. addresses the full spectrum of Christian apologetics: why apolo

Summary: Although the apologist James White has argued against Molinism by accusing it of denigrating the sovereignty of God, failing to countenance the card-dealer objection, and being unbiblical, this essay will demonstrate that White’s arguments seem to be poorly elaborated and are invalid. Moreover, White fails to provide any meaningful alternative that makes sense of all of the Biblical data in comparison to Molinism. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esNDmGT3Ew0

Before I devoted my life to the ministry of defense (apologetics), I spent most of my time studying self-defense and martial arts. When I was twelve years old (back in the mid 80s) I started studying Tae Kwon Do. In my college years I earned a black belt in Karate, and after that I studied Jiu-jitsu. I eventually incorporated all of them together (and more) and competed (and coached many others) in Mixed Martial Arts for several years. Surprisingly, studying martial arts ove

Middle knowledge is a concept that describes how God sovereignly operates in time with free agents. These days, many individuals attempt to claim what innovative theologians say about the theological concepts they espouse with little interaction with the actual theologian. I think it is imperative that individuals engage with primary sources as much as it is possible. As a Ph.D. student, I am finding the importance of this practice as essential. So, what does Luis de Molina,

A lo largo de este tiempo hemos intentado presentar ante el mundo de habla hispana la idea del Molinismo y el Conocimiento Medio como una alternativa a las posturas clásicas como el Arminianismo y el Calvinismo dentro del Cristianismo. Sin embargo, varias veces nos hemos encontrado con objeciones y hemos intentado responder a ellas intentando clarificar las perspectivas que los objetores atacan ya que no representan correctamente lo que es el Molinismo. Tal es el caso nuevam

Los molinistas al dar su caso sobre el Molinismo muchas veces son criticados por su falta de apoyo bíblico en sus afirmaciones, principalmente a la hora de afirmar la libertad humana en un sentido libertario o libertariano. En este blog mi tarea es probar el Conocimiento Medio de Dios a través de los Contrafácticos de la Libertad Criatural (CLC), el cual estos están fundamentados bíblicamente y a la vez, pruebo la existencia de libertad humana libertariana; ya que Dios necesa

One of the most well-known New Testament scholars to graduate from Moody Bible Institute is Bart Ehrman. He has a powerful influence over many young minds today as he is a professor at the University of North Carolina and has written many best sellers about Jesus. What is surprising, however, is that Ehrman is not a Christian! In fact, he has made claims suggesting that he is a happy agnostic who leans toward atheism. Although I think Ehrman is wrong to "lean toward atheism,

Equipping the Church to Engage the Culture FreeThinking Ministries  (FTM) has enjoyed another fantastic year of ministry! This online organization is equipping people around the world to know exactly  what  they should believe (theology) and exactly  why  they should believe it (apologetics). This mission is important because when one fully grasps both the  what  and the  why , radical life change occurs and evangelism just happens! Jeremiah 20:9 comes to mind: But if I say,

Question: Dear Tim, I just finished reading your "Dangerous Grounds" article and I could use a little clarification. Can you please further explain why it is that if God does not possess knowledge of creaturely freedom logically prior to his creative decree, then the only two options we are left with are open theism or "exhaustive divine determinism"? You have helped me see that it is self-refuting to affirm divine determinism and I believe we have libertarian freedom, but

Querido Tim, William Lane Craig sugiere que Dios “debe jugar con las cartas que se le han repartido.” Tim, ¿Estás de acuerdo con ese sentimiento? Si lo estas, ¿acaso eso no implica que hay un “repartidor” que le repartió a Dios las cartas con las que debe trabajar? -Sean Me sorprende tanto como puede hacerse un único comentario descuidado y los Calvinistas lo toman fuera de contexto , y ¡avanzan con este como su ataque fundamental contra el Molinismo! Lo que es muy triste

Consideren la siguiente objeción popular contra el Molinismo: “El Molinismo estipula que el valor de verdad de los contrafácticos de la libertad de las criaturas es lógicamente previo al decreto divino creativo de Dios. Dado que su valor de verdad es lógicamente previo al decreto divino creativo, entonces se sigue que su valor de verdad no es causado por Dios (es decir, ellos no son el resultado de Su voluntad decretiva). Sin embargo, este no es el caso en el Calvinismo Dete

This is the conclusion of a trilogy of articles surveying what I refer to as "The BIG 3" of God's omni-attributes. I have previously written about God's perfect love for all people (See The Omnibenvolence of God ) and God's perfect power (See The Omnipotence of God ). After considering these characteristics of God's nature, the next divine attribute we need to understand is that of His omniscience. This big word simply means that God is all-knowing! Philosophers and theologi

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Resumen: En el webcast “Dividing Line” de James White titulado “William Lane Craig, the Lowered Bar, Molinism, and Erasmus” ( William Lane Craig, La Barra muy Baja, Molinismo y Erasmo ) White argumenta que el Conocimiento Medio socava la soberanía de Dios. Este ensayo argumenta que las críticas de White ya sea proporcionan conclusiones triviales, proporcionan premisas que se refutan a sí mismas, implican una perspectiva que es totalmente ininteligible, inter alia . A la luz d

Question It’s platitudinous to claim that there are aggressive people in every group, however, it’s more controversial to claim that a particular group of people is more prone to aggression than others. For example, I take it that you share the same experience I do when I assert the proposition that “Internet atheists are generally more aggressive than Mormons”. Certainly, we don’t have any statistical evidence to confirm this, but I doubt that an unbiased observer would fin

Consider the following popular objection to Molinism: "Molinism stipulates that the truth-value of counterfactuals of creaturely freedom are logically prior to the divine creative decree. Since their truth value is logically prior to the divine creative decree, then it follows that their truth value is not caused by God (i.e. it is not the result of His decretive will). This, however, is not the case on Determinist-Calvinism. For on Determinist-Calvinism God causes the cou

I recently had the privilege of meeting the French Calvinist philosopher Guillame Bignon. Although I disagree with Bignon, in my opinion, he offers the best defense of Calvinism today. With that said, however, I wrote an essay critiquing a small portion of Bignon's recent book. In response to my arguments, Hays quickly wrote a response article objecting to my arguments and defending Bignon. For my original essay see Excusing Sinners, Blaming God, Compatiblism, & the Conseque

¿Existe Dios?, ¿es el Cristianismo verdadero?, ¿es la Biblia confiable? Estas son las tres preguntas más importantes que una persona podría hacerse. Incluso si un escéptico comienza con la presuposición de que la Biblia no es confiable, ellos probablemente estarían de acuerdo con el apóstol Pablo de que si Cristo no resucitó nuestra fe es inútil (1 Cor. 15:14, 17). Básicamente, lo que Pablo está diciendo es que si Jesús no se levantó de entre los muertos, entonces ¡somos un

Resumen: Los dos argumentos principales que la película Calvinista presenta contra la Expiación Ilimitada son: 1) que la expiación ilimitada reduce el efecto de la expiación y 2) que la expiación ilimitada no puede permanecer en pie contra el argumento de la doble acusación. Dentro de este ensayo, yo sostengo que estos dos argumentos violan tres principios básicos dentro de la teología bíblica y que ambos argumentos cometen una petición de principio, como veremos adelante. Po